Leadership Essentials

Course Description

Leadership in today’s rapidly changing world requires a dynamic set of both skills and personal attributes. Challenges to effective leadership include a capacity for communication skills, respect, ethics, empathy, mentoring and relationship building. This interactive course will focus on both skill development in these areas and practical application of demonstrating “leadership”.

This course is for:

• Members interested in reflecting on their leadership style and enhancing their skills.
• Those willing to maybe step out of their comfort zone in order to learn more about themselves and what they can offer to leadership within AUPE

Prerequisites

• Basic Conflict Management course.

This course uses:

• Group work, personal assessments, case scenarios, videos, panel discussion and possible guest speakers.
• Leaders take a stand and have a voice. Learners will have an opportunity for an individual five-minute leadership presentation using the communication and presentation skills developed in this course.

Learning Outcomes

• Demonstrate self-reflection as it relates to leadership style
• Recognize effective communication skills
• Model and incorporate ethical practice
• Correlate importance of relationship building
• Assess motivation for leadership
• Apply presentation skills