Leadership Styles Mastery™
Leadership Styles Course Features
SUBJECT
Leadership Styles
DURATION
2 Days
CERTIFICATION
ILM-Recognised
TRAINER
Nicholas C. Hill FCMI FIoL FIC
PARTICIPANTS
Leaders and Managers
DELIVERY
Open Scheduled • 1-2-1 • In-House Tailored
FORMAT
Classroom • Virtual Classroom • Hybrid
MATERIALS
Hard Copy Workbooks • Digital Workbooks
Instructor-Led Leadership Styles Training
Master Trainer Nicholas Hill
Nicholas C. Hill FCMI FIoL FIC is a seasoned master trainer and the creator of 68 ILM-Recognised courses. His training is high-impact and results-driven, presented in classroom and virtual classroom formats. Since 1996, he has delivered training for over 700 organisations, leading to team improvements of up to 234% in performance, 136% in efficiency, and 104% in productivity.
Leadership Styles Course Summary
Module 1
Differentiating Leadership
Module 2
Authoritative Leadership
Module 3
Achievement Leadership
Module 4
Team Leadership
Module 5
Affiliative Leadership
Module 6
Emotive Leadership
Module 7
Developmental Leadership
Module 8
Selfless Leadership
Participant Challenges
As a manager, you face constant pressure to lead effectively, yet your current approach often feels mismatched, unclear, or poorly received. Some team members demand structure, while others resist direction. Attempts to adapt create inconsistency, causing your messages to either fall flat or stir conflict. Productivity wavers, engagement drops, and communication feels strained. You’re caught between being authoritative or collaborative, but neither approach works universally. An inappropriate and inflexible leadership style risks fracturing trust, declining morale, and wasting potential. Over time, confusion spreads, accountability fades, and influence weakens. Act now to prevent entrenched habits from undermining your credibility, dividing your team, and stalling long-term progress.
Course Objectives
Designed and delivered by Nicholas Hill Academy Ltd, this course helps you master a range of leadership styles, enabling you to lead with clarity, adaptability, and more significant impact. You respond effectively to changing team needs, apply the right approach at the right time, and create more substantial alignment around goals. Your team becomes more engaged, cooperative, and resilient in the face of pressure. You boost morale, reduce conflict, and inspire action through your ability to lead with both authority and empathy. Across your organisation, you elevate performance, strengthen culture, and build trust in every direction. Begin leading with purpose, versatility, confidence, and long-term influence.
Day One
Unleashing Influential Leadership™
Module 1: Differentiating Leadership
Outcomes
• Recognise that a one-size-fits-all approach to leadership limits your influence • Acknowledge the concept of flat leadership while honouring the chain of command • Thwart the early signs of dictatorship before the damage becomes irreversible
Syllabus
Defining Leadership, Defining Management, Introducing Leadership Styles, Situational Leadership, Leadership Characteristics, Leadership Behaviours, Leadership Models, Leadership Competencies, Leadership Challenges, Leadership Influence, Leadership Contexts
Module 2: Authoritative Leadership
Outcomes
• Adopt bureaucratic leadership to promote health and safety, as well as manage risk • Use autocratic leadership to make executive decisions when compliance is non-negotiable • Become an authoritative change manager through an adaptive leadership style
Syllabus
Adaptive Leadership, Bureaucratic Leadership, Autocratic Leadership, Authoritarian Leadership, Directive Leadership, Commanding Leadership, Top-Down Leadership, Centralised Decisions, Compliance Leadership, Risk Leadership, Organisational Hierarchy
Module 3: Achievement Leadership
Outcomes
• Utilise task-centric leadership to meet pressing deadlines and adhere to tight budgets • Drive workplace productivity and efficiency by applying transactional leadership • Use laissez-faire leadership to win cooperation and respect from experienced staff
Syllabus
Task-Oriented Leadership, High-Performance Leadership, Transactional Leadership, Laissez-Faire Leadership, Productivity Enhancement, Reward Systems, Performance Metrics, Deadline Management, Budget Adherence, Employee Autonomy, Staff Empowerment
Module 4: Team Leadership
Outcomes
• Inspire enthusiastic teamwork and camaraderie through a collaborative leadership style • Just as birds flock and fish school embrace the primitive style of tribal leadership • Adopt visionary leadership to inspire your people with a picture of a brighter future
Syllabus
Collaborative Leadership, Visionary Leadership, Inspirational Leadership, Tribal Leadership, Team Dynamics, Group Cohesion, Team Motivation, Organisational Culture, Shared Vision, Collective Goals, Team Communication, Team Building, Leadership Facilitation
Day Two
Unleashing Empathetic Leadership™
