Welcome to the Leadership Essentials course! By the end of this course, you will develop a good understanding of the leadership phenomenon. The course develops the concept of leadership as a process involving the interaction among leaders, followers, and situations. It focuses on the nature of the leadership process itself as well as how a person becomes a better leader. The course delves into a deeper understanding of the three factors: attributes of the leader, the followers, and the situation. It also addresses the essential leadership competencies appropriate to each of these broad areas. The course highlights the concept of follower motivation, satisfaction, engagement, and performance. The course also uncovers the dark sides of leadership and highlights the causes of managerial incompetence.

Leadership Essentials

Leadership Essentials



Instructors: Manisha Mishra
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Beginner level
This course is intended for learners having a managerial or leadership background in any organization.
Recommended experience
Recommended experience
Beginner level
This course is intended for learners having a managerial or leadership background in any organization.
What you'll learn
Explain leadership as a process involving the interaction among leaders, followers, and situations.
Analyze the role of followers, situations, and environments in the leadership process.
Examine various theories of leadership and followership.
Identify attributes of a good and bad leader.
Skills you'll gain
- Business Leadership
- Leadership Development
- Employee Performance Management
- Organizational Change
- Professional Development
- Coaching
- Relationship Building
- Industrial and Organizational Psychology
- Organizational Leadership
- Strategic Leadership
- People Development
- Initiative and Leadership
- Motivational Skills
- Leadership and Management
- Organizational Development
- Management Training And Development
- Critical Thinking
- Leadership
- Team Leadership
- Mentorship
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There are 18 modules in this course
In this module, you will learn about what is meant by when we use the term leadership. The module analyzes the myths of leadership. You will gain insights into the interactional framework for leadership, which includes the leader, the followers, and the situation. The module also discusses women in leadership roles.
What's included
7 videos5 readings4 assignments
7 videos• Total 31 minutes
- Course Introduction• 2 minutes
- Meet Your Instructor (Prof. Anshu Sharma)• 2 minutes
- Meet Your Instructor (Dr. Manisha Mishra)• 2 minutes
- What Is Leadership?• 5 minutes
- Myths of Leadership• 5 minutes
- Interactional Framework of Leadership• 7 minutes
- Women in Leadership Roles • 7 minutes
5 readings• Total 60 minutes
- Course Overview• 10 minutes
- Essential Reading: What Is Leadership?• 15 minutes
- Essential Reading: Myths of Leadership• 10 minutes
- Essential Reading: Interactional Framework of Leadership • 15 minutes
- Essential Reading: Women in Leadership Roles• 10 minutes
4 assignments• Total 12 minutes
- What Is Leadership?• 3 minutes
- Myths of Leadership• 3 minutes
- Interactional Framework of Leadership• 3 minutes
- Women in Leadership Roles• 3 minutes
In this module, you will learn about leadership development, that is, how to become a better leader. The module analyzes the action-observation-reflection model. You will learn the key role of perception in the spiral of experience. The module also discusses the importance of reflection in leadership through single and double-loop learning. You will also gain insights into how coaching and mentoring are tools for leadership development.
What's included
6 videos4 readings4 assignments
6 videos• Total 34 minutes
- Action-Observation-Reflection Model• 5 minutes
- Role of Perception in the Spiral of Experience• 5 minutes
- Single-Loop and Double-Loop Learning• 4 minutes
- Leader Development in College and Organizational Settings• 6 minutes
- Action Learning and Development Planning• 6 minutes
- Coaching and Mentoring • 8 minutes
4 readings• Total 45 minutes
- Essential Reading: The AOR Model • 10 minutes
- Essential Reading: Key Role of Perception• 15 minutes
- Essential Readings: Reflection on Leadership• 10 minutes
- Essential Reading: Learning from Experiences• 10 minutes
4 assignments• Total 18 minutes
- The AOR Model• 3 minutes
- Key Role of Perception• 3 minutes
- Reflection on Leadership• 3 minutes
- Learning from Experiences • 9 minutes
This assessment is a graded quiz based on the modules covered in this week.
