Effective Leadership Communication
Become an authentic, persuasive and engaging communicator to enhance your effectiveness as a leader. Currently only available for organisations. Register individual interest below:
Effective Leadership Communication
$1350 AUD (inc GST)
What you will learn
Gain contemporary skills and knowledge for your job now.
Continuous disruption is the new normal and in ever changing environments it is essential for leaders to be able to communicate clearly and effectively.
This course is ideal for those wanting to develop both an understanding and practice of being authentic, articulate and persuasive as a leader.
Understand how people process information
Learn about how cognitive processing can help craft influential communication, including the effect of concrete vs. abstract language and the sequencing of statements.
Become more influential by enhancing self-presentation
Learn the effect of verbal and non-verbal presentation, and how social identity and social learning process can support more reflective and deliberate communication practices.
Communicate more authentically
Develop different ways of communicating effectively with peers, colleagues and stakeholders in a variety of online and face-to-face settings, according to the latest research and industry best practice.
Apply leadership communications practices in your workplace
Learn how to analyse and explain various forms of leadership communication, and formulate a plan for integrating evidence-based practices in the workplace.
More from this series
Take multiple courses to deepen your knowledge or stack towards a full degree.
The Managing Teams series
This industry-aligned, research-led series is designed to equip you with the skills needed to lead with confidence. You'll feel ready to face challenges and opportunities in organisations across the Asia-Pacific region.
It's been developed in consultation with leading professional services organisations, major business stakeholder organisations, and human resource management and organisational development practitioners.
Explore more from the Managing Teams series:
- Effective Negotiation (Micro-credential)
- Leading Teams (Micro-credential)
- Performance Management (Micro-credential)
Fees
For individuals
To take Effective Leadership Communication as a stand-alone micro-credential, you'll pay the normal course price.
$1350 AUD (inc GST)
Please contact Student Support to discuss discounts and payment options for University of Melbourne staff or alumni, or to pay by invoice.
For teams
If you have three or more team members who are keen to upskill with Effective Leadership Communication, get in touch to discuss pricing. For large groups, we can also deliver and contextualise this course exclusively for your organisation.
Pricing on request
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Course details
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Effective Leadership Communication is designed for a diverse range of leaders, aspiring leaders, and professionals, including:
- Early-career professionals seeking to develop their leadership ability and knowledge
- Emerging leaders wanting to enhance their skills
- Those seeking to enhance their leadership capabilities to complement technical knowledge and expertise to advance into more senior leadership positions
- Anyone wanting to build their competence, capability and confidence as they progress through various career stages and changes.
Relevant sectors include, but aren't limited to, professional and business services, manufacturing, health, NGOs, education, hospitality, aviation.
There are no eligibility requirements.
This course has been developed in consultation with leading professional services organisations, major business stakeholder organisations, and human resource management and organisational development practitioners.
Curriculum is based on real world needs and you complete the course with highly applicable skills and knowledge.
By the end of this course, you will have enhanced communication skills as a leader aligned with industry best practice. You'll be able to:
- Analyse and explain the effectiveness of written, verbal, and non-verbal leadership communication, based on theories and evidence on cognitive processing, social identity formation, and social learning
- Evaluate suitable leadership communication practices to influence followers and other stakeholders, in a variety of settings and communication channels
- Formulate and justify a plan for integrating evidence-based leadership communication practices in the workplace.
This course runs over four weeks.
Your total time commitment is approximately 42 hours, which includes:
- 9 contact hours
- 13 hours self-study
- 20 hours assessment tasks
Assessment:
- Summative analysis of all topics incorporating a critical evaluation of personal-professional practice (60%)
- 2 x written assessments articulating learned modules and evaluating personal-professional practice (30%)
- Discussion participation and webinar attendance (10%).
Effective Leadership Communication is part of the Managing Teams series, which provides a pathway towards the subject MGMT90265 Managing Teams.
To use Effective Leadership Communication in this way, you need to complete all four micro-credentials in the Managing Teams series, in any order you choose, then apply for credit towards the subject MGMT90265 Managing Teams.
You can use the Adaptive Leadership series in a similar way by completing all four micro-credentials in that series, in any order you choose, then apply for credit towards the subject MGMT90264 Adaptive Leadership.
Adaptive Leadership
Managing Teams
This is a highly flexible course designed to provide you with a rich and effective learning experience.
It includes a combination of live webinars, online lectures, skills development exercises, case studies and scenarios, contemporary readings and resources, facilitated group discussions, and hands-on workplace interventions.