Library & Learning Commons: Professional Development: Leadership training

Books

Coaching for Professional Development by Christine A. Eastman
ISBN: 9781315164946
Publication Date: 2018-12-12
Coaching has emerged as one of the most significant aids in developing managers and executives in the professional world. Yet there is a degree of dissatisfaction with performance coaching models and a desire to connect more with creativity and the imagination.
Managing Leadership Paradoxes by Lotte S. Luscher
ISBN: 9781351019941
Publication Date: 2018-09-03
Managers today are faced with numerous complex challenges speckled with paradoxes. They must have a sharp economical focus while simultaneously engaging in creative and innovative thinking. They must support individuals as well as teams, think globally, and do business locally. This book views complexity as a fundamental element of leadership, rather than something that should simply be reduced and removed. It presents a leadership concept that includes both sides of the paradox.
The Social Skills Handbook by Sue Hutchings
ISBN: 9780429024191
Publication Date: 2019-08-16
Now in a revised second edition, this book offers practical guidance for setting up and running social skills sessions. Based on well-established therapeutic principles, this is a flexible, easy-to-use resource suitable for practitioners and professionals working in a range of settings. An overview of social communication theory and the principles of groupwork forms a solid foundation for the session and activity guidance, structured so that the sessions progress from basic skills such as 'Eye Contact' and 'Empathy' to more complex skills such as 'Problem Solving' and 'Making Friends'.
Relational Leadership by Nicholas Clarke
ISBN: 9781317216926
Publication Date: 2018-02-19
The traditional idea of leadership as being about the solo, heroic leader has now run its course. A new way of thinking about leadership is now needed to address major challenges such as achieving greater social responsibility, enhancing leadership capacity and recognising the importance of context as affecting how leadership occurs. Relational leadership offers a new perspective of leadership that addresses these challenges.
The Center for Creative Leadership Handbook of Leadership Development by Ellen Van Velsor (Editor); Cynthia D. McCauley (Editor); Marian N. Ruderman (Editor)
ISBN: 1282481789
Publication Date: 2010-01-01
Praise for The Center for Creative LeadershipHandbook of Leadership Development "The most authoritative, comprehensive, and practical source for developing leadership capability in any organization. The handbook integrates the very best of theory and practice, and serves as a valuable road map to creating a foundation of systemic leadership excellence, now and for the future." --Thomas J. Griffin, vice president, organizational learning and chief teaching officer, U.S. Cellular

Courses

Leading and Managing People-Centered Change (3 week course)
*Requires an external account
Learn how to bring people with you as you lead or manage organisational change and navigate challenges to keep them on-board.

Videos

Open Communication & Teamwork (10-minute video)
Open Communication & Teamwork is a program that demonstrates strategies to communicate effectively to achieve best results in teams. In this course you will learn to promote open and honest communication through the sharing of information and reducing gossip. This course provides real life video case studies of highly successful organizations demonstrating how they have established open communication and teamwork, improved collaboration and a welcoming atmosphere, all making for cohesive teams.

Inspirational Leadership (11-minute video)
Inspirational Leadership is a program defines and demonstrates the behaviors, attitudes and strategies of outstanding leaders. This course provides real life video case studies following highly successful leaders in different industries demonstrating the six identified behaviors and actions of inspirational leaders.

Lead with Empathy (2-minute video)
LEAD with Empathy will help all leaders to focus on four core leadership soft skills. Great leaders listen, they have empathy, they ask questions and they give clear direction. Psychologist Eve Ash outlines the ways leaders can learn how to LEAD.

4 Essentials for Compassionate Leadership (11-minute video)
In this video, 4 Essentials for Compassionate Leadership, you will discover how compassionate leaders care about their team's emotional and life needs and recognize that happier employees are more engaged and perform twice as well as those whose staff feel unvalued and uncared for. Compassionate leaders are perceived as strong and competent. Their employees are more loyal.

Wellbeing & Balance (8-minute video)
Wellbeing & Balance is a program covering practical strategies to enable your people to be healthier, have work/life balance and be more productive. Companies and organizations everywhere are increasingly noticing benefits from promoting the importance of staff wellbeing and encouraging staff to be physically active.

Motivating Fun Workplace (9-minute video)
Motivating Fun Workplace is a program that demonstrates why some people love coming to work and doing their best. This course explains how to create a fun-loving culture and make the workplace desirable using light, color and design. Discover team building activities and learn how to encourage staff creativity from real life video case studies of highly successful organizations demonstrating how they have established fun motivating workplaces and virtual teams.

Recognition & Feedback (11-minute video)
Recognition & Feedback is a program designed to equip people with coaching and feedback skills to improve work performance. Everyone needs an understanding of how their performance is measured, and the context for the successful delivery of their roles. You will learn how to give immediate recognition and feedback, accept feedback, be creative and constructive with both recognition and criticism, and the importance of regular performance appraisals.