Where leadership ideas come from
Leadership theory and models explained.
- Level
- Bitesize
- Learning time
- 1 hour 30 minutes
- Where
- Leadership
- Price
- £39
When you step up to a higher level, what you paid in the last 12 months for lower-level courses inside the bigger course comes off its price, in proportion to how much of each is inside it, whichever topic it's from. Courses at the same or a lower level don't give credit against each other. A Focus course or above always costs at least £15. Read the full terms
Certificate of Completion
Overview and Outcomes.
Overview
This module maps a century of leadership research as a practical diagnostic kit rather than a history lesson. It traces trait theory from Stogdill, behavioural theory from Ohio State, Michigan and Blake and Mouton's Managerial Grid, and contingency thinking from Fiedler and Hersey and Blanchard, then moves through transformational, authentic, ethical, distributed and complexity leadership, tested against cases from Shackleton to Semco.
What you'll develop
In this Bitesize, you will develop the ability to:
- Explain how each major school of leadership thought, from trait theory to complexity leadership, responded to the limits of the one before it.
- Apply the Managerial Grid, Fiedler's contingency model and Hersey and Blanchard's situational model to judge whether a leadership style fits the people and situation in front of you.
- Distinguish transformational, authentic, ethical and distributed leadership, and use the five synthesis questions to choose the lens a real leadership problem calls for.
The Module.
1 hour 30 minutes of learning.
- 01Foundations: The Evolution of Leadership ThoughtThis module maps a century of leadership research as a practical diagnostic kit rather than a history lesson. It traces trait theory from Stogdill, behavioural theory from Ohio State, Michigan and Blake and Mouton's Managerial Grid, and contingency thinking from Fiedler and Hersey and Blanchard, then moves through transformational, authentic, ethical, distributed and complexity leadership, tested against cases from Shackleton to Semco.1h 30m
Go deeper, and pay only the difference
- You are hereBitesize, 1 hour 30 minutes, £39
- Next stepFocus, Ideas that shape direction, 3 hours, £69. Already own the Bitesize? You pay £30.
- Explore, Thinking about leadership, 4 hours 30 minutes, £129. Already own the Bitesize? You pay £90.
- The whole topicImmerse, Leading well, 9 hours 30 minutes, £249. Already own the Bitesize? You pay £210.
When you step up to a higher level, what you paid in the last 12 months for lower-level courses inside the bigger course comes off its price, in proportion to how much of each is inside it, whichever topic it's from. Courses at the same or a lower level don't give credit against each other. A Focus course or above always costs at least £15. Prices per person. Read the full terms
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Other Bitesize in the Leadership topic
- Setting the directionStrategic leadership for senior leaders1 hour 45 minutes£39
- Leading from the inside outValues-based leadership, ethics and identity1 hour 15 minutes£39
- When the way ahead is unclearLeading through complexity and uncertainty1 hour 15 minutes£39
- Stronger togetherCollective, distributed and team leadership1 hour 15 minutes£39
- One size never fits allLeadership in context: sector and situation1 hour£39
- Lessons from the real worldLeadership case studies and practice1 hour 15 minutes£39