Effective Leadership: Exploring Different Leadership Styles

About Effective Leadership: Exploring Different Leadership Styles

Great leaders can be many things, but they can only be measured by one criterion -

_the performance that they influence through others_

. In today's volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous workplace, it’s not enough to be a _manager_. You must truly learn how to be a _leader -_ someone who influences and transforms how others feel about themselves and the work they do. Your leadership behaviour has the greatest impact on the people you lead and your team. This will impact the productivity and the motivation of everyone. It affects the effort that people are prepared to contribute. The more they contribute, the more successful the team will be. Become a leader in your workplace by harnessing the power of the

six leadership styles

:

_Directive_ - securing immediate compliance

_Pace-setting_

_Affiliative_ - creating harmony

_Democratic_

_Visionary_ - providing long term vision and direction

_Coaching_ - long term professional development There is no right or wrong leadership style - the most effective style will vary depending upon the demands of the situation. Effective leaders use these styles in the right measure and at the right time to create a positive, energising work climate for their teams.

Understanding the six leadership styles, you will be able to:

Determine how to adapt your style to

be an effective leader

Identify daily practices that will enable you to

shift your style to do the right things, at the right time, in the right circumstances and with the right people

Recognise how each style of leadership plays a crucial role in

influencing others and leading a company to success

Leadership is not something you’re born with, it can be learned.

Whether you have been recently promoted to a leadership role, have an interest in being promoted to a management position, or are simply looking for the next step in your career, you probably have or will find yourself asking, “How can I understand what to do to become a good leader?” This course will introduce you to the six leadership styles of effective leadership and how to adapt them to influence others, lead effectively, work with different types of people, and create an engaging team environment. The course also includes practical strategies for you to consider to

increase

the use of each style and to

tone down

the use of each style. Putting these into practice will help you to be more flexible in your approach as a leader. The interactive practical activities within this course will help you to define your preferred style of leadership. By completing these practical activities, you will be able to

recognise your preferred leadership style

recognise the leadership style(s) that you are using within your current situation

identify what you need to do to

tone down

the use of this leadership style at critical times

determine which leadership style you need to

increase

to have the greatest success

choose the

actions and behaviours

to develop the use of this leadership style

assess how to become more comfortable using _all_ the styles of leadership for specific work scenarios you’ll face as a leader

_There is a case study and a challenging quiz based around a range of leadership situations ._

_You are going work through a range of typical scenarios / case studies that leaders experience in business._ _The series of questions gets you to consider all the leadership styles and to choose the style that will give the best outcome and the best chance of success._ You’ll walk away from this course able to communicate powerfully to your colleagues, develop effective relationships, and improve the overall performance of yourself, your team and your organisation. Take action and learn how to harness the power of using different styles for effective leadership today! Recently, the course has been hit with a number of low ratings without comments, which affect the overall course ratings. Constructive feedback is always welcome. I have recently

upgraded and rerecorded many of the lessons

to improve the overall quality, so far this has not been reflected in the ratings. The course contains a series of Lightbulb Moments resource cards, which have been created to provide you with handy reminders of key points around topics covered within the course. All PDFs can be completed online and are Section 508 / ADA Accessibility compliant. All videos are High Definition recorded in 1080p. All videos have grammatically correct English captions.

_Latest update - July 2025_