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The e-learning course will focus on the application of the 7 keys to resilience to your team: What can you do as a team leader to foster your own resilience, but also to strengthen your team members' resilience and to thereby make your entire team more resilient towards crises? It is sometimes hard for team leaders to draw the line between the responsibility which comes along with their position and areas which exceed their competence and/or their responsibility. We will help you focus on areas which you can and should tackle as a leader.

The e-learning course will familiarise you with all 7 keys to resilience and provide you with tips on how to apply them personally, as an individual. This will not only help you deal with stress at work, but also with all sorts of challenge in your personal environment. After all, resilience can be learnt and trained and it has been scientifically proven to help you recover faster after a crisis. Also, resilient individuals do not experience the effects of a crisis as harshly as non-resilient ones.

How to lead individuals in alignment with the organisation's objectives? This is the overarching question of the e-learning course. You will learn about the basics of managing performance as well as setting SMART goals, and consider how to conduct effective staff appraisals. Finally, you will learn how to distribute and delegate tasks and responsibilities in an effective way that fosters personal growth of your employees

A significant part of being a successful leader can be attributed to being able to communicate effectively and provide meaningful feedback. You will explore how to establish effective communication with your employees, within your team, with your clients and your peers. And, you will learn about giving and receiving feedback and understand why an effective feedback or feedforward culture is beneficial for handling, as well as preventing, conflicts.

Leadership is often about guiding teams; thus, the e-learning course explores how teams form, which team roles help making teams successful, how positive team dynamics can be fostered and how to set up productive meetings. Moreover, you will explore how to lead remote teams and how to find solutions in situations of conflict.

The e-learning course deals with the topic human resources development from a motivational perspective. You will learn about factors that influence motivation and thus lead to satisfaction or dissatisfaction at work. As motivation and purpose are closely linked, the course helps you identifying your why and guide others to do the same. In addition, the course supports you in clarifying your role as a leader.

You will learn what leadership is about, get an overview of the different facets of leadership, learn what differentiates leadership from management, and get to know about leadership orientations and their effects. This e-learning course will guide you in identifying your own leadership style, and discover in which ways you as a leader can have an impact on your employees. Moreover, the course deals with leadership values, purpose, and leadership culture as well as with the question how these points are interlinked.

The e-learning course aims at providing you with basic knowledge on the topic of leadership. Therefore, we will provide you with an overview of the various facets of leadership and, what is more important, encourage the reflection on the role as a leader in your institution. We have integrated a "learning journal" which serves to guide and inspire you in your personal reflection on your individual leadership style as well as underlying influencing factors.