What's included
1 assignment
1 assignment• Total 60 minutes
- Graded Quiz: Understanding Leadership and Leadership Development • 60 minutes
In this module, you will learn about leaders and their personality attributes. The module analyzes the triarchic theory of intelligence in the context of leadership. You will gain insights into why studying leadership is important. The module also discusses the early studies of leadership.
What's included
4 videos4 readings4 assignments
4 videos• Total 24 minutes
- Personality Traits and Leadership• 5 minutes
- Triarchic Theory of Intelligence• 7 minutes
- Cognitive Resources Theory• 5 minutes
- Early Studies of Leadership• 7 minutes
4 readings• Total 50 minutes
- Essential Reading: Leadership Attributes• 15 minutes
- Essential Reading: Intelligence and Leadership• 15 minutes
- Essential Reading: Cognitive Resources Theory• 10 minutes
- Essential Reading: Early Studies of Leadership• 10 minutes
4 assignments• Total 15 minutes
- Leadership Attributes• 3 minutes
- Intelligence and Leadership• 3 minutes
- Cognitive Resources Theory• 6 minutes
- Early Studies of Leadership• 3 minutes
In this module, you will learn about leadership behavior through the leadership grid. The module analyzes competency models of leadership. You will gain insights into the leadership pipeline. The module also discusses the concept of community leadership.
What's included
4 videos5 readings4 assignments
4 videos• Total 19 minutes
- The Leadership Grid• 4 minutes
- Competency Models of Leadership• 5 minutes
- The Leadership Pipeline• 7 minutes
- Community Leadership• 4 minutes
5 readings• Total 50 minutes
- Essential Reading: The Leadership Grid• 10 minutes
- Essential Reading: Competency Models of Leadership• 10 minutes
- Essential Reading: The Leadership Pipeline • 10 minutes
- Essential Reading: Community Leadership• 10 minutes
- Assignment Introduction• 10 minutes
4 assignments• Total 15 minutes
- The Leadership Grid• 3 minutes
- Competency Models of Leadership• 6 minutes
- The Leadership Pipeline• 3 minutes
- Community Leadership• 3 minutes
This assessment is a graded quiz based on the modules covered in this week.
What's included
1 assignment
1 assignment• Total 60 minutes
- Graded Quiz: Focus on the Leader and Leadership Behavior • 60 minutes
In this module, you will learn how to develop yourself as a leader. The module analyzes the first days of leadership. You will gain insights into how to learn from experience. The module also discusses how to build technical competence and effective relationships. You will also learn how to plan your leadership development.
What's included
4 videos4 readings4 assignments
4 videos• Total 30 minutes
- First Days as a Leader• 11 minutes
- Building Technical Competence• 7 minutes
- Building Effective Relationships with Superiors• 6 minutes
- Building Effective Relationships with Peers• 6 minutes
4 readings• Total 40 minutes
- Essential Reading: First Days as a Leader• 10 minutes
- Essential Reading: Building Technical Competence• 10 minutes
- Essential Reading: Building Effective Relationships with Superiors• 10 minutes
- Essential Reading: Building Effective Relationships with Peers• 10 minutes
4 assignments• Total 12 minutes
- First Days as a Leader• 3 minutes
- Building Technical Competence• 3 minutes
- Building Effective Relationships with Superiors• 3 minutes
- Building Effective Relationships with Peers• 3 minutes
In this module, you will learn about how to build personal credibility. The module analyzes the communication and listening skills required for leadership. You will gain insights into how to be assertive and conduct effective meetings. The module also discusses how to manage stress. You will also learn problem-solving and creativity.
What's included
7 videos4 readings4 assignments
7 videos• Total 49 minutes
- Building Credibility• 10 minutes
- Communication Skills• 9 minutes
- Listening Skills• 7 minutes
- Assertiveness• 8 minutes
- Conducting Meetings• 6 minutes
- Problem-Solving• 5 minutes
- Creativity• 5 minutes
4 readings• Total 50 minutes
- Essential Reading: Building Credibility • 10 minutes
- Essential Reading: Communication and Listening Skills• 15 minutes
- Essential Reading: Assertive Conduct• 10 minutes
- Essential Reading: Problem-Solving and Creativity• 15 minutes
4 assignments• Total 21 minutes
- Building Credibility• 3 minutes
- Communication and Listening Skills• 6 minutes
- Assertive Conduct• 6 minutes
- Problem-Solving and Creativity• 6 minutes
This assessment is a graded quiz based on the modules covered in this week.
