Rethinking Leadership Narratives for a Data-Driven Age

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Rethinking Leadership Narratives for a Data-Driven Age

Ce cours fait partie de Spécialisation "Data-Driven Leadership"

Instructeur : Matt Offord

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Critically evaluate traditional and data-driven leadership models and their relevance in digital organisational contexts
Analyse and assess leadership narratives and whether they help or hinder modern leaders in a digital age
Apply your understanding of agile and hierarchical leadership structures to assess how data shapes organisational decision-making
Describe and evaluate the role of collective decision-making and agile teams in driving organisational performance

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Catégorie : Leadership Development
Catégorie : Data Literacy
Catégorie : Organizational Leadership
Catégorie : Ancient History
Catégorie : Strategic Leadership
Catégorie : Leadership and Management
Catégorie : Organizational Structure
Catégorie : Leadership
Catégorie : Decision Making
Catégorie : Agile Methodology
Catégorie : Data-Driven Decision-Making
Catégorie : Social Sciences
Catégorie : Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
Catégorie : Organizational Effectiveness
Catégorie : Leadership Studies

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What makes a great leader, and does the data actually support it? In this course, you'll critically examine the leadership narratives that have shaped organisations from Ancient Greece to the modern digital age, and discover why data-driven research challenges many of the assumptions we've long taken for granted.

With 88% of C-suite executives believing data insights are crucial for maintaining competitive advantage and strategic decision-making (IBM Institute for Business Value, 2025), and 80% of Business Intelligence and Data Analytics teams now viewing advanced data skills as essential to their core functions (TDWI, 2025), the ability to evaluate leadership through a data-driven lens has never been more valuable. You'll evaluate traditional and scientific leadership models, analyse how agile structures differ from hierarchical ones, and assess the role of collective decision-making in data-rich environments. By the end of the course, you'll be able to identify whether a leadership narrative helps or hinders effectiveness in today's organisations, and articulate why that distinction matters. This course is suitable for current or aspiring leaders, managers, and professionals working in or alongside data-driven environments. No prior knowledge of leadership theory is required. References: Source: Research.com. (2026). 2026 current leadership training trends: Data, analysis & insights. https://research.com/careers/leadership-training-trends

Before we can think about leadership in the 21st Century, the Information Age, we need to think about what people thought about leadership in the past. Why? Because the legacy of these ideas about leadership live on to a large extent. If you have any sort of leadership training, or perhaps read a book about leadership, the chances are you have been exposed to powerful narratives about heroic leaders and authority. Perhaps your current view of leadership is heavily stereotyped? Perhaps the organisation you work for prefers 'traditional' or 'old school' leadership. These paradigms still exert influence; sometimes for good and sometimes for bad. In any case, this module will explain where these views come from and what conditions leaders dealt with. This will help you to understand why we are still dealing with legacy leadership styles, how thet can help, and what new situations call for a different approach.

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3 vidéos6 lectures2 devoirs4 sujets de discussion

3 vidéosTotal 23 minutes

Meet the team2 minutes
Module Overview 2 minutes
The Leadership Narrative19 minutes

6 lecturesTotal 80 minutes

About the team 10 minutes
About the course10 minutes
Course Quizzes/Assessments10 minutes
Self Awareness Assessment20 minutes
The Hero Myth20 minutes
Resources and References10 minutes

2 devoirsTotal 60 minutes

The Leadership Legacy30 minutes
The Leadership Legacy30 minutes

4 sujets de discussionTotal 80 minutes

Self Awareness Discussion15 minutes
Introduce yourself10 minutes
The Hero Myth10 minutes
Leadership legacy discussion45 minutes

Some claim that leadership, as a concept, is in decline and may no longer be important. However, this may be a little premature or even naive. Leadership has always been important but authority and centralised decision-making are very recent, perhaps ephemeral, developments. As you move through this narrative of leadership, you will learn how leadership is changing. Due to the data deluge and hyper connected work places, high degrees of centralisation are becoming a thing of the past. Many firms are favouring more networked and less hierarchical approaches . Additionally, the introduction of social science in the 20th Century has radically shaken up some of the romantic ideas about leadership.

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1 vidéo6 lectures2 devoirs3 sujets de discussion

1 vidéoTotal 9 minutes

Mini-Lecture: A triumph of nonsense9 minutes

6 lecturesTotal 77 minutes

Welcome to Module 210 minutes
The end of traditional leadership?10 minutes
How the replication crisis paved the way for data in leadership15 minutes
The rise of scientific management12 minutes
Resources and references10 minutes
Hero leader or genuine leader?20 minutes

2 devoirsTotal 60 minutes

Practice quiz30 minutes
Graded quiz30 minutes

3 sujets de discussionTotal 70 minutes

Personal examples of traditional leadership?20 minutes
What is the impact of science on our understanding of leadership?30 minutes
Hero leader or genuine leader?20 minutes

So far we have explored the origins of traditional leadership and how this changed in the 20th Century. In the 21st Century we see the birth of a new business model: agility. Agility, like a lot of management and leadership ideas, has its roots in the military. The US military actively researched and developed ways of becoming more agile in the early 21st Century. Many other prominent military powers already embraced agility, especially in NATO. But what is agility and how does it relate to data? In this module, we will learn about agility in leadership.

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2 vidéos5 lectures2 devoirs3 sujets de discussion

2 vidéosTotal 13 minutes

Module overview2 minutes
Power to the Edge10 minutes

5 lecturesTotal 75 minutes

The fragmentation of leadership15 minutes
Power to the Edge10 minutes
Agility at the Battle of Trafalgar 180520 minutes
Resources and references10 minutes
Closing out the course20 minutes

2 devoirsTotal 60 minutes

Practice quiz30 minutes
Graded quiz30 minutes

3 sujets de discussionTotal 80 minutes

Check out agile decision making40 minutes
What did you learn at Trafalgar?20 minutes
End of Week Q&A20 minutes

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