Business Leadership

Leadership forms part of nearly every employee’s job description. Businesses today require employees able to take the initiative, find innovative solutions, act like an entrepreneur, and lead others towards organizational success.

This module will help you understand and apply foundational leadership concepts including leadership traits and characteristics, leadership development and succession, transformational leadership, measuring leadership effectiveness, and contingency leadership.

This module is appropriate for every employee, including those newly promoted and assigned with leadership responsibilities.

1. Identify general and task-related traits that contribute to leadership effectiveness.
2. Recognize key motives that contribute to leadership effectiveness.
3. Describe cognitive factors associated with leadership effectiveness.
4. Discuss the hereditary versus environment issue in relation to leadership effectiveness.
5. Review the strengths and weaknesses of the trait approach to leadership.
6. Explain how leaders develop through self-awareness and self-discipline.
7. Discuss how leaders develop through education, experience, and mentoring.
8. Review the nature of leadership development programs.
9. Describe the nature of leadership succession.
10. Describe many of the traits and behaviors of charismatic leaders.
11. Explain the communication style of charismatic leaders.
12. Explain the nature of transformational leadership.
13. Identify several of the impacts of charismatic and transformational leadership on performance and behavior.
14. Review the key leadership dimensions of initiating structure and consideration.
15. Discuss how leaders use 360-degree feedback to improve their performance.
16. Describe different leadership styles.
17. Recognize how to choose the most appropriate leadership style.
18. Explain how the situation influences the choice of leadership objectives.
19. Discuss the contingency theories of leadership effectiveness.

The Leading Edge Learning® modules are created specifically for today’s learners who demand interaction and engagement with online learning opportunities. Sequential presentation of largely static content in page-after-page delivery is not the best delivery experience for adult learners.

This module can be used for both Higher Education and Business & Industry. For example:

Higher Education - Include the module in an undergraduate course on leadership. Use in conjunction with a graduate leveling program. Professional development opportunities for students.

Business, Industry, Nonprofits, & Agencies - For leadership development and succession. To increase employee engagement and reduce staff turnover. As a mentoring program for newly appointed leaders.

Pricing is based on number of learner hours and the annual expected quantities. Modules are sold individually and in course packs. Contact us to develop a customized solution that works for your specific requirements.

Th quantity-based pricing of this module is as follows:

1-100 Learners per Year - $49 per Learner

101-500 Learners per Year - $44 per Learner

500+ Learners per Year - $39 per Learner