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Business Leadership

COURSE CONTENT & DELIVERY

This course seeks to equip learners with skills to inspire and motivate their team as well as exploring and developing their leadership styles. The learners will acquire a range of skills including how to get the most from their team as well as improving their productivity will effectively contribute to the achievement of organizational goals.

The course content is covered below:

Indicative Content
Introduction		Introduction to the field of business leadership and business tutors Set goals and establish your leadership skills and styles through self-assessment exercises Test your business leadershipskills set through a Multifactor LeadershipQuestionnaire exercise			SELF ASSESSMENT
Units		Leadership Simulations	Sample Exercises	Key Takeaways
UNIT 01	Introduction to business leadership. Differences between leadership and management	Leader vs manager	Common activities between leaders and managers Importance of leadership Differences between leaders and managers	Are you a leader OR a manager? All managers should be leaders What separates effective leaders from ineffective leaders	Conduct leadership activities
					Feedback
					Evaluate Performance
UNIT 02	Theories of leadership: trait, behavioural and situational	Application of leadership theories in modern business	Vision and mission statements, company strategies. Inspiring visions/inspiring others Goal setting Leading by example Empowering others Role models	Importance of vision, mission and strategy of the firm Manage situations under different and complex scenarios	Analyse your company vision and mission statements
					Feedback
					Spark Creativity
UNIT 03	Leading the Way/Team building. Importance of Emotional Intelligence Leadership styles. Power Motivation	Conduct Self Assessment/ Personal Emotional Intelligence	Emotional intelligence exercises What is your leadership style? Sources of power How do you motivate followers	Be aware of your leadership style. Acknowledge your power sources. Appreciate the importance of motivation in organisations.	Undertake self-assessment
					Feedback
					Understand and appreciate the behaviours of others in an organisation.
UNIT 04	Group communication Conducting effective meetings	Building Relationship	Explain the importance of communication in an organisation Describe the types of communication in organisations Explain the objectives of meetings and how to conduct effective meetings.	Appreciate how communication works/flows within the organisation. Conduct a meeting within stated parameters.	Conduct Meetings
					Feedback
					Resolve Communication challenges in organisations
Conclusion		Capstone Assignment: You will complete short questions that will help you reflect on what you’ve learned throughout the course, and consider how you will utilize your new skills in business leadership.			Capstone Assignment