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Effective Leadership & Management Skills Training
Course Objectives
By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
- Recognize the various management functions and the skills associated with each one of them
- Develop key managerial competencies essential in conducting related tasks and activities
- Apply a coaching approach to improve performance and maximize results
- Distinguish between types of motivational approaches and when to utilize each
- Employ a variety of analytical and problem-solving tools and methods when dealing with business challenges
- Improve essential leadership habits critical to the success of a professional manager
- To clearly identify the principle characteristics of high performing teams
- To provide a powerful platform on which delegates can build, and develop, effective team leadership skills
- To explore the different team leadership styles, and learn the team role preferences of the delegates
- To examine the skills required for effective communication within teams
- To analyze the qualities required to lead a team towards consistent levels of high performance
Course Outline
Management
- Defining the organization
- Defining management
- Identifying the professional manager
- What do professional managers do?
- Professional managers and business ethics
- Management: art or science?
- Factors which impact the management function
- Essential managerial functions
- The 6 steps in planning
Managerial competencies and styles
- Defining a competency
- Key competencies for a professional manager
- A review of different management styles
- Factors that influence management styles
- Reasons why some managers fail
Effective coaching for professional managers
- Coaching versus management
- Coaching and the competency iceberg
- Impact of coaching on workplace environment
- 5 powerful words in coaching
Management and motivation
- Defining motivation
- Key motivational theories professional managers should be aware of
- Leading towards a motivated work environment
- Job design
- Goal setting
- Performance feedback
- Reward systems
- Motivating a multi-cultural workforce
- Teambuilding activity
Managing business challenges
- 10 challenges facing professional managers
- A rational approach to managing problems and finding solutions
- Business tools for professional managers
Management and leadership
- Defining leadership
- Differences between leaders and managers
- The 6 levels of leadership
- Leadership characteristics and habits of professional managers
- Personal Action Plan
What Is ‘High Performance’?
- What are the characteristics that make ‘high performing teams’ different from other teams?
- Defining Leadership
- The behaviours, skills, qualities, etc., needed to lead a high performance team
- Skills to be a better leader
- Managing vs leading
Practical examples of leadership in action
- Redefining – what can we do better?
- Action-centered leadership
Creating an environment for high performance
- How do we measure performance?
- Setting goals and objectives
- Solving problems associated with performance
A closer look at communication
- The communication process
- First impressions
- Active listening
- Overcoming the barriers to effective communication
- Good questioning techniques
- Giving and receiving feedback
Delegation
- How to delegate
- Levels of delegation
- Willingness vs ability
Course Objectives
By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
- Recognize the various management functions and the skills associated with each one of them
- Develop key managerial competencies essential in conducting related tasks and activities
- Apply a coaching approach to improve performance and maximize results
- Distinguish between types of motivational approaches and when to utilize each
- Employ a variety of analytical and problem-solving tools and methods when dealing with business challenges
- Improve essential leadership habits critical to the success of a professional manager
- To clearly identify the principle characteristics of high performing teams
- To provide a powerful platform on which delegates can build, and develop, effective team leadership skills
- To explore the different team leadership styles, and learn the team role preferences of the delegates
- To examine the skills required for effective communication within teams
- To analyze the qualities required to lead a team towards consistent levels of high performance
Course Outline
Management
- Defining the organization
- Defining management
- Identifying the professional manager
- What do professional managers do?
- Professional managers and business ethics
- Management: art or science?
- Factors which impact the management function
- Essential managerial functions
- The 6 steps in planning
Managerial competencies and styles
- Defining a competency
- Key competencies for a professional manager
- A review of different management styles
- Factors that influence management styles
- Reasons why some managers fail
Effective coaching for professional managers
- Coaching versus management
- Coaching and the competency iceberg
- Impact of coaching on workplace environment
- 5 powerful words in coaching
Management and motivation
- Defining motivation
- Key motivational theories professional managers should be aware of
- Leading towards a motivated work environment
- Job design
- Goal setting
- Performance feedback
- Reward systems
- Motivating a multi-cultural workforce
- Teambuilding activity
Managing business challenges
- 10 challenges facing professional managers
- A rational approach to managing problems and finding solutions
- Business tools for professional managers
Management and leadership
- Defining leadership
- Differences between leaders and managers
- The 6 levels of leadership
- Leadership characteristics and habits of professional managers
- Personal Action Plan
What Is ‘High Performance’?
- What are the characteristics that make ‘high performing teams’ different from other teams?
- Defining Leadership
- The behaviours, skills, qualities, etc., needed to lead a high performance team
- Skills to be a better leader
- Managing vs leading
Practical examples of leadership in action
- Redefining – what can we do better?
- Action-centered leadership
Creating an environment for high performance
- How do we measure performance?
- Setting goals and objectives
- Solving problems associated with performance
A closer look at communication
- The communication process
- First impressions
- Active listening
- Overcoming the barriers to effective communication
- Good questioning techniques
- Giving and receiving feedback
Delegation
- How to delegate
- Levels of delegation
- Willingness vs ability