Please note that this course was created during the COVID-19 pandemic. The theory and guidance are still relevant and applicable, providing examples of ways in which professionals can be creative when dealing with leadership and followership in the context of the modern workplace, as well as in times of adversity and uncertainty.

This course will cover the following areas:

• what is leadership?
• what is followership?
• the relationship between leader and follower
• leadership and management – a psychoanalytic approach
• leadership, followership and diversity
• followership and culture
• what is mental health?
• types of mental illness, including depression and anxiety
• mental wellbeing – a developmental approach
• mental wellbeing and relationships
• mental health and stigma
• promoting leader-follower relationships
• approaching the organisation as a whole
• systems-psychodynamics and leadership/followership

This course runs continuously, so you can sign up at any time. It offers five hours of self-directed online learning which you can undertake at a time, pace and location that suits you.

You will have access to the course and its materials for one year. Access begins the day after you’ve booked, when you will receive your account details by email.

This course is also available as part of the Working towards wellbeing course bundle, a convenient option that offers one year’s access to four complementary courses.

There are no specific requirements for the course; it is open to all and assumes no prior knowledge of the area.

There’s a knowledge self-assessment check at the end of the course, which provides access to your Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust CPD certificate upon completion.