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Developing Leaders
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Advanced Provider : Christal Blalock 6 Lessons · 13m in Arabic, German, English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Chinese
Course Description
As a leader, you may have identified team members who display potential for becoming great leaders in the future. By embracing a positive attitude with an approachable personality, you can appear engaging and trustworthy among followers. Modeling self-awareness skills and embracing a team mentality can help you equip potential leaders with the tools needed to identify and improve their leadership traits.
In this Developing Leaders course, you will discover how your attitude and personality impact your effectiveness as a leader. You’ll also learn to identify and overcome blind spots caused by biases and misguided power structures. We’ll also show you how preconceived notions, prejudices, and unsubstantiated ideas can create a divisive culture that lacks unity. By focusing on the benefits of power to influence productive behavior rather than acts of manipulation, leaders can be more effective in nurturing and encouraging potential leaders. After completing this course, you’ll be prepared to develop strong leaders on your team.
What You'll Learn
- Recognize team members who display potential for becoming great leaders
- Identify blind spots caused by biases and misguided power structures and address them
- Nurture leadership traits in potential leaders
- Equip potential leaders with the tools needed to identify and improve their leadership traits
- Examine how your attitude and personality impact your effectiveness as a leader
- Use the power to influence productive behavior rather than acts of manipulation
Key Takeaways
- A positive attitude and an approachable personality help a leader appear engaging and trustworthy among followers.
- Modeling self-awareness skills and embracing a team mentality helps equip potential leaders to identify and improve their leadership traits.
- Preconceived notions, prejudices, and unsubstantiated ideas can create a divisive culture that lacks unity.
- Focusing on the benefits of power to influence productive behavior, rather than manipulation, makes leaders more effective at nurturing potential leaders.
- Your attitude and personality impact your effectiveness as a leader.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is this course for?
It is for leaders who have identified team members showing potential to become great leaders and who want to prepare themselves to develop strong leaders on their team.
What does the Developing Leaders course cover?
It covers how your attitude and personality impact your effectiveness as a leader, identifying and overcoming blind spots caused by biases and misguided power structures, and how to nurture and equip potential leaders.
What lessons are included in this course?
The course includes Introduction, Identifying Potential Leaders, Helping People See Their Blindspots, Nurturing Potential Leaders, Equipping Potential Leaders, and a Test Your Knowledge section.
What will I be prepared to do after completing this course?
After completing the course, you will be prepared to develop strong leaders on your team.
How does the course frame the use of power in leadership?
It focuses on using the benefits of power to influence productive behavior rather than acts of manipulation, which helps leaders be more effective in nurturing and encouraging potential leaders.
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