New for 2017
Our new one day Leadership Essentials in-house course
Style
A 70:20:10 approach with questions, reflection, discussion, skills practice, shared feedback, mini presentations
Pre and post course reading
Audience
The aspiring, new and developing manager
Course Aim
To introduce, explore and refresh some key leadership and management concepts
Course Objectives
By the end of the course delegates will be able to
Reflect on and discuss their own skills, performance and needs
Demonstrate techniques for:
Presenting themselves in a professional environment
Planning and holding team conversations
Delivering honest, respectful and constructive developmental feedback
Handling a difficult conversation
Describe:
The organisation’s vision values and goals
Programme
Pre-course preparation
The elevator pitch
Where you are now and where you want to be as a leader
What do your manager, colleagues and direct reports say about you and your leadership style?
What do you do well?
What would you like to do better?
What are your goals for this year?
Three words that sum up your style
Session 1: About you – Your personal and professional leadership brand
What ‘brand’ means to you
The elevator pitch practice and feedback
Dealing with nerves
Characteristics of great leaders
Where are you now and where you want to be as a leader
Personal impact – virtual, visual, vocal and verbal
Session 2: About your organisation
Sphere of influence
Your organisation’s mission, vision, values and goals
Session 3: About your people – Motivating, inspiring, persuading and influencing
Leadership and management theories and styles
Key leadership skills – emotional intelligence, drivers, needs and fears, questioning and listening, selling the idea
Session 4: Developing others – Goal setting, feedback, difficult conversations
The regular 1-1
SMART goal setting
How we learn – 70:20:10
Skills and techniques for giving effective feedback
Dealing with under-performance and the difficult conversation
Session 5: Change management
The four stages of change
A practical process for communicating & managing change
Notes
Leadership Essentials can be delivered as headline essentials over one day, or expanded as more detailed modules over a longer programme.
The course can be adapted and developed to suit your needs.
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