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 compliancePace-setting - accomplishing tasks to high standards of qualityAffiliative - creating harmony Democratic - getting everyone's commitment and generating ideasVisionary - providing long term vision and directionCoaching - long term professional developmentThere 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 leaderIdentify 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 peopleRecognise how each style of leadership plays a crucial role in influencing others and leading a company to successLeadership 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.