If you want to get a management job or want to be a better leader in your current role, you need to improve your leadership skills. Believe it or not, these are skills that don’t come naturally to everyone.
The good news is that you can learn how to be an influential and effective leader. However, there are different types of leaders. You must understand what type of leader you are before you can hone your skills to become a master at leading your team members and getting the best results from them.
Recently, I got access to the so-called LevelUp leader a platform that provides curated knowledge from the world’s best leadership experts, allowing me to review the available modules and features and share my experience with the Women On Business community. Below is my honest review.
Comprehensive leadership resources in a condensed format for quick learning
At the time of my review, LevelUp Leader offers 57 modules of learning materials to help you learn almost every aspect of leadership. Only the first 10 modules cover critical topics such as:
- The foundations of leadership
- Communication
- Supporting innovation
- Management
- Decision-making
- Strategy
- Team management
- Time management
- Shift management
- Coaching and mentoring
Each module contains information from three books and two video speakers. The key points in each book are summarized succinctly so that the most important information is at your fingertips. Similarly, the speakers’ videos are short and get to the point very quickly.
The books and speakers included in each LevelUp Leader module are written or taught by real life experts. For example, some of the authors and speakers have worked in leadership and departmental positions for:
- MIT Sloan School of Management
- London School of Business
- Harvard Business School
- Carnegie Mellon University
- University of Massachusetts
- Fordham University
- American University
- INSEAD (France)
- And a lot more
There are over 100 book summaries in all 57 modules. The books cover all aspects of leadership and are written by experts. Some of the titles and authors include:
- Nine types of leaders by James Ashton
- Key Conversations, Third Edition Joseph Grenny, Kerry Patterson, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler, and Emily Gregory, M.D.
- Strategy one by Brad Chase
- Building the best teams by Lucy Widdowson and Paul J. Barbour
- 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey
- The power of change by Campbell Macpherson
- 25-minute meeting by Donna McGeorge
- Emotional Intelligence 2.0 by Dr. Travis Bradberry and Dr. Jean Greaves
Importantly, book summaries are not just a paragraph or two. They are the perfect balance of comprehensive yet very concise. For example, a summary might be 1,200 words divided into specific sections and include key insights.
An easy-to-use, self-paced learning platform
Using LevelUp Leader on your desktop or mobile device is very easy. You log in and click modules to continue lesson after lesson. You can save your progress and pick up where you left off at any time. Each lesson within the module includes a notebook where you can take notes.
The book summary lessons include a text summary, an audio summary, a downloadable PDF summary, reflection questions, a direct link to buy the book on Amazon, an author biography, and a direct link to the author’s website. Video lessons include video, description, transcript, reflective questions, speaker biography, and a link directly to the speaker’s website.
Advantages of LevelUp Leader
LevelUp Leader provides a number of benefits to anyone looking to improve their leadership knowledge and skills, including:
- Book summaries and videos help save a lot of time.
- A wide range of topics and information will certainly help you improve your leadership skills.
- You can feel confident in what you read and hear, knowing that you are actually learning from seasoned experts.
- You can learn at your own pace, so you can fit leadership education around your schedule.
Disadvantages of LevelUp Leader
Some things you may not like about LevelUp Leader are:
- A monthly subscription fee of $9.95 is required to access the learning modules.
- To take advantage of the 3-day free trial, you must enter your credit card details.
- A 30-day money-back guarantee is offered, but if you don’t want to be charged after the free trial ends, you must remember to cancel your account within 30 days.
- Book summaries can be made longer to get more information from each book.
Key takeaways
Overall, LevelUp Leader provides a lot of useful information for anyone looking to improve their leadership skills and knowledge. No doubt you’ll want to buy some books for more information, but the platform provides quite a bit of useful information in a consolidated, easy-to-use format. You can give it a try and see if it’s right for you by signing up with LevelUp Leader trial version.