LinkedIn Learning

Leadership Styles, Behaviors, and Approaches

Intermediate 0.9 hours English Course Certificate
Our recommendation
A LinkedIn Learning course surveying how effective leaders actually operate. In about an hour it walks through the traits of modern leadership, the major leadership styles, and contemporary approaches to leading diverse teams. A useful conceptual map of leadership styles — helpful for reflecting on and developing your own approach.

Good for: Understanding the range of leadership styles and approaches.

Less suitable if: You want hands-on management skills or deep academic theory.

Skills you'll gain

LeadershipLeadership stylesManagementTeam leadershipSelf-awareness

Is this course right for you?

A good fit if you…

You want a map of leadership styles
You are developing your own approach
You are a manager or aspiring leader

Consider something else if you…

You want hands-on management tasks
You want deep academic theory
You already lead confidently

Requirements: None.

Realistic time: About 1 hour.

About this course

Leadership Styles, Behaviors, and Approaches surveys how effective leaders actually operate. In about an hour it walks through the traits of modern leadership, the major leadership styles, and contemporary approaches to leading diverse, dynamic teams — including the pressures of AI-driven change.

What you'll learn

Identify modern leadership traits
Compare major leadership styles
Match a style to the situation
Lead diverse, dynamic teams
Adapt leadership amid change
Develop your own approach

This course includes

0.9h
On-demand video
Yes
Certificate
Yes
Mobile access
English
Language

What it costs

Access comes with a LinkedIn Learning subscription ($29.99/month or $19.99/month billed annually, usually a one-month free trial; free via many public libraries).

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Is the certificate recognised?

LinkedIn Learning adds a completion certificate to your profile — a learning record rather than a professional qualification.

Instructor

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Alexander Lyon
LinkedIn Learning instructor

Taught by Alexander Lyon, a communication and leadership professor and educator who specialises in organisational leadership.

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LinkedIn Learning
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Frequently asked questions

The traits of modern leadership, the major leadership styles, and contemporary approaches to leading diverse teams.
It is included in a LinkedIn Learning subscription, usually with a one-month free trial or via many public libraries.
More conceptual — a map of styles to reflect on, rather than hands-on management tasks.
About an hour.
Yes — LinkedIn Learning adds a completion certificate to your profile.
Paid
LinkedIn Learning subscription · $39.99/mo (1-mo free trial)
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