PRACTICAL LEADERSHIP SKILLS
By the end of the course you will be able to:
- Distinguish, practically, between management and leadership
- Describe your practical leadership vision in detail
- Specify the leadership characteristics relevant to your objectives on which you will focus
- Review a range of motivational methods relevant to your team
- Review the three parts of your job in relation to your comfort zones and identify the elements that need more attention
- Identify the pivotal moments during which your leadership credibility is on the line and determine how to handle them effectively
- Produce a detailed implementation plan
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
This course is relevant to a wide range of people including team leaders, project leaders, junior and middle managers who want a practical approach to Leadership skills.
DAY 1 CONTENTS:
- Welcome,Tutor and delegate introductions
- Review of programme objectives
- Leadership SWOT Analysis
- What’s In It For You?
- The difference between Management and Leadership – what do you need for your role?
- The Changing nature of work and how it effects our understanding of what is ‘Effective Leadership’
- Why Leadership is becoming increasingly important – to you and the people you manage
- The key Leadership Characteristics – identify those you need to concentrate on
- A review of Leadership Styles
- Determining your Leadership Vision – and selling it to your Team
- Why Leaders set an example. What example do you need to set?
- The effect of our comfort zones on our ability to lead effectively
DAY 2 CONTENTS:
- Review of Learning from Day 1
- Achieving appropriate levels of Motivation with your Team
- The significance of Personal Development to both Performance and Motivation ( for both you and the team)
- Using on the job Learning to Develop and Motivate your people
- The difference between a group and a team?
- Managing different types of teams
- Identifying the pivotal moments when your Leadership credibility is on the line.
- Developing a practical implementation plan
- Programme evaluation and feedback





