Discover your leadership abilities

In this course, we will look at your natural leadership style – what your “default” preferences are, for how you lead others. This includes some areas of strength in leading from your own style, and also some potential challenges or blind spots. We’ll look at some key management practices and how you can leverage your natural style. We will also look at how your style maps to the six major styles, and where you may want to further develop. Finally, you’ll reflect on change, and how you can develop a level of adaptability or resiliency to changes that occur around you that affect you and your team.

  • Describe the 6 key leadership styles
  • Identify your natural leadership style
  • Incorporate your own leadership style in management
  • Understand the importance of adapting to change

Course curriculum

    1. Becoming a Leader

    2. 6 Leadership Styles

    3. Your Leadership Style

    4. Knowledge Check

    1. Applying Servant Leadership

    2. Self-Awareness

    3. Empathy and Foresight

    1. Strategies to Use

    1. Resilience

    2. Do's and Don'ts

    3. Setbacks

    1. Reflection

    2. Supplemental Resources

    3. Continue the Conversation

About this course

  • Free
  • 14 lessons
  • 0 hours of video content

Course Contributor

Mike Johnson

Coach and Chief Empowerment Officer

Mike Johnson serves as a catalyst to help people move from survival toward significance in their careers. He blends extensive coaching and corporate experience to help develop and empower others professionally and personally. He focuses on the areas of leadership development, employee engagement and development, and career management. He has a diverse business background with over 35 years’ experience from a career in Information Technology with IBM - including systems, sales, marketing, application development and implementation, strategic planning, leadership, people management/professional development, organizational culture, and mentoring. He has worked with clients and segments across Healthcare (Provider-Health Systems, Payor, Pharmaceutical-Life Sciences), Public Sector, Insurance, Communications, Distribution, Finance and Manufacturing. Examples of Mike’s impact include co-developing marketing strategy and campaigns for a territory of Independent Software Vendors, which grew to contribute over 20% of tracked revenue; and managing account relationships, business development and communication at 10 leading IBM clients in Indiana, and a network of Business Partners nationwide. After leaving IBM, Mike was led into the coaching arena. He has worked with hundreds of individuals seeking help with career exploration, advancement, mid-career transition/professional rediscovery, and with organizations focused on talent and leadership development. He works with people one-to-one and with universities, public and non-profit organizations, and multinational corporations, including: Indiana Department of Workforce Development’s WorkOne system Alpha Kappa Psi Business Fraternity Butler University Lacy School of Business (Leadership Coaching with Butler’s MBA program) Women Working in Technology (sponsored and hosted by Ball State University) George P. Johnson Experience Marketing. Mike serves as Co-Director for Passport to Employment, an outreach to the unemployed, under-employed in the greater Indianapolis area. In 15+ years, “P2E” has helped 2,400 people find full-time employment. He is a published author, including Survive and Thrive in Your Job Search: The Team Networking Group Process to Your Next Job, Abbott Press (co-author), and Editor, Passport to Employment Guidebook: Your Companion for the Journey to Employment, now in its seventh edition. Mike is a Certified Professional Coach and member of the International Coaching Federation. Chief Empowerment Officer and Certified Professional Coach www.coachfortomorrow.com | 317-214-7069 | [email protected]