Leadership
Tony Berry and Richard Bunning
Are leaders born or can leadership characteristics be developed? This course is designed to enable you to understand theories, issues and tools of leadership in order to develop yourself as a leader and develop leadership in your organisation.
Topics covered
- Learning about leadership.
- Trait theory of leadership.
- Behaviour theory of leadership: what do effective leaders do?
- Transformational theory of leadership: engaging hearts and minds.
- Following.
- Leadership: a cultural construction?
- Gender and leadership.
- Developing ethical behaviour in our leaders.
- Leading individuals and teams: two distinct roles.
- Leadership across the larger organisation.
- Leadership development in a fast-changing world.
- The development of leadership: tools and practices.
- Strategic leadership.
- Leadership and risk.
- How is leadership studied?
- A critical look at leadership.
- The way forward: our learning and the application of our knowledge of leadership.
