• Self-assess own leadership skills and how to apply them in one’s work;
• Develop an awareness of own personal and inter-personal leadership strengths and areas to grow in;
• Practice leadership skills acquired and reflect on their application;
• Reflect and develop an understanding of one’s own competencies related to personality and emotional intelligence;
• Manage personal issues and challenges not to allow personal matters interfere with their work with clients;
• Develop self-awareness of areas of growth and how to work upon them;
• Develop self-compassion to treat oneself with kindness and warmth.

• Define different leadership skills required to become an effective person and leader;
• Describe the differences and overlap between leadership and management and how these can be applied to their current and future work as psychologists;
• Identify principles and skills which help one to be efficient and effective as a person;
• Identify ways how to lead and motivate others to be efficient and work towards set goals;
• Demonstrate knowledge on how one’s personality, moods and attitudes may be transmitted consciously or unconsciously to interactions with others and in work with clients;
• Identify areas required for self-development and knowledge of oneself with a sense of who one is, where one wants to get and how to get there;
• Describe ways of how to take care of oneself to protect one’s own well-being.

• Adopt outcome based leadership which focuses on the people’s needs and the tasks to be carried out;
• Evaluate personal qualities which help to be efficient as persons and leaders;
• Assess areas where they need to grow and train more in order to become more effective as persons and leaders and plan how they will work on this;
• Critically apply the skills which help an individual to be an effective person and an effective leader;
• Critique the various leadership styles and their application to different contexts and circumstances;
• Demonstrate competence in self-reflexivity and identify how this can be developed and used in their future work s psychologists;
• Show ability to be more aware of one’s blindspots and how these may effect others;
• Enhance one’s growth by moving beyond one’s  comfort zone in order to keep progressing and developing as a person and a profession the skill to develop resilience, self-care and compassion;

This module will be assessed through: Reflective Tasks and Activities.

Core Reading List

1. Covey S.R. (2020), The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Simon & Schuster
2. Osborne C. (2015) Leadership: Inspiring, Empowering, Supporting, DK Publishing, New York
3. Alvesson, M., Blom, M. & Sveningsson, S. (2017); Reflexive leadership Sage; London.
4. Maxwell J.C. (2018), Developing the Leader Within You, HarperCollins Leadership , USA
5. Thompson, K. (2010). Therapeutic Journal Writing
6. Berne, E. (2016) Games People Play: The Psychology of Human Relationships. Penguin Books Ltd.
7. Masters, A., R. (2018). Bringing your shadow out of the dark: Breaking Free from the Hidden Forces that drive you. US: Sounds True Inc

Supplementary Reading List

1. Northouse P.G. (2016) Leadership: Theory and Practice, Sage, Los Angelis
2. Caruso D.R. & Salovey P., (2004), The Emotionally Intelligent Manager: How to Develop & Use the Four Key Emotional Skills of Leadership, Jossey-Bass, San Francisco