Module 5: Affiliative Leadership
Outcomes
• Involve your team in decision-making to increase morale by using democratic leadership • Resolve conflict and handle difficult people by demonstrating diplomatic leadership • Reduce team attrition via a people-first attitude and a people-centric leadership style
Syllabus
Democratic Leadership, Participative Leadership, People-Centric Leadership, Diplomatic Leadership, Inclusive Decision-Making, Employee Involvement, Morale Boosting, Conflict Management, Employee Relations, Team Satisfaction, Leadership Supportiveness
Module 6: Emotive Leadership
Outcomes
• Practise charismatic leadership to sell your new ideas and ignite a desire to succeed • Apply a motivational leadership style to improve morale and spread a message of hope • Develop emotional intelligence among your team members through primal leadership
Syllabus
Charismatic Leadership, Primal Leadership, Motivational Leadership, Emotional Intelligence, Inspirational Communication, Leadership Passion, Leadership Enthusiasm, Leadership Presence, Leadership Authenticity, Leadership Resonance, Leadership Empathy
Module 7: Developmental Leadership
Outcomes
• Execute transformational leadership to promote maturity and standards in your people • Drive perpetual organisational improvement through transformative leadership • Apply a coaching leadership style when your people need to think for themselves
Syllabus
Transformational Leadership, Transformative Leadership, Coaching Leadership, Change Leadership, Organisational Development, Continuing Professional Development, Innovation Leadership, Leadership Adaptation, Leadership Empowerment
Module 8: Selfless Leadership
Outcomes
• Give your people a sense of belonging by using the paternalistic leadership style • Employ servant leadership to meet your team’s needs and nurture job satisfaction • Influence a dramatically positive change in culture through principle-centric leadership
Syllabus
Paternalistic Leadership, Servant Leadership, Principle-Centric Leadership, Ethical Leadership, Values-Based Leadership, Leadership Humility, Leadership Altruism, Leadership Responsibility, Leadership Stewardship, Leadership Care, Leadership Nurturing
Leadership Styles Training Delivery
Open Scheduled Course
Develop Your Skills
Enjoy powerful and cost-effective learning and development from the comfort of your home or office. Benefit from our practical and relevant training content while interacting with our master trainer and like-minded delegates from other industries.
- Leaders and Managers
- 2 Days
- Virtual Classroom
1-2-1 Tailored Course
Master Your Skills
Solve your workplace problems in private and in confidence. Receive undivided personal attention and explore modules tailored to your needs. Schedule the training to suit your pace and calendar, then watch your knowledge and skills go through the roof.
- Management Level Tailored
- 2 Days • 4 Half Days • 8 Quarter Days
- Classroom • Virtual Classroom
In-House Tailored Course
Develop Your Team
Engage in team building and develop unity through shared goals that align your team’s thinking and behaviour. We facilitate your team discussions and tailor our modules, timings, and delivery style to your organisational vision, mission, and culture.
- Management Level Tailored
- 2 Days • 4 Half Days • 8 Quarter Days
- Classroom • Virtual Classroom
Leadership Styles Open Courses
Included Materials
- Certificate of Achievement
- Digital Interactive Workbooks
- Professional Leader Subscription
- Pre-Course Diagnostic Consultation
- Post-Course Results Consultation
- Post-Course Email Mentoring
Optional Materials
- ILM-Recognised Certificate
- Hard Copy Workbooks
- Hard Copy Leadership Journal
- Leadership Principles Merchandise
- Leadership Style Mapping
- Post-Course Leadership Coaching
Course Features
- Master Trainer
- 2 Days Training
- 09:00 - 17:00 GMT/BST
- Leaders and Managers
- 5 Delegates Capacity
- Virtual Classroom
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Start
15 May, 2025
End
22 Sep, 2025
- Leadership Styles Mastery
- 04 Places Remaining
£895
+VAT PER DELEGATE
Leadership Styles Course Reviews
"Nicholas Hill is a very knowledgeable and passionate coach and trainer!"
M. Sunderland Operations Directo Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner
"This course was too advanced for me, but it helped me to manage my time."
N. Brydon, Food and Beverage Manager The Elvetham Hotel Ltd
"Following your training, we are now turning around our business performance."
A. Panatti Sales Director Finish Creative Ltd
"The results achieved in this training are above and beyond what I was expecting."
S. Baker Managing Director Merritt & Baker Consultancy Ltd
"You positively changed my attitude toward leadership and management."
J. Mears General Manager Integrated Pathology Partnerships Ltd
"Outstanding and excellent feedback from our 42 delegates over four years."
O. Klochkova Chief Operations Officer Playson Ltd