Lead with Flexibility. Adapt with Confidence
Lead with Flexibility. Adapt with Confidence
Lead with Flexibility. Adapt with Confidence
Course Overview
LS
Leadership Styles
Develop the ability to adapt your leadership style to changing situations, diverse teams, and evolving business challenges while building trust and credibility.
What You Will Learn
participants will be able to:
- Leadership style foundations.
- Directive leadership.
- Democratic leadership.
- Laissez-faire leadership.
- Transformational leadership.
- Transactional leadership.
- Situational leadership.
- Coaching leadership.
- Mentoring leadership.
- Servant leadership.
- Authentic leadership.
- Ethical leadership.
- Inclusive leadership.
- Leadership during change and crisis.
- Leadership adaptability planning.
Who Should Enroll?
This certification is designed for managers, supervisors, team leaders, project managers, aspiring leaders, and professionals who need to lead diverse teams, navigate organizational challenges, and develop a flexible leadership approach that drives performance and engagement.
Skills You Will Build
- Leadership adaptability.
- Team leadership.
- Situational leadership.
- Coaching and mentoring.
- Change leadership.
- Decision-making.
- Team development.
- Trust building.
- Performance leadership.
- Inclusive leadership.
- Leadership Styles.
- Transformational Leadership.
- Transactional Leadership.
- Situational Leadership.
- Coaching Leadership.
- Mentoring Leadership.
- Servant Leadership.
- Authentic Leadership.
- Ethical Leadership.
Course Outline - Leadership Styles
Module 1: Foundations of Leadership Styles
- Why Leadership Style Matters
- What a Leadership Style Actually Is
- Traits, Behaviours, Styles, and Situations
- The Three Forces That Shape Style: People, Task, Context
Module 2: Directive, Democratic, and Laissez-Faire Leadership
- The Lewin Framework: Three Classic Leadership Climates
- Directive Leadership: When the Leader Decides
- Democratic Leadership: Deciding Together
- Laissez-Faire Leadership: Delegating Authority
Module 3: Transformational and Transactional Leadership Approaches
- Two Logics of Influence: Exchange and Transformation
- Transactional Leadership: Leading Through Exchange
- Transformational Leadership: Leading Through Vision
- Comparing and Combining the Two Approaches
Module 4: Situational Leadership and Adaptive Style Selection
- The Contingency Premise: Why No Single Style Wins
- Diagnosing the Situation: Reading Follower Readiness and Context
- The Hersey-Blanchard Situational Leadership Model
- A Wider Map: Fiedler, Path-Goal, and Decision-Style Contingencies
Module 5: Coaching, Mentoring, and Servant Leadership
- The People-Centred Turn: When Developing People Becomes the Job
- The Leader as Coach: Asking Instead of Telling
- Mentoring: The Long Arc of Developing People
- Servant Leadership: Serving First, Leading Second
Module 6: Authentic, Ethical, and Inclusive Leadership
- The Inner Foundation: Authentic Leadership
- The Moral Compass: Ethical Leadership
- Building Belonging: Inclusive Leadership
- How the Three Connect: Trust as the Common Thread
Module 7: Leadership Styles for Change, Crisis, and Digital Workplaces
- When the Ground Shifts: Context as the Forcing Function
- Leading Change: The Style of Transformation
- Leading Through Crisis: Deliberate Calm Under Threat
- Leading the Digital and Remote Workplace
Module 8: Integrating Leadership Styles: Building Your Adaptability Blueprint
- The Integrated Leader: Why No Single Style Is Enough
- Your Repertoire: Mapping Every Style You Have Learned
- Reading the Situation: The Diagnostic Engine
- The Art of Switching: Blending and Toggling Styles
Learn at your convenience
*Note: These are self-paced courses, allowing learners to study independently at their own pace.
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