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LinkedIn Learning

Leadership: Practical Skills

via LinkedIn Learning

Overview

Get practical leadership skills you can use every day. Explore the qualities of a great leader, theories of motivation, leadership styles, and delegation techniques.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Welcome
1. What Is a Leader?
  • Introduction
  • What makes a great captain?
  • Everything is management's fault
  • Connecting with your team
  • Addressing the troops
  • Are great leaders born or made?
2. Motivation
  • Introduction
  • Maslow
  • The management potato
  • Four types of people
  • Is money a motivator?
  • 20 motivational essentials
3. Leadership Styles: Part 1
  • Introduction
  • How much control should you keep?
  • The seagull
4. Delegating
  • Introduction
  • Delegating is great!
  • Objections to delegating
  • Would you be missed?
  • Cushion story
  • How to delegate: The specifics
  • Don't take the monkey
5. Leadership Styles: Part 2
  • Introduction
  • Are your people competent and motivated?
  • What if someone lets you down?
  • How much freedom should you give?
  • Deciding your grip
  • Options for planning and doing
  • Daily, weekly, monthly, yearly
Conclusion
  • Your pledge
  • Thank you

Taught by

Chris Croft

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