Description
Description
The ‘Step up to Leadership’ course provides the opportunity for those who are either new to the manager / leader role, or who have transitioned without formal training support. This course will help those who need a reference framework and handy toolkit to begin setting about the role with vigour and structure.
Training Objectives
- To be able to understand a leaders framework that can be utilised across industry – in a developing world
Course Outline
- Understanding the Leaders role<br />
- • Challenges in the modern world<br />
- • Adapting from the specialist role, to the management one<br />
- • Management Excellence and learning how to add ‘value’<br />
- • A new type of Manager<
- Management Excellence<br />
- • The key to excellence in changing times<br />
- • The scope of the role<br />
- • Clarity in the focus and purpose of the management activities<br />
- • Driving for balancing the task, individual and teams requirements<
- Leadership Qualities and Focus<br />
- • Define the “characteristics and behaviours“ of an effective Leader<br />
- • Role modelling the way<br />
- • Adapting your preference of style to that of the environment<br />
- • Defining different “styles” of Leadership<br />
- • Stepping up to the role of the Leader<br />
- • Where leader credibility comes from<
- Building And Maintaining An Effective Team<br />
- • Defining exactly what a “Team” is<br />
- • Identifying and driving for an Effective Team<br />
- • Understanding how Teams “grow” over a period of time, and adapting for growth and development<br />
- The Principles Of Understanding Chemistry within a Team<br />
- • Understanding the range of personalities and behaviours that exist within all teams<br />
- • Understanding how different personalities compliment and conflict with one another<br />
- • Encouraging a solid base of trust in the team<br />
- Managing Performance and Productivity<br />
- • Defining the term “Managing Performance”<br />
- • How to set, review and encourage positive engagement<br />
- • Understanding the principles of Delegation for engagement<br />
- • Dealing with common performance issues<br />
- • Understanding how to plan & structure a meeting to discuss an individual performance issue<br />
- Maximising Leadership Communication<br />
- • The strength of solid communication building blocks<br />
- • Evaluating formal and informal communication with your team<br />
- • Barriers for effective communication channels<br />
- • How to boost your “Questioning & Listening“ skills throughout the team<br />
- • Understanding the “Behaviour“ of Others
