Columbia Business School

Leadership Essentials

Columbia Business School

Core Leadership

About Programme

Leadership Essentials identifies several of the skill sets that great leaders possess. Through engaging lectures delivered by Columbia Business School faculty, dynamic discussions with colleagues and hands-on training and workshops, participants explore the most crucial areas of leadership development.

Participants emerge from the Leadership Essentials program with fresh insights into how to be better decision-makers, leaders of people and groups, and agents of organizational change.

Other FormatsThis program is also being offered in an asynchronous online format. Learn more about Leadership Essentials (Online) .

Please contact our Learning Solutions Specialists at +1 212-854-3395 for a personal conversation to learn more.

Programme Content

Session 1

Leadership Styles and Emotional Intelligence

Session 1

Key questions

Session 1
What are the different styles of leadership, and when is it appropriate to exercise one rather than another?
Session 1
What role does emotional intelligence (or EQ) play in enacting the different forms of leadership?
Session 2

Leadership Styles and Managing Change

Session 2

Key questions

Session 2
What are the key action steps needed to plan and implement change?
Session 2
What do you think you do well versus not so well when it comes to planning and implementing change?
Session 2
What leadership style makes people more likely to embrace rather than resist change?
Session 2
What makes it hard for agents of change to adopt a style that makes others embrace rather than resist change?
Session 2
What can be done to overcome the obstacles alluded to in the preceding question?
Session 3

Leadership and Group Dynamics

Session 3

Key questions

Session 3
Why do some groups work together effectively, while other groups seem to struggle?
Session 3
How does “who you are” influence the type of roles that you take on in a group?
Session 3
What climate do you create for groups that you lead?
Session 3
How can you motivate your team to take more risk and responsibility?
Session 4

Leadership and Personality

Session 4

Key questions

Session 4
How much of your leadership behavior is driven by your environment?
Session 4
How much of your leadership behavior is driven by your own preferences?
Session 4
How can you learn about others' preferences in order to more effectively lead, manage, and collaborate?

Programme Audience

Leadership Essentials is designed for mid-level executives looking to develop essential leadership skills and improve their effectiveness working with individuals and teams.

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