Effective Leadership: Master Management Styles

Got a boss who clocks your every move? Or maybe you have one who’s cool, calm, and collected, leaving you to your own devices. Just as individuals have unique personalities, they also bring their distinct management styles to their roles, influencing how they inspire and motivate their teams. Whether learned or instinctual, these styles play a crucial role in guiding and leading others effectively. This short course was created to help professionals in leadership roles accomplish team success by flexing their management style to fit various situations and its demands. By completing this course, you’ll be able to enhance your leadership capabilities, improve team performance, and create a more positive work environment. You’ll gain practical skills that you can apply immediately, such as identifying your default management style, evaluating the outcomes of different styles, and flexibly adapting your approach to meet the needs of your team and organization. More specifically, you will learn how to examine the foundations of various management styles and their implications for leadership effectiveness, discover how to assess your own default management style and its impact on your team, and explore strategies for choosing and adapting management styles to different situations and team dynamics. This course is unique because it provides actionable insights and practical tools that you can use to improve your leadership skills immediately.

In order to be successful in this course, you will need some prior experience in a leadership or supervisory role and a willingness to engage in self-reflection and skill development activities.