Sound business knowledge gives advantage, but effective leadership
makes things happen in business and organizations. Effective leadership is
about the process of influence; it is how you can influence others, enabling
and empowering them to do what they ought to do, whilst accomplishing common
goals and inspiring and building that sense of personal fulfilment.
In this program explore how leaders can maintain their technical
expertise whilst demonstrating the right type of leadership. It will give
delegates the personal, interpersonal and group skills to be influential in
one-on-one situations, facilitate group performance and become an overall
effective and inspiring leader.
- Define leadership and the characteristics of a good leader
- Develop better interpersonal and communication techniques
- Analyse different leadership styles, its strengths and weaknesses
- Recognise your primary leadership styles and how to adapt your style with the people you lead
- Understand your role as a leader and how you can drive organisational development
- Learn how to effectively delegate and empower your team
- Formulate ways on how you can motivate and inspire the people you lead
- Handle difficult, sensitive and critical organisational situations and issues
- Manage employee’s performance and build effective teams by coaching and mentoring
- Explore the different thinking styles and how to stay innovative
- Establish personal goals and action plan that supports organisation’s initiatives
- Practice strategic thinking and design growth strategies
- Analyse the importance of self-awareness and emotional intelligence in leadership
Below is an example of the course
content. The content can be ‘tailored’ to meet the exact requirements of the
client.
Day One
Leadership fundamentals
· Define
leadership
· Leadership
principles
· Management
versus leadership
Characteristics of a good leader
· Why
do leaders fail?
· Conducting
personal inventory
· Kouzes
and Posner theory
Leadership role
· Being
an inspirational role model
· The
challenges facing leadership today
· The
effective negotiator
· Managing
versus doing
Leadership communication network
· Developing
an effective leadership communication
· Constructive
versus destructive communication
· Creating
a positive language environment
Leadership styles
· The
different leadership styles
· Factors
affecting leadership style
· Adapting
your leadership style to suit different situations
Day Two
Power and influence
· Authority,
power and responsibility
· Five
types of power
· Persuasion
and influence
· Problems
with authority
Inspiring a shared vision
· Behaviors
of a high-trust leader
· Creating
a team vision
· Creating
mutual respect
· The
importance of trust and integrity
Delegation, empowerment and motivation
· Encouraging
growth in others
· The
GROW model
· McGregor
theory of X and Y
· Effective
delegation techniques
· Making
employees accountable and responsible
Performance management
· Leader’s
roles in performance management
· Elements
of performance appraisal
· Utilizing
feedback to modify employee’s behavior
· Handling
poor performance
Building and engaging effective teams
· Role
of leader in team’s success
· Team
expectations
· Leading
teams and driving organizational change
Day Three
Developing internal talent
· Creating
a coaching culture
· Coaching
and mentoring employees
· Succession
planning
Managing your time, priorities, and projects
· Planning
and prioritizing
· Setting
personal and organizational objectives
· Being
proactive
· Dealing
with stress – the ‘triple A’ approach
Creativity and innovation
· Introduction
to design thinking
· Creative
and lateral thinking
· Driver
of innovation
· Creating
a culture of innovation
Strategic thinking, problem solving and decision making
· Driving
organizational performance through strategic thinking
· Strategy
implementation
· Designing
growth strategies
· Solving
problems systematically
· Making
informed decisions
Self-awareness and emotional intelligence (EQ) in leadership
· Qualities
of an EQ leader
· Self-awareness
· Social
awareness
· Self-management
· Relationship
management
The foundation of our training is anchored in activity-based
experiential learning. This methodology takes into consideration different
learning and communication styles, and more importantly language and cultural
differences. It is through active participation that the adoption and
application of theory is expedited.
Our training team pays careful attention to planning and
designing effective instructional methods essential for the transfer of
knowledge. It is the creative skill of our management trainers and consultants
that reveal untapped skills of the delegates through:
·
Group discussion
·
Individual and syndicate
activities
·
Individual and group tasks
·
Case studies
·
Role plays
·
Audio and video evaluation
·
Action planning
·
Experiential learning games
·
Presentations
·
Assessments