#BU-02-12 Transitioning From Friend To Leader
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- Course level: All Levels
About Course
University of Southern QueenslandDescription
Support yourself to move into a management position, and develop your own style.
This course presents you with frameworks, theories and skills to support you in the transition from colleague and friend, to leader and manager. It is very common to move from an existing team into a management position, but making that leap is often under-supported. Through this course you will gain an understanding of the behaviours that are common in leaders, as well as the behaviours to curb during your transition into leadership. Topics such as emotional intelligence, authenticity and interpersonal communication will help you cultivate confidence.
Being a good leader does not preclude being friends with your reports, it does however require you to be mindful of your relationships and acting in a way that promotes success within your team.
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What topics will you cover?
- Leadership groupings and leader-member exchange
- Transforming and inspirational behaviours
- Becoming an authentic leader
- Building trust
- The role of emotions
- Developing your own leadership plan
Who developed the course?
USQ provides career-focused, quality on-campus and online education and has done for over 50 years. USQ has scored five stars for employability and internationalisation (QS Stars rankings, 2019) and is Australia’s No. 1 university for the highest graduate starting salary (Good Universities Guide 2018-20).
What Will I Learn?
- Accurately summarise and reflect on leadership theories and their value in a given context.
- Effectively communicate complex leadership ideas through appropriate models.
- Understand interpersonal relationship theories for workplaces
- Demonstrate capacity to provide effective feedback
Topics for this course
Understanding and transitioning work relationships
Welcome
Why has it changed?
How do roles change relationships?
What will you be exploring in this course?
Leader and follower relationships
It was a great course, and I just needed one of those management courses that allowed me to manage positions and develop my own style.
A very clear and objective curriculum that provides a great lesson for everyone who becomes a leader. Being a good leader doesn't prevent you from becoming friends with your subordinates, but it does require you to be mindful of your relationships and act in ways that promote team success. I think that's a good point.
It was a great course, and I just needed one of those management courses that allowed me to manage positions and develop my own style.
I learned to be a real leader. How to build trust with my members and develop my own leadership plan. Very helpful. I'm glad I took this course.
Material Includes
- Official Certificate
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Target Audience
- This course will be helpful for anyone new to management, looking to transition into management or struggling with interpersonal relationships at work either for yourself or for a member of your leadership team.