Leadership and People Management

Set direction, give hard feedback and build a team that keeps going without you.

What the course covers

8 modules, 32 topics. Open any one to see what sits inside it.

1. 1.1 What actually changes when you lead
2. 1.2 Authority, influence and trust
3. 1.3 Your default style, and its blind spots
4. 1.4 Leading people who were your peers
1. 2.1 Translating strategy for one team
2. 2.2 Goals people can act on
3. 2.3 Clarity of role and decision rights
4. 2.4 Communicating change
1. 3.1 Motivation, honestly examined
2. 3.2 Delegation without abandonment
3. 3.3 Autonomy, mastery and stretch
4. 3.4 Recognition that means something
1. 4.1 Setting expectations early
2. 4.2 Continuous feedback instead of an annual review
3. 4.3 The difficult conversation about performance
4. 4.4 Managing someone out, fairly and lawfully
1. 5.1 Hiring and interviewing well
2. 5.2 Induction and the first ninety days
3. 5.3 Team composition and difference
4. 5.4 Psychological safety
1. 6.1 Disagreement that is productive
2. 6.2 Mediating between team members
3. 6.3 Grievances, bullying and escalation
4. 6.4 Wellbeing and workload
1. 7.1 Coaching as a management skill
2. 7.2 Career conversations
3. 7.3 Succession, and growing your own replacement
4. 7.4 Keeping people you cannot promote
1. 8.1 Managing upwards
2. 8.2 Influencing across the organisation
3. 8.3 Leading through change and uncertainty
4. 8.4 Ethics, and what you choose to tolerate

By the end of this course you will be able to explain and apply:

Two hours, not two months Eight short modules. Finish in a day, or do one module a night for a week.

Depth beyond your coursework Pitched above taught content, for research, leadership and the work that follows the degree.

Built for a phone Watch on the bus, pause mid-module, pick up where you stopped. No download, no lab.

A certificate that can be checked Every certificate carries an ID your college or an employer can verify on our site.

About two hours in total — eight modules of roughly fifteen minutes. You can do it in one sitting or spread it across a week. Your place is saved either way.
No. There is no prerequisite course and no software to install. A phone, tablet or computer with an internet connection is enough.
Yes. This course is placed at Master's Degree for India, and the content is written for that level. If you are at a different stage, change your level at the top of the page and the courses will change with it.
A certificate for the course, carrying an ID that your college or an employer can check on our verification page. You keep access to the material afterwards.
Yes — ₹450 for this course on its own, or ₹1,450 for all five in this set, which works out cheaper if you want more than one.
There is a short quiz at the end of each module so you can check what stuck. It is not timed and you can retake it.
Change your country using the picker at the top. Level names, degree names and prices all switch to that country, and the courses adjust to its education system.

Wording shown for India. Pick a different country at the top and the terms, currency and programme names change with it.