LEADERSHIP TRAINING DISTANCE LEARNING COURSE
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Learn leadership techniques for business, sport, politics -anywhere
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Discover how better leadership can produce better results in work productivity, sporting performance or attaining personal goals in life
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Become a better person, become a better leader
What is a leader? Conservative definitions focus on the leader’s authority and ability to get things done – the leader as:
- authority, a person with the acknowledged power to direct and control others
- achiever, a person who uses their power to set and achieve goals
- manager, a person who directs others to achieve established goals
- anyone who emerges as a leader and is accepted as such by the group, formally or informally.
COURSE CONTENT
There are seven lessons:
1. Introduction to Leadership (nature and scope of leadership)
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Defining Leadership
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Leadership and Group Culture
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Leadership & Accountability
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Theories of Leadership
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Leadership Styles
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Situational Leadership
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Contingency Theories
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Style Theories
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Informal Leadership
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Inspirational Leadership
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Path Goal Theory
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Instrumental Theories
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Four Framework Leadership Model
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Scope of Leadership
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Leader Responsibilities
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Sources of Power for a Leader
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Professional Leadership
2. Leadership Characteristics/Qualities
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Good Leader Characteristics
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Leadership Potential
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Emotionally Intelligent Leadership
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Cognitive Barriers to Leadership
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Nature vs Nurture: Leader Qualities
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Self Assessment
3. Interpersonal Relationships
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Interpersonal Skills
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Empathy
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Influencing Others
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Perception
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Self Knowledge
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The Thought, Feeling, Action Cycle
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Developing Self Awareness
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Self Disclosure
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Assertiveness
4. Communication Skills
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The Communication Process
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Body Language
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Basic Principles of Communication
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Factors Affecting Effective Communication
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Awareness
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Intent
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Listening
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Providing Feedback
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Paraphrasing
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Reflective Responses
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Summarizing
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Preventing Ineffective Listening
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Open Questions
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Communication Barriers
5. Team Building
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Benefits of Teams
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Elements of a Team
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Establishing a Team
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Types of Team Members (Collaborators, Communicators, Challengers, Contributors
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Team Leadership
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Team Leader Responsibilities
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Decision Making in Teams
6. Systematic and Lateral Thinking
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Metacognition
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Perception Formation
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Bases for Perception
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Information and Perception Formation
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Gestalt Theory & Patterns of Perception
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Schemas
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Perception Formation Implications for a Leader
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Lateral Thinking
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Win-Win Negotiation
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Systematic Thinking
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Legal Liability
7. Applications
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Explain the significance of leadership for a specific project or event.
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Identify the role and tasks of leadership, in the same project.
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Integrate factual information with theoretical information to derive a sensible solution to a leadership problem in a sensible timeframe in the same project.
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Plan the development and building of the team to achieve these aims in the same project.
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Plan actions for sustaining and motivating the team to achieve the aims.
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Provide information on the plan of action to organize the event.
Course Duration: 100 hours
Aims
- Describe the nature and scope of Leadership.
- Determine the qualities which are required in a leader, in different leadership situations, including the workplace, recreation industries and developmental applications.
- Manage interpersonal relationships in support of effective leadership.
- Communicate leadership messages effectively to those you lead.
- Explain methods that may be used for effective team building by a leader.
- Select appropriate thought processes to follow in order to deal with different leadership problems.
- Lead teams through innovative and creative processes
Leadership is important in society.
Leaders are needed, and found in all aspects of our daily life, from the workplace to the school ground; and from the social club to government.
When Leadership is good, there is an increased probability of things being achieved with greater efficiency, and a higher level of satisfaction amongst all concerned.
Good leadership is however not something a person is born with.
Popular current concepts of leadership define the leader as:
- an enabler, a person who enables others to experience or achieve something)
- a motivator, a person who aspires to goals or ideals and inspires others to achieve them
- an innovator, a person who inspires others to adapt, change directions, try new ideas, take risks.
Certain personal traits, such as Self confidence, may give some an advantage over others; but effective leadership requires more than simply a forceful personality that is capable of dominating everyone else.
A leader is not the same as a manager or supervisor!
Managers and supervisors are able to cause things to happen because they have legal authority to enforce orders.
Leaders do not cause things to happen because of any legal authority.
People follow leaders of their own free will; and leadership skills are those skills that allow a leader to effectively communicate with, and influence the actions of their followers
Leadership contributes to order, motivates productivity, and influences the way in which resources (human and material) are used.
Leaders are people who are in a position of power, and who use that position to influence the environment in which they abide, and the others who share that environment.
Positive leadership enables things to happen. The leader in effect influences the environment in a way that encourages certain actions.
Negative leadership disables things from happening.
More Information about ACS Distance Education and our courses
Who are our tutors?
Our tutors are all highly experienced and professional, knowledgeable in their field of study. We have staff from around the world, enabling us to gain a wide variety of perspectives. We have a school in the UK and in Australia. If you would like to have a look at our tutors, then click on the “The School” in the boxes above and choose “The Staff” option.
Sample Course Notes
Our courses are all written by highly qualified tutors and writers, who also teach on the courses, so know them well. We strive to update our courses and improve them with new information, methods and knowledge on an ongoing basis. If you would like to see examples of some of our courses, then choose the “Enrolment” option above, and then click on “Sample Course Notes”.
What learning method should I choose?
We offer three learning methods – e-learning, correspondence and online. If you are not sure which is the right choose for you, then click on the “Enrolment” box above, then “Learning Methods.”
How Long will it take to complete the course?
This obviously varies from student to student. Some students will have more time for study than others. Some students may work quicker than others, so it is an individual thing. We estimate that most students will take, for example, 4 – 6 months to complete a 100 hour individual module, but we allow up to 12 months for you to complete it.
Longer courses will obviously take longer. You can find more information on the length of time required and so on the “Enrolment” box, then selecting “Terms and Conditions of Enrolment.”
What Do Our Students think of us?
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Recognition and Accreditation
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Who is ACS Distance Education?
If you want to know more about ACS and our history, then please click on “The School”, then “About us.”
What qualification will I achieve for completing this course?
This is an individual module course. The individual module courses are 100 hour long usually and can be taken on their own or as part of a larger program of study.
If you wish to take an individual module course as a stand alone course, you can elect to sit an optional exam at the end of it.
If you successfully pass the exam and all assignments, you will receive a Statement of Attainment. You can take examinations at a time and location to suit you. If you enrol, you will be sent further information on how to arrange examinations at the end of the course.
If you do not wish to take the exam, you will receive a Course Completion letter when you have passed all assignments.
There is an assignment at the end of each lesson. So for example, if an individual module course contains ten lessons, you will need to complete ten assignments. Assignments can be sent to us via email, post or fax.
Other qualifications, such as certificates, diplomas etc may require examinations to be taken as part of the overall assessment process.
You can find further information on the examinations process by clicking on the “Enrolment” link above.
