Systemic Leadership and Coaching Competencies for Future Leaders (5 cr)

Objective

The course gives you future competencies for your own supervisory work and allows you to solve your leadership and management questions in a complex environment through systems thinking. You will also learn how you can use systemic coaching as a new method in your own work.

Content

Systemic leadership as a future competence
Complexity and the need of a mindset shift
Systems intelligence as an enabler
Systemic coaching: tools, approaches and impact

Location and time

Schedule and lecturers
Thu 28.8.2025 17-20 online via Zoom
Sat 30.8.2025 9-12 online via Zoom
Thu 11.9.2025 17-20 online via Zoom
Fri 12.9.2025 17-20 online via Zoom

The link below
https://metropolia.zoom.us/j/67616358858

Materials

The books and articles will be announced later.

Teaching methods

The course will be implemented online in August and September 2025.
The course includes lectures, group discussions and reflective sessions. The focus is on combining systemic leadership and coaching theories to practice and learn how to use different tools in organizations. The language of the course will be English.

Exam schedules

No exam.

Completion alternatives

No alternative assignment.

Student workload

The workload for the course is 27 hours per credit, divided as follows:

Online lectures: 12 hours
Peer work: 49 hours
Independent work: 74 hours

Content scheduling

Info in the course description

Further information

More information: helena.kuusisto-ek@metropolia.fi

Evaluation scale

0-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Sufficient performance: has completed basic requirements to pass the course and has made an attempt to apply and articulate concepts and information both verbally and in writing but has not made enough effort overall. The student has demonstrated little effort, interest and motivation for individual or team activities / assignments and the output is rather weak.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Good overall performance: can apply and articulate concepts and information well both verbally and in writing, certain areas of individual or team output require further attention; shows appropriate level of interest and motivation in individual and team activities. Good presentation delivery and analysis.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Excellent performance in all elements of the course: shows interest and motivation in individual and team activities and assignments, fully applies and clearly articulates concepts and information both verbally and in writing. The student is able to support his/her argument with references to the recommended reading and lecture content. Excellent presentation delivery and analysis.

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Sufficient performance: has completed basic requirements to pass the course and has made an attempt to apply and articulate concepts and information both verbally and in writing but has not made enough effort overall. The student has demonstrated little effort, interest and motivation for individual or team activities / assignments and the output is rather weak.

Assessment methods and criteria

Evaluation on a scale 1-5.
Excellent (5)
The student masters the theoretical background and reference frameworks related to systemic leadership and systemic coaching and knows how to apply them to his/her own work. His/her assignment includes plenty of reflection and insights based on the course material which create a coherent paper with relevant references.

Good (4-3)
The student partially masters theoretical background and reference frameworks related to systemic leadership and systemic coaching and has some ideas on how to apply them to his/her own work. His/her assignment includes some reflection and insights based on the course material. The student has used relevant references.

Satisfactory (2-1)
The student has some references and insights in his/her assignment re theoretical background of systemic leadership and systemic coaching and has some ideas on how to apply them to his/her own work. The assignment needs to be developed into a more coherent paper.

Objective

The course gives you future competencies for your own supervisory work and allows you to solve your leadership and management questions in a complex environment through systems thinking. You will also learn how you can use systemic coaching as a new method in your own work.

Content

Systemic leadership as a future competence
Complexity and the need of a mindset shift
Systems intelligence as an enabler
Systemic coaching: tools, approaches and impact