Leadership and Management
Master the Skills to Lead and Manage Effectively
Duration
2 weeksWeekly study
1 hour
Leadership and Management
This course has been certified by the CPD Certification Service as conforming to continuing professional development principles. Find out more.
Discover Your Leadership Approach
Explore the qualities that help leaders inspire confidence, strengthen relationships, and guide teams through change. As you reflect on your own leadership style, you’ll develop practical approaches for managing people and supporting performance.
Establish your leadership foundations
Reflect on what it takes to lead effectively as you explore trust, motivation, team dynamics, and different leadership approaches. Through practical workplace scenarios, you’ll gain the confidence to support individuals, strengthen teams, and adapt your management style to different situations.
Shape strategy, culture, and organisational success
Expand your perspective from managing teams to shaping organisational success. You’ll explore decision-making frameworks, strategic planning, governance, culture, and ethics, and discover how effective leaders align everyday actions with long-term goals.
Syllabus
Week 1
Master the Skills to Lead and Manage Effectively
Course overview
Welcome to the course. Here, we'll explore the learning outcomes and ground we'll cover over the coming weeks.
Exploring the foundations
In this Activity, we'll explore the basics of leadership and undertake some self-reflection.
Leadership versus Management
Here, we'll explore the differences between good leadership and good management, and how this relates to a team's needs.
End of week summary
A quick roundup of the material we have covered this week
Week 2
Strategic Alignment, Culture, & Ethics
Leadership function and styles
Here, we'll spend a little time looking at what makes a good leader and the underpinning functions that enable that
Authentic Leadership & Adaptive Styles
An actionable breakdown of a leader’s core responsibilities. Discover how to balance future-focused strategy with the practical mechanics of team oversight.
End of week summary
A quick roundup of the material we have covered this week
Who is this accredited by?
The CPD Certification Service was established in 1996 and is the leading independent CPD accreditation institution operating across industry sectors to complement the CPD policies of professional and academic bodies.
Learning on this course
On every step of the course you can meet other learners, share your ideas and join in with active discussions in the comments.
What will you achieve?
By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...
- Demonstrate effective leadership and managerial skills
- Build and maintain trust within your team
- Evaluate and adapt your leadership style
- Implement strategic decision-making processes
- Foster a positive organizational culture
- Ensure compliance with governance standards
Who is the course for?
This course is ideal for current and aspiring managers, team leaders, and professionals seeking to enhance their leadership capabilities.
Who developed the course?
Packt
Practical Tech Learning, Built for Where the Industry Is Heading
For over 20 years, Packt has helped technologists at every stage turn complex topics into real, usable skills. We’re a global technology learning publisher with a library of more than 9,000 hands-on tutorials, and we’re adding to it constantly.
What's included?
This is a premium course. These courses are designed for professionals from specific industries looking to learn with a smaller group of like-minded individuals.
- Unlimited access to this course
- Includes any articles, videos, peer reviews and quizzes
- Certificate of Achievement to prove your success when you're eligible
- Download and print your Certificate of Achievement anytime
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Learning on FutureLearn
Your learning, your rules
- Courses are split into weeks, activities, and steps to help you keep track of your learning
- Learn through a mix of bite-sized videos, long- and short-form articles, audio, and practical activities
- Stay motivated by using the Progress page to keep track of your step completion and assessment scores
Join a global classroom
- Experience the power of social learning, and get inspired by an international network of learners
- Share ideas with your peers and course educators on every step of the course
- Join the conversation by reading, @ing, liking, bookmarking, and replying to comments from others
Map your progress
- As you work through the course, use notifications and the Progress page to guide your learning
- Whenever you’re ready, mark each step as complete, you’re in control
- Complete 90% of course steps and all of the assessments to earn your certificate
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