Leadership and Coaching, MA

Course overview

You develop the knowledge, skills and awareness to empower others to make an effective contribution to the leadership and management of your organization. And the knowledge and ability to critically evaluate contemporary issues in business leadership and coaching.

Given the dynamic and disruptive nature of modern business, combined with time and resource pressures and the need to adopt a more inclusive and trusting style of leadership, this course aims to develop:

• responsible leaders with an understanding of the benefits of work-place coaching who are able to work with a diverse range of teams, in a variety of cultural contexts
• self-reflective practitioners with awareness of their self-identity and values
• critical and independent thought as a basis for understanding how to enhance coaching practice and participatory learning
• capacity to understand what makes effective coaching, including acting as an internal consultant to colleagues
• capacity to evaluate perspectives, policies and performances at individual and organizational or community level.

You are equipped with the skills to be effective when leading a workforce in a complex, dynamic and increasingly global organizational environment. You apply theory to everyday situations in order to consult on, manage and lead effectively on a range of projects, issues and initiatives related to leading and coaching in business organizations.

Career opportunities

Graduates move into general or senior management/leadership roles, internal consultant/project leadership roles or into external consultancy.

This course is aimed at those students who have already identified a preference for studying the concepts, theory and practice of leadership and coaching and those who seek a distinctive postgraduate title within the diverse field of leadership and coaching. It is appropriate for those students who wish to pursue a career in industry, commerce, the public sector, the voluntary sector, or the third sector, including as development for those aiming to become independent leadership coaches. Therefore, graduates from this course may find work across a range of roles within general management or business and will also be equipped for enterprise, starting their own business and eventually employing their own staff.