“Are leaders born or made? What does a good leader look like?”

There is one essential quality for anyone in the position of leadership: from running a school, to running a meeting, to running a home. That quality is the ability to see what is going on.
Of course, there are other qualities that are valuable: good communication, the ability to think on your feet, humour, flexibility, integrity, compelling presence, empathy. But without the ability to see ‘the bigger picture’, all these qualities count for very little.
Outstanding leadership requires much more than people being really good at their jobs: it requires innovative thinking; it requires people to make a positive and inspiring impact; it requires them to be able to motivate others.
This course will look at what leadership is, and what it isn’t. It will compare the key differences between leadership and management and consider the attributes of good leaders, providing a valuable toolkit of essential skills for new and aspiring leaders.

The course aims are:
• To provide an opportunity to consider your own skills and attributes
• To offer practical advice and suggestions as to how to use this understanding to develop further skills in motivating, inspiring and leading others
• To give clear guidance in communicating effectively and managing conflict
• To increase understanding in how to build and lead a team
• To provide detailed and informative notes that consolidate the work covered in the course