Leadership Development
- Free to audit
- Paid certificate
- Beginner
- 4 weeks
Leadership Development is a four-week OxfordX course from Saïd Business School, taught by Emeritus Professor Tim Morris. It centres on motivation, adaptability, diversity and influence as the levers of team performance and longer-term impact. The course covers what performance means in an organisation and the impact leaders have on it, the different traits, styles and contexts of leadership, and how thinking about leadership has evolved, before turning inward to your own leadership style and those of the people around you, what separates effective from ineffective leadership, and where your strengths and weaknesses lie.
edX rates it introductory and self-paced at two to four hours a week, with no prerequisites listed. The audit track is free for the course's estimated length in weeks from enrolment and excludes graded work and the certificate; a verified certificate costs $189. Instruction is in English with British English transcripts.
What you’ll learn
- Define what performance means in an organisation and how leaders affect it
- Compare leadership traits, styles and contexts, and how thinking on leadership has evolved
- Recognise your own leadership style and those of the people around you
- Tell effective leadership from ineffective leadership
- Locate your own leadership strengths and weaknesses
Who it’s for
New and aspiring managers who want a short, reflective introduction to leadership from a business school rather than a skills checklist.
Instructor
- Tim Morris Emeritus Professor
Course details
- Skills covered
- Research
- Leadership Development
- Adaptability
- Influencing Skills
- Leadership
On edx.org
Rated 4.3 out of 5 by 39 learners; 6,283 enrolled, as shown on the course page on 20 Oct 2026. These are edx.org’s own figures, not ours.
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