Leadership For Dummies

Build practical leadership skills to define your mission, create a clear vision, lead with or without authority, build strong teams, manage challenges, and inspire others across workplace, community, and everyday situations.

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Course curriculum

1. Lesson 00: Welcome to the Course
2. Lesson 01: How to Use This Course: Navigation, Pacing, and the Pathway Gate
3. Lesson 02: Meet Your Toolkit: A Visual Overview of the Course Framework 1
4. Leeson 03: Before You Begin: About The Self-Assessment
5. Lesson 04: Pre-Course Leadership Style Diagnostic
6. Lesson 05: Recommended Learning Path
1. Lesson 06: Leadership Potential and the Limits of Authority
2. Lesson 07: Building Capability and Choosing Your Role
3. Lesson 08: Reading - Authority Against Leadership and the Role Set
4. Lesson 09: Practice Quiz - Practice Check on Leadership and Authority
1. Lesson 10: Deciding to Take the Lead
2. Lesson 11: The Missions and Responsibilities of a Leader
3. Lesson 12: Reading - The Mission and Responsibility Worksheet
4. Lesson 13: Practice Quiz - Practice Check on Missions and Responsibilities
5. Lesson 14: Hands-On Learning: Your Leadership Mission Statement
6. Lesson 16: Quiz - Leadership Potential, Roles, and the Work Itself
1. Lesson 17: The Core Skills of a Leader
2. Lesson 18: Setting and Managing Expectations
3. Lesson 19: Reading - The Leadership Skills Self-Assessment
4. Lesson 20: Practice Quiz - Practice Check on Skills and Expectations
1. Lesson 21: The Axioms of Leadership and Managing as a Leader
2. Lesson 22: Leading When You Are Not the Leader
3. Lesson 23: Reading - The Axioms and the Influence Moves
4. Lesson 24: Practice Quiz - Check on Axioms and Influence
5. Lesson 25: Hands-On Learning: Skills and Expectations Audit
6. Lesson 26: Roleplay - Leading a Peer with No Authority
7. Lesson 27: Quiz - Skills, Expectations, Axioms, and Influence
1. Lesson 28: Volunteering and Taking the Lead as a Volunteer
2. Lesson 29: Everyday Leadership and Leading as a Coach
3. Lesson 30: Reading - Leading Without Compulsion
4. Lesson 31: Practice Quiz - Practice Check on Voluntary and Coaching Leadership
1. Lesson 32: Organizing a Community Around a Cause
2. Lesson 33: Defining and Developing a Vision
3. Lesson 34: Reading - The Organizing Lessons and the Vision Sequence
4. Lesson 35: Practice Quiz - Practice Check on Organizing and Vision
5. Lesson 36: Hands-On Learning: Vision Draft and Test
6. Lesson 38: Quiz - Leading Without Compulsion and Building Vision
1. Lesson 39: The Case for Teams and the Building of Winning Ones
2. Lesson 40: Team Learning and Spreading Knowledge
3. Lesson 41: Reading - The Team Building and Knowledge Sharing Guide
4. Lesson 42: Practice Quiz - Practice Check on Team Building and Learning
1. Lesson 43: When Followers Will Not Follow
2. Lesson 44: Salvage Situations and Leading Across Cultures
3. Lesson 45: Reading - The Resistance Diagnosis and the Cross-Cultural Guide
4. Lesson 46: Practice Quiz - Practice Check on Resistance and Cultural Difference
5. Lesson 47: Hands-On Learning: Team Development Plan
6. Lesson 48: Roleplay - The Follower Who Will Not Follow
7. Lesson 49: Quiz - Teams, Resistance, and Leading Across Boundaries
1. Lesson 50: Course Outro and Next Steps
2. Lesson 51: The Part of Tens
3. Lesson 52: Leadership Cheat Sheet: The Whole Course in One Place
4. Lesson 53: Non-Graded Project: A Leadership Plan for a Real Group

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Leadership For Dummies

Course curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction to the Entire Course

Chapter 2: Leadership Potential, Authority, and the Roles You Play

Chapter 3: Taking the Lead, Your Missions, and Your Responsibilities

Chapter 4: Leadership Skills, Strengths, and Expectations

Chapter 5: The Axioms of Leadership and Leading Without Authority

Chapter 6: Volunteering, Everyday Leadership, and Coaching

Chapter 7: Community Organizing and Developing a Vision

Chapter 8: Creating a Winning Team and Spreading What It Knows

Chapter 9: Resistance, Salvage Situations, and Cultural Difference

Chapter 10: Course Wrap-Up and Next Steps

About this course

Discover your potential, starting today