Unite Skills Academy - Effective Leadership

Gain self-awareness of your leadership characteristics and your professional development needs.
About this Event

Effective Leadership Training

THIS IS AN ONLINE SELF STUDY COURSE - available fully funded to those living and working in Wales, and funded by the Unite Wales Union Learning Fund Project, supported by the Welsh Government and Unite the Union.

This Effective Leadership training course will provide employers and employees with the information they need to develop and deepen the attributes, behaviours, values and practices of effective leadership.

The course describes how to enrich management competencies, strategic and operational decision making, together with developing skills and techniques for problem solving, leading change and organisational development. It focuses on advancing leadership proficiencies and leveraging them for measurable, sustained impact in a range of business environments.

What you'll learn

By taking this course you have the opportunity to:

Gain self-awareness of your leadership characteristics and your professional development needs.
Strengthen your preparedness and skills to lead others.
Deploy appropriate leadership tools for specific situations and desired outcomes.
Efficiently and effectively develop the capacity of those whom you lead.
Develop a culture of continuing professional learning within your organisation.
Know how to navigate planned organisational change.
Respond successfully to unexpected outcomes and imposed challenges

Course Content :

Module 1: Introduction
Module 2: Understanding Yourself as a Leader
Module 3: Executive Coaching and Self-Care
Module 4: A Leadership Toolkit
Module 5: Understanding Those You Lead
Module 6: Professional Learning
Module 7: Leading Organisational Change
Module 8: Troubleshooting

The online assessment is taken on completion of the training material. You will be asked 10 multiple choice questions with a pass mark of 80%. The answers are marked automatically so you will instantly know whether you have passed. If you don't pass don't worry! You can take the test as many times as you need with no extra charge.

This course has been designed for those who want to build on their existing leadership effectiveness or for those who are looking to move into leadership positions to improve their preparedness for the role.

If you are new to a Leadership or Management role and you want to develop the foundations to help you succeed, then our Leadership & Management Training Course might be more suitable for you.