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The Open University

Leadership challenges in turbulent times

The Open University via OpenLearn

Overview

Welcome to Leadership challenges in turbulent times, a free course offered by the Open University. We are excited to join you on your journey to explore leadership in the turbulent times that we live in.In this short course you will have the opportunity to understand and explain how leadership changes in accordance to the needs of the turbulent environments that we experience. You will also explore the leadership challenges that can affect leadership effectiveness and will seek ways to successfully face these challenges. We really hope that you will enjoy studying this Open Learn course.

Syllabus

  • Introduction
  • Learning outcomes
  • 1 Dealing with leadership challenges
  • 1 Dealing with leadership challenges
  • 1.1 Step 1: The challenges leaders and organisations face
  • 1.2 Step 2: Prioritising leadership challenges
  • 1.3 Step 3: Types of leadership challenges: tame, wicked and critical challenges
  • 2 Recognising inclusiveness and diversity
  • 2 Recognising inclusiveness and diversity
  • 2.1 Exploring inclusiveness
  • 2.2 Harnassing diversity
  • 3 Leadership as a positive-sum game
  • 3 Leadership as a positive-sum game
  • 3.1 Leadership games
  • 3.2 Leadership for win/win outcomes
  • Conclusion
  • Glossary
  • References
  • Further reading
  • Acknowledgements

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