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Leadership and You

Identify the key features of effective leadership and determine your preferred leadership style.

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  • Duration

    2 weeks

  • Weekly study

    8 hours
Overview
Requirements

Discover the best leadership style for you

You will explore what we mean by leadership and why leadership matters. We will identify the uncomfortable realities of leadership and begin to investigate the essential characteristics of effective leaders.

In discussion with your course tutor, you will begin to identify your own personal objectives for undertaking this Master’s Course, evaluate your preferred leadership styles, and begin to sow the seed for the key Leadership in Action project.

What topics will you cover?

  • What is leadership?
  • Why does leadership matter?
  • What can we learn from leadership failures?
  • What are the uncomfortable realities of leadership?
  • What are the essential qualities required in successful leaders?
  • Is there a leadership stereotype and can different personality types make effective leaders?
  • What are your personal preferred leadership styles?
  • What do you want to achieve on this leadership course and how will the Leadership in Action project support this?

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...

  • Explore the nature of leadership; why some leaders are effective, and others are not
  • Compare and contrast examples of effective and unsuccessful leadership
  • Explain why leadership matters
  • Assess why leadership fails and give examples of the uncomfortable realities of leadership
  • Compare and contrast the personal qualities which characterise good leadership, explain the importance of authenticity and evaluate the value of different leadership styles
  • Evaluate and reflect on your personal preferred leadership style in your current role
  • Explore your motivation for achieving the role of an educational leader
  • Describe how the principles of good leadership apply in realistic educational contexts and evaluate the merits or difficulties of different approaches

Who is the course for?

This course is for students of the MA Educational Leadership.

Who developed the course?

Coventry University

Coventry secured 5 QS Stars for Teaching and Online Learning in the QS World University Ranking 2020 and has received No. 1 in the world for Massive Open Online Courses in MoocLab’s World University Ranking 2021.

  • Established

    1992

  • Location

    Coventry

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

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