Content

This unit will assist participants to search and understand their call to lead and become aware of their own leadership formation. The course will cover the following topics:

  1. Self-Leadership concepts and principles
  2. The Leadership call and self-awareness
  3. Personal and spiritual values and leadership formation
  4. Personal commitment to continual self-leadership development

Unit code: LE8801Z

Unit status: Approved (New unit)

Points: 12.0

Unit level: Postgraduate Foundational

Unit discipline: Leadership

Delivery Mode: Blended

Proposing College: School of Professional Practice - Leadership

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Learning outcomes

1.

Reflect on own leadership calling and practice to guide own self leadership formation

2.

Apply a self-leadership framework to their leadership development

3.

Evaluate their personal and spiritual values to enhance their leadership practices

4.

Respond to feedback and input from others to assist in their leadership formation

Unit sequence

This unit is the first of a series of short core units in the Graduate Certificate in Leadership - Organisational Leadership Stream. There are no pre-requisites.

Pedagogy

The teaching is a blended approach in which most of the teaching material will be available on line and accessible for the duration of the teaching period. Weekly webinars will with a tutor will be provided at a set time in the middle of the week to discuss further the teaching material and answer questions. In the middle of the teaching period there is a one day workshop that is preferably face to face to discuss the application of the theories and concepts in a hands-on approach.

Indicative Bibliography

Neck, C.P.; Manz, C.C. and Houghton, J.D. (2019). Self-Leadership: The Definitive Guide to Personal Excellence (2nd Ed.) SAGE. Haddad, A.P. (2015). Arise to Lead: 5 Fundamentals to Becoming an Effective Leader. High Bridge Books

Assessment

Type Description Word count Weight (%)
Personal Reflection

The student will reflect on their leadership journey and calling.

500 20.0
Report - Personal Self-leadership Development Plan

The student will prepare a personal Self-Leadership Development Plan based on their personal assessments, analysis, and reflections on own qualities, values, practices. The plan will need to demonstrate milestones for personal leadership formation with a set timeframe and accountability structures.

2500 80.0
Approvals

Unit approved for the University of Divinity by Prof Albert Haddad on 25 May, 2023

Unit record last updated: 2023-05-25 14:05:36 +1000