Course description
What is the difference between leadership and management? In the world of business, high-stakes competition is the order of the day. Those who want to thrive need special skills in leadership and management. Adaptability is also key, and you might want to manage your business remotely. In a nutshell, this course provides you with essential leadership and team management skills, along with remote working tips. Are you able to influence people to follow you by creating a compelling vision for the future of your product or service? This course will teach you to develop the talent of knowing when to lead and when to manage. For instance, you will learn about ‘participative leadership’, in which people feel respected. You will also study other leadership styles, including ‘structural leadership’, ‘servant leadership’ and ‘transformational leadership. Each has a different way of achieving the goals moulded in your vision.
As you work through the course, we will train you to be competent in management and its related skills. Unlike ‘leadership’, which lies in emotional intelligence, ‘management’ is about how best you use the scarce resources available in your business to achieve your goals. Essentially, management is about organizing people to achieve the objectives of your business. Other vital aspects of this role include directing, measuring, checking and working out processes and systems, all of which the course will explain. In any business, conflicts arise, and a leader needs to know how to resolve them. This course highlights many conflict resolution styles by providing you with a unique chart that gives a full explanation of each. It also warns you about things that you should be careful about doing and why conversations such as, ‘I said so because I am the boss’ should be avoided.
In addition, you may decide to run your business remotely, and this course gives you practical tips to do so. Working from home is not new. It has been around for decades but is becoming far more prevalent. Understand the benefits and pitfalls of remote managing and learn the best practices for remote management. Most importantly, an excellent remote manager truly cares about their remote team: you will be taken through the risks of mental health issues and be provided with better solutions to reduce such risks. Entrepreneurs will find this course very useful, and students specializing in managerial studies will find this free business management course enlightening.
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Training content
Management and Decision Making
Description: This module is about management and decision making. Following on from the introduction to leadership, you will learn about management. The difference between leadership and management will be highlighted, along with the traits of a strong leader or manager. You will be taught how to lead and manage yourself as an entrepreneur.
- Learning Outcomes
- Understanding Leadership
- Management versus Leadership
- Traits of a Strong Leader and Manager
- Decision Making
- Lesson Summary
Feedback and Conflict Management
Description: This module covers feedback and conflict management. As a leader or manager, you will be taught how to give employee feedback. You will also be taught how to take feedback and how to provide negative feedback to employees. Conflict handling or conflict resolution styles are covered, along with emotional intelligence and self-awareness.
- Learning Outcomes
- How to Give and Take Criticism and Feedback
- Conflict Management
- Emotional Intelligence
- Lesson Summary
Improving your Leadership Skills
Description: In this module, you will be taught how to improve your Leadership Skills. You will learn how to improve your business communication, along with some phone skills. The module address team building and the different ways of rewarding employees. Hiring techniques are also covered.
- Learning Outcomes
- Business Communication
- Team Building
- Hiring Employees and Freelancers
- Lesson Summary
Remote Team Management and Leadership
Description: This module is about remote team management and leadership. You will be taught about the benefits and risks of remote working. Practical tips about remote working are covered. You will learn about the virtual meetings for remote management and the various technical options available.
- Learning Outcomes
- Working from Home as a Remote Manager
- Remote Working as a Manager Who CARES
- Virtual Meetings for the Remote Manager
- Lesson Summary
Finding the Balance in Remote Managing
Description: This module is about finding the balance in remote managing. You will learn about some mental health risks of working from home. You will also learn about leading a team as a remote manager, along with the implication of remote working. You will learn about individual differences, with some emphasis on the big five unique traits.
- Learning Outcomes
- Mental Health and Work Life Balance for the Remote Manager
- Leading a Team as a Remote Manager
- Managing Individuals Remotely
- Lesson Summary
Course assessment
- Assessment: Leadership Skills and Team Management - Course Assessment
Certification / Credits
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
- Define 'leadership'
- Discuss the concept of 'management'
- List the traits of a strong leader or manager
- Explain 'emotional intelligence'
- Discuss criticism and feedback
- Explain 'Situation Behaviour Impact' or the SBI feedback model
- Summarize conflict management
- Outline effective hiring techniques
- Recall practical tips about remote working
- Outline the basic rules of virtual meetings
- List workplace mental health risks
- Recall five individual difference traits
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