Overview

It is now accepted that leaders are made not born and this course can prove it, and improve your leadership skills.

If you have the potential to lead you can benefit from a combined total of almost 100 years experience of advising leaders around the world and take an important step ahead in your career with Falconbury’s ten module, on-line leadership course which you can take in your own time.

You’ll gain a valuable overview of leadership theory, both classic and cutting-edge, practical advice and proven techniques on translating theory into practice – winning trust, inspiring and motivating your team, overcoming problems and tapping into creativity. Above all, you’ll learn more about yourself, your own leadership style and how to turn it to your advantage.

How does this distance learning course work and what do you get?

• Course access from anywhere through your own personal login
• Individual modules or the full course can be downloaded as PDF files to print or file as you decided
• The course and its modules start at any time to suit you
• Increased value as a strategic contributor to the organisation
• Each module has self-assessment progress questions and model answers
• Enhance your skills when dealing with colleagues from a position of strength
• The course has an optional on-line multiple choice assessment at the end, with a certificate of completion being award

Who should take this course

• Senior executives who believe they can learn from acknowledged experts and who wish to review their leadership style
• Those with ambitions to lead in the future and the wish to give themselves the best-possible chance of success
• Anyone who aspires to be a truly inspiring and effective leader

Course contents

Successful Leadership

MODULE 1 - Leadership Questionnaire

Mastering the Art of Leadership

The Questions

MODULE 2 - What you need to know

Close-quarter leadership

Leadership theories, role models – and commonsense

Leadership and the achievement ethic

Leadership: the most valuable attributes of a leader

MODULE 3 - What you need to do

‘Buy-in’, not by-pass: the rules of engagement

Performance management

Dealing with poor performers

Managing meetings

MODULE 4 - Getting the best from individuals

Great leaders develop more great leaders

Motivation and leadership

MODULE 5 - Getting the best from teams

Taking the business forward – leading the innovative team

Team management

MODULE 6 - Decision-making and problem-solving

Decision-making and problem-solving skills

Decisions – that’s what leaders are paid for…

Keeping things moving

MODULE 7 - Creativity and innovation

Leading innovation – taking the organization forward

Creativity and innovation

Planning and managing your projects

MODULE 8 - Communication skills

Communication and presentation skills

Listening and communicating to others – some basic rules

Thinking about internal communications

Channels of communication

MODULE 9 - Leadership gurus on leadership

John Adair – Action Centred Leadership (ACL)

Warren Bennis – ‘The Dean of leadership gurus’

Robert Blake and Jane Mouton – The grid people

Ken Blanchard – The one minute manager

Peter Drucker – Management by objectives

Fred Fiedler – The contingency theory man

Daniel Goleman – The emotional intelligence (EQ) man

Paul Hersey – the Situational approach

Manfred Kets de Vries – The psychology of leadership

John Kotter – The leader and change

James M Kouzes and Barry Posner – Leadership and followership

Nicolo Machiavelli – The Prince

Abraham Maslow – The motivation man

Douglas McGregor – The theory X and theory Y man (or carrot and stick approach)

David McClelland – Achievement, affiliation and power motivation

Tom Peters – The revolutionary leadership guru

WJ Reddin – Three Dimensional Leadership Grid

Tannenbaum and Schmidt – The leadership continuum

Abraham Zaleznik – Leadership versus management

MODULE 10 - Leadership questionnaire

Mastering the Art of Leadership

The Questions

Authors

Mark Thomas is an international business consultant, author and speaker specialising in business planning, managing change, human resource management and executive development. He is a Senior Partner with Performance Dynamics Management Consultants. He is an Associate Faculty member at the Tias Business School in Holland, MCE in Brussels and the Suez Corporate University.

Based in London, Mark works across the globe – he has worked in over 40 different countries, including the United States, Japan, Hong Kong, Denmark, Singapore, Finland, Dubai, Turkey and Russia. In addition to his consultancy and development work Mark is a frequent conference and seminar speaker on business, organisation and human resource issues.

Michael Williams M.Sc. is an international management consultant who established his company, Michael Williams & Partners, in 1979 and now works closely with associate companies in Geneva, Vienna and Copenhagen. He is also a director on the Board of British Ceramic Tile, based in Devon, UK. His main clients include leading Business Schools, e.g. IMD at Lausanne and the Theseus Institute, located in Nice, as well as several universities and a wide range of companies and consultancies throughout Europe, Canada and the United States. Mike is a member of the British Psychological Society, the Institute of Directors and the Association of Management Education & Development.

John Adair works as an international consultant in leadership and management development and has been listed among the 40 men and women who have done most to change the face of management today.

James Farrant is a Partner of The Farrant Partnership. He was a producer, director and series editor in broadcast factual TV before setting up his own communications and video production company. The Farrant Partnership specialises in internal communications and training. James Farrant also chairs and facilitates public and in-company seminars and conferences.