Program Overview

Professional Diploma in Leadership Skills

Overview

The Professional Diploma in Leadership Skills is a part-time evening course that runs for 12 weeks, one evening per week from 6.30 pm - 9.30 pm. The course is validated by Griffith College and focuses on the development of professional skills, providing an interactive and in-depth exploration of the leadership role within an organisation.

Course Details

Course Content

• Trust-Based Leadership: What is Trust-Based Leadership? Psychological Safety and its importance to Leaders
• Building the Team: Define the 5 Stages of Team Development, Understand why these stages are Important, Recognise skills to help Leaders, lead their teams through the stages of Development
• Emotionally Intelligent Leadership: What is emotional intelligence? How does Emotional Intelligence support Leaders to be successful?
• Navigating Change: Understand the difference between change and transition management, Identify the three phases of making a transition through the Bridges Model
• Leading a Hybrid Team: How to lead Hybrid teams, Communicating effectively in a hybrid world, Establishing Team Norms
• Diversity and Inclusion: Describe the concepts of diversity and cultural competence, Demonstrate culturally-competent techniques for working with your team, How would we apply behavioural tools to foster a more cohesive workplace?
• Managing Conflict: What is conflict? Having Courageous Conversations, Encouraging conflict…. why?
• Coaching for Success: Define coaching, Recognise the coaching competencies that link effective coaching to development, Apply adaptive coaching and coaching for success models to develop skills, change behaviours and drive performance, Define when and how to use coaching conversations to improve work performance, relationships and results
• Decision-Making at Speed: Differentiate between One-Way and Two-Way door decisions, Use the decision impact spectrum and framework to make such decisions
• Problem-Solving: A problem-solving mindset, A rational approach to problem-solving
• The Leader as a Presenter: Physical presence and owning your space, Communicating with authority, Clear and concise delivery

Timetables

Dublin Main Campus

• This part-time evening course will run one evening per week from 6.30 pm - 9.30 pm over 12 weeks.
• Course dates: Mar: 11, 18, 25, Apr: 01, 08, 15, 22, 29, May: 06, 13, 20, 27

Online Delivery

• Classes will be delivered live online using Zoom.
• Course dates: Mar: 11, 18, 25, Apr: 01, 08, 15, 22, 29, May: 06, 13, 20, 27

Cork

• This course is scheduled to commence on Tuesday, 25th of February 2025.
• Classes will be delivered on campus at Griffith College, Wellington Road, Cork.
• Course dates: Feb: 25, Mar: 04, 11, 18, 25, Apr: 01, 08, 15, 22, 29, May: 06, 13

Limerick

• This course is scheduled to commence on Monday, 16th October 2023 at Griffith College Limerick, O Connell Avenue, Limerick.
• Course dates: Oct: 16, 23, 30, Nov: 06, 13, 20, 27, Dec: 04, 11, Jan: 08, 15, 22

How to Apply

Entry Requirements

• All applicants must be a user of Microsoft Office.
• Applicants under 23 years of age: Minimum 5 O6s/H7s in the Irish Leaving Certificate or equivalent award, Or FETAC Level 5 Full Award.
• Applicants over the age of 23 (Mature students): Direct entry - If you are 23 years or over from the 1st January of this year, you can apply for this course directly using the College’s online application form.

Fees

General Fees

• Dublin Main Campus: EUR 1,490.00
• Cork: EUR 1,150
• Limerick: EUR 990.00

Progression

What further study can I do?

• Graduates from this course may be interested in progressing to the BA in Business at Griffith College or the Effective Public Speaking course, subject to satisfying the English Language requirements, where necessary.

What career paths could I have?

• The Diploma in Leadership Skills is the perfect foundation for participants who wish to increase company productivity through developing skilled and able leaders in the workplace.