Self Leadership

Module overview

The overarching logic behind this module is that leadership grows from the inside out: That a leader first knows, understands, and is able to lead oneself before they can lead others. The module will focus directly on personal values, character, and integrity. To this end, the module will make explicit to students their personal leadership styles and habits, patterns of communications, biases in decision making, and reflective practice. The module aims to the highlight reflective thinking and reflective practice as a means to make you more aware of your own values, and to change patterned, habitual behaviours.

Learning and Teaching

Teaching and learning methods

The conduct of the module is informed by the following principles: • Learning may be relevant to your work environment • You may be exposed to experiential learning • As much as is practical, you may be involved in the planning and evaluation of your learning • Teaching and learning may be problem-centred In practice, this means that we will keep lectures to an absolute minimum, and will instead adhere to these principles through a deep, intentional emphasis on practice-based and activity-driven classroom time that both delineate and make real practical, personal leadership. We will give ample opportunity for participants to construct their leadership strengths, identify their weaknesses, and build plans to overcome their weaknesses and maximise their strengths. Through facilitation rather than lecturing on personal leadership theories, we will engage in activities that uncover habits of leading. Then we will explore the theory and research behind these habits. The key is for students to discover their habits of thought, their biases, etc., and then to delineate theory that at once helps to explain them and leads students to a reflective manner of working.

Study time
Type	Hours
Teaching	30
Independent Study	220
Total study time	250

Resources & Reading list

Textbooks

Northouse, P. (2013). Leadership Theory and Practice. London: Sage.

Assessment

Formative

This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.

Essay proposal

Assessment Type: Formative
Feedback: Face-to-face meeting in a small group within the classroom.
Final Assessment: No
Group Work: No

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Breakdown
Method	Percentage contribution
Essay	100%

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

Breakdown
Method	Percentage contribution
Essay	100%

Repeat Information

Repeat type: Internal & External