Leadership
M3
Leadership Styles & Communication
Understand how you lead, when to flex it, and how to land your message. The foundation half-day for any first-line leader.
Why this matters
Your team isn’t one person. Each one needs a slightly different version of you to thrive. This half-day gives you the styles, the language and the confidence to adapt without losing who you are.
Half-day · one of three
What you cover
- Master the three core leadership styles — action-centred (Adair), situational, transformational — and know when each one serves you
- Map your dominant style using a structured self-assessment — and identify where it works for you and where it’s holding you back
- Adapt your style to each team member based on their will and skill levels — the four leadership modes every first-line leader needs
- Build presentation confidence — structure a message, hold the room, handle questions you didn’t prepare for
- Develop influencing skills without formal authority — the three influencing pathways (logic, emotion, relationship)
- Tailor your communication to your audience — senior exec, peer, direct report, customer — same message, four versions
- Run a difficult conversation with confidence — the script that respects the person and still holds the standard
- Build your personal leadership brand — what you stand for, what you don’t tolerate, and how your team experiences it
You leave with
Your personal leadership style profile + communication playbook — the foundation for everything else you’ll build over the apprenticeship.
