Managing Through Leadership

Rationale:

The ability to lead a team successfully is one of the most important functions of any organisation. Having the necessary skills to establish and communicate a strong vision and purpose for the team brings many rewards for everyone involved. Knowing how to deal with different personalities and being able to motivate people to achieve the desired performance levels is a key part of successful leadership. There is always room for improvement when it comes to leading a team within a changing and competitive business environment.

This course covers all the essential leadership skills as well as showing leaders how to be more creative in coaching, motivating and supporting their team. It shows leaders how to be more confident in their role and how to develop the confidence of people within the organisation.

Who Will Benefit?
Anyone who is presently in a leadership role and has not had any formal leadership training or needs to re-focus and build on previous training. Those who are moving into leadership will also benefit from this course.

What are the Key Learning Outcomes?
This comprehensive leadership course provides participants with practical and proven competencies designed to enhance their ability to lead and manage staff effectively. Participants will have the opportunity to identify their leadership style and how to vary their style to meet the specific requirements of individuals and situations that arise within their team and business unit. Participant will learn how to plan for leadership and effective management.

What is the Duration?
In-house: One or Two Day

course contents

Module One:
Roles of a Team Leader
Overview of the Team leader’s key roles.
_Roles of a Team Leader
_Basic Principals of Organising
_The Two-way Pull

Module Two:
Planning to Succeed
How to effectively plan for team results.
_Planning for Team Results
_Key Steps when Planning for Leadership

Module Three:
Leading and Influencing
Discovering personal leadership styles and how to effectively use various styles of leadership.
_Leading and Influencing
_Boss or Leader
_Task and People Orientated Leadership
_Styles of Leadership

Module Four:
Leadership and Group Dynamics
The key factors relating to developing positive group dynamics.
_Group Dynamics
_How Groups Work
_Situational Leadership

Module Five:
Management Tools
The coaching and mentoring process.
_What is Coaching?
_How to Coach
_The Process of Delegation
_Change Management
_Positive Problem Solving

Module Six:
Meeting Skills
Maintaining positive control through effective team meetings.
_Benefits of Team Meetings
_Briefing Topics

Module Seven:
Performance Teams
Factors that make teams perform effectively.
_Developing Performance Teams
_Characteristics of Performance Teams
_How to Improve Performance
_Motivation
_Behavioural Styles