EMBA | Pre-Programme | Core Module 14

Leadership and Performance

This module covers the latest evidence on why leadership is crucial and how someone can be a more successful leader.  The module does two things: it draws on modern research about leaders and managers and so presents you with robust empirical findings (from different disciplines) that are both scientifically interesting and practical.  Second, it focuses on why and how this body of evidence can help you in the future.  We will examine how leaders influence productivity, trust, and job satisfaction and worker engagement.  We consider how to spot, develop, motivate and incentivise your reports to achieve organisational performance.  Finally, you will reflect on your past leadership journey, learn from your peers’ experiences, and consider how to navigate your future.

• Leadership and organisational performance
• How to manage and retain world-class talent
• Leadership and employee job satisfaction
• The evidence for expert leadership
• Understanding good bosses and bad bosses
• How leaders foster trust, facilitate openness, create the conditions for innovative thinking and build a diverse work place
• Developing, motivating and negotiating into leadership and management.