Elements of Leadership & Supervision

Learn to Become a More Effective Leader in the Workplace

Course Description: This course will introduce situational leadership and situational supervision. This course will discuss the tasks of a supervisor—planning, organizing, influencing, and controlling—and relate these tasks to supervision and situational leadership.

Author: Robert J. Ash

Runtime: 3hrs. 55min.

Lessons: 83

Lessons		Time (Min:Sec)
Introduction PREVIEW, CLICK HERE		00:40
Chapter 1: Management & Supervision
Overview PREVIEW, CLICK HERE		00:37
Types of Organizations PREVIEW, CLICK HERE		04:32
Management Defined		02:20
Organizational Resources		01:47
Four Management Functions		02:37
Organizational Goals		00:56
Management Levels		02:46
Efficiency and Effectiveness		01:46
Chapter 2: Trait Approach to Leadership
Overview		00:47
Leadership Defined		00:31
Leadership Theory Categories		01:17
Trait Approach Theories		03:41
Traits and Leadership Effectiveness		01:07
Chapter 3: Behavior Approach to Leadership
Overview		01:13
Behavior Approach Theories		01:38
The Continuum of Leadership (Part 1)		01:14
The Continuum of Leadership (Part 2)		08:17
Theory X and Theory Y		08:39
The Managerial Grid		01:58
Managerial Grid Styles		04:21
Impoverished Manager		01:03
Task Manager		01:00
Country Club Manager		01:24
Middle of the Road Manager		00:40
Team Manager		01:05
Behavior Theories Considerations		01:29
Chapter 4: Situational Approach to Leadership
Overview		01:04
Premises and Principles		06:04
Life Cycle Theory of Leadership		01:03
Task Behavior		01:04
Relationship Behavior		02:21
Employee Readiness Level		03:02
Leadership Styles Overview		01:34
Telling Style		01:02
Selling Style		01:14
Participating Style		01:45
Delegating Style		02:00
Choosing the Right Style		19:14
Chapter 5: Becoming a Situational Leader
Overview		00:49
Adopting Leadership Styles		03:14
Promoting Employees		03:03
Theory X and Theory Y Employees		00:56
Burned Out Employees		01:22
Chapter 6: Planning for the Supervisor
Overview		01:34
Supervisor Tasks		01:04
The Planning Process		03:25
Goals vs Objectives		01:26
Being Goal-Oriented		07:23
Effective Goal Characteristics		04:25
Team Member Involvement		03:22
Management by Objectives		04:40
Levels of Planning Overview		00:23
Strategic Planning		02:45
Tactical Planning		01:03
Operational Planning		01:46
Problem Solving/Decision Making		02:23
Steps to Problem Solving		17:09
Chapter 7: Organizing for the Supervisor
Overview		01:00
Organizing Resources		02:01
Organizing Employees		00:57
Authority		03:03
Responsibility		02:21
Accountability		01:00
Steps of Organizing		11:12
Chapter 8: Influencing for the Supervisor
Overview		01:05
Influencing Overview		01:00
Motivation		06:42
Communication		08:30
Team Building		07:24
Organizational Climate		00:29
Chapter 9: Controlling for the Supervisor
Overview		00:43
Controlling Overview		01:36
Steps for Controlling		03:02
Types of Controls		00:56
Controlling Tools		02:45
Employee Discipline		00:54
The Discipline Process		02:16
Chapter 10: Summary
Overview		00:45
Major Causes of Leadership Failure		02:06
Major Leadership Attributes		01:30
Management and Supervision Principles		07:01
Conclusion		00:57

Elements of Leadership & Supervision Course Objective
At the end of this course, you will be able to: identify the four functions of management, understand situational leadership and the leadership styles, recognize when to use which leadership style, understand the supervising tasks, write effective goals, identify the levels of planning, recognize the skills needed to influence, understand how to control the workforce, and identify the major leadership attributes as well as the major causes of leadership failure.