What's included
1 assignment
1 assignment• Total 60 minutes
- Graded Quiz: Developing Yourself as a Leader and Building Personal Credibility• 60 minutes
In this module, you will learn about the role of followers in the leadership process. Although the importance of a good leader cannot be denied, this module focuses on understanding the research around followers and followership. You will learn different models of followership and understand follower motivation and satisfaction.
What's included
5 videos4 readings4 assignments
5 videos• Total 39 minutes
- Role of Followers in the Leadership Process• 8 minutes
- The Potter and Rosenbach Followership Model• 9 minutes
- The Curphy and Roellig Followership Model• 8 minutes
- Follower Motivation• 7 minutes
- Follower Satisfaction and Engagement• 7 minutes
4 readings• Total 45 minutes
- Essential Reading: The Potter and Rosenbach Followership Model• 10 minutes
- Essential Reading: The Curphy and Roellig Followership Model• 10 minutes
- Essential Reading: Follower Motivation• 15 minutes
- Essential Reading: Follower Satisfaction• 10 minutes
4 assignments• Total 18 minutes
- The Potter and Rosenbach Followership Model• 6 minutes
- The Curphy and Roellig Followership Model• 6 minutes
- Follower Motivation• 3 minutes
- Follower Satisfaction• 3 minutes
In this module, you will learn about what and how follower performance and effectiveness. You will also understand the performance management process for team effectiveness. The module uncovers characteristics of follower potential and centers around promotion determinants.
What's included
6 videos4 readings4 assignments
6 videos• Total 41 minutes
- Understanding Follower Performance• 6 minutes
- The Performance Management Cycle: Planning• 6 minutes
- The Performance Management Cycle: Monitoring• 7 minutes
- The Performance Management Cycle: Evaluating• 7 minutes
- Follower Effectiveness• 9 minutes
- Follower Potential• 6 minutes
4 readings• Total 40 minutes
- Essential Reading: Understanding Follower Performance• 10 minutes
- Essential Reading: Managing Follower Performance• 10 minutes
- Essential Reading: Follower Effectiveness• 10 minutes
- Essential Reading: Follower Potential• 10 minutes
4 assignments• Total 18 minutes
- Understanding Follower Performance• 3 minutes
- Managing Follower Performance• 9 minutes
- Follower Effectiveness• 3 minutes
- Follower Potential• 3 minutes
This assessment is a graded quiz based on the modules covered in this week.
What's included
1 assignment
1 assignment• Total 60 minutes
- Graded Quiz: Focus on ‘The Follower’ and Follower Performance and Potential• 60 minutes
In this module, you will learn about the implications for leadership arising from the task, the organization, and the environment. The module examines how different task, organizational, and environmental factors affect both leaders’ and followers’ behavior.
What's included
4 videos4 readings4 assignments
4 videos• Total 30 minutes
- Role of Situational Factors in Leadership• 6 minutes
- Role of Task Characteristics in Leadership• 7 minutes
- Role of Organizational Culture on Leadership• 9 minutes
- Role of Societal Culture on Leadership• 9 minutes
4 readings• Total 40 minutes
- Essential Reading: Role of Situational Factors in Leadership• 10 minutes
- Essential Reading: Role of Task Characteristics in Leadership• 10 minutes
- Essential Reading: Role of Organizational Culture on Leadership• 10 minutes
- Essential Reading: Role of Societal Culture on Leadership• 10 minutes
4 assignments• Total 12 minutes
- Role of Situational Factors in Leadership• 3 minutes
- Role of Task Characteristics in Leadership• 3 minutes
- Role of Organizational Culture on Leadership• 3 minutes
- Role of Societal Culture on Leadership• 3 minutes
In this module, you will learn about the four well-known contingency theories of leadership. You will be able to understand how leadership effectiveness is maximized when leaders correctly make their behaviors contingent on certain situational and follower characteristics.
What's included
4 videos4 readings4 assignments
4 videos• Total 33 minutes
- Leader-Member Exchange Theory• 7 minutes
- Situational Leadership Model• 7 minutes
- The Contingency Model• 10 minutes
- The Path-Goal Theory• 9 minutes
4 readings• Total 40 minutes
- Essential Reading: Leader-Member Exchange Theory• 10 minutes
- Essential Reading: Situational Leadership Model• 10 minutes
- Essential Reading: The Contingency Model• 10 minutes
- Essential Reading: The Path-Goal Theory• 10 minutes
4 assignments• Total 18 minutes
- Leader-Member Exchange Theory• 3 minutes
- Situational Leadership Model• 6 minutes
- The Contingency Model• 6 minutes
- The Path-Goal Theory• 3 minutes
This assessment is a graded quiz based on the modules covered in this week.
What's included
1 assignment
1 assignment• Total 60 minutes
- Graded Quiz: Focus on ‘The Situation’ and Contingency Theories of Leadership• 60 minutes
In this module, you will learn about the various approaches to organizational change. The module covers rational and emotional approaches to change. You learn how the scope of change varies dramatically on the leaders’ ability to recognize the situational and follower factors inhibiting or facilitating change and formulate a compelling vision for the future.
What's included
4 videos4 readings4 assignments
4 videos• Total 26 minutes
- Role of Leaders in the Change Process• 6 minutes
- The Rational Approach to Organizational Change• 7 minutes
- The Emotional Approach to Organizational Change• 8 minutes
- Bass’s Theory of Transactional and Transformational Leadership• 6 minutes
4 readings• Total 40 minutes
- Essential Reading: Role of Leaders in the Change Process• 10 minutes
- Essential Reading: The Rational Approach to Organizational Change• 10 minutes
- Essential Reading: The Emotional Approach to Organizational Change• 10 minutes
- Essential Reading: Bass’s Theory of Transactional and Transformational Leadership• 10 minutes
4 assignments• Total 18 minutes
- Role of Leaders in the Change Process• 3 minutes
- The Rational Approach to Organizational Change• 3 minutes
- The Emotional Approach to Organizational Change• 6 minutes
- Bass’s Theory of Transactional and Transformational Leadership• 6 minutes
In this module, you will learn about what constitutes bad leadership. The module will review research pertaining to some practical steps for avoiding destructive leadership, managerial incompetence, and managerial derailment. You will also identify a few root causes of managerial incompetence and derailment.
What's included
4 videos4 readings4 assignments
4 videos• Total 29 minutes
- Destructive Leadership• 6 minutes
- Managerial Incompetence• 6 minutes
- Managerial Derailment• 9 minutes
- Reasons for Managerial Derailment• 9 minutes
4 readings• Total 40 minutes
- Essential Reading: Destructive Leadership• 10 minutes
- Essential Reading: Managerial Incompetence• 10 minutes
- Essential Reading: Managerial Derailment• 10 minutes
- Essential Reading: Reasons for Managerial Derailment• 10 minutes
4 assignments• Total 12 minutes
- Destructive Leadership• 3 minutes
- Managerial Incompetence• 3 minutes
- Managerial Derailment• 3 minutes
- Reasons for Managerial Derailment• 3 minutes
This assessment is a graded quiz based on the modules covered in this week.
What's included
1 video1 assignment
1 video• Total 2 minutes
- Course Wrap-Up Video• 2 minutes
1 assignment• Total 60 minutes
- Graded Quiz: Leadership and Change and Dark Sides of Leadership• 60 minutes
Build toward a degree
This course is part of the following degree program(s) offered by O.P. Jindal Global University. If you are admitted and enroll, your completed coursework may count toward your degree learning and your progress can transfer with you.¹
Build toward a degree
This course is part of the following degree program(s) offered by O.P. Jindal Global University. If you are admitted and enroll, your completed coursework may count toward your degree learning and your progress can transfer with you.¹
O.P. Jindal Global University
MBA in Business Analytics
Degree · 12 - 24 months
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O.P. Jindal Global University is recognised as an Institution of Eminence by the Ministry of Education, Government of India. It is also ranked the No. 1 Private University in India in the QS World University Rankings 2021. The university has 9000+ students across 12 schools that offer 52 degree programs. The university maintains a 1:9 faculty-student ratio. It is a research-intensive university, deeply committed to institutional values of interdisciplinary and innovative learning, pluralism and rigorous scholarship, globalism, and international engagement.
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