Leadership Training Course

Leadership Training Course

Course Description

“The most effective Leadership Training Course that I have ever attended!” – SVP, SM Hotels, and Conventions

“Ultimately, leadership is not about glorious crowning acts. It’s about keeping your team focused on a goal and motivated to do their best to achieve it, especially when the high stakes and the consequences matter. It is about laying the groundwork for others’ success, and then standing back and letting them shine.” – Chris Hadfield

The leadership training course is important because organizations take on the personality of their leaders. Leadership development can optimize productivity, shape a positive culture and promote teamwork. Leaders must lead individuals and teams using an appropriate leadership style to achieve this goal. Leadership is tough. It does not matter how effortless some leaders appear to manage. The track of a leader is one fraught with constant challenges and surprises. However, a leader does not face the challenges alone. By definition, a leader has a team working to meet each challenge and achieve each goal.

The leader’s job is not to solve every problem alone but to inspire their teams to solve the challenges. Leaders recognize that they do not have all the answers and constantly reeducate themselves on their businesses. They are sharpening their leadership skills. Beyond personal qualities such as vision and positive thought, a leader must also take careful steps to communicate with their staff in the best way possible.

Having basic leadership skills is an excellent first step to ensure greater productivity and better handling of people. Still, several employees’ different attitudes and needs can pose a challenge to one’s leadership. This Leadership Training Course is ideal for managers or supervisors to customize their leadership style.

Strong leaders, real difference-makers, and people who leave their mark on the business world have one thing in common: They Inspire Success. They’re the glue that holds an organization together. For this reason, it’s important for all businesses to have influential leaders that can set goals, inspire others, and guide an organization to sustainable success.

Our Leadership training course covers a variety of topics — such as leading solid teams and ethical leadership — that not only strengthen leaders’ confidence and capability but equip them to build a culture of engagement where team members are confident with their abilities and enthusiastic about contributing.

Course Objectives

Leadership Training – Day 1

• Understand the role of a leader, their traits, how are they different from a manager
• Look beyond the common leadership stereotypes
• Learn how your personality traits interact with your leadership styles
• Understand what Leading with Emotional Intelligence (EI) is and choose the best approach
• Understand and Apply Situational Leadership
• Understand and apply the five practices of exemplary leadership
• Increase the performance of your team by developing team spirit

 

Leadership Training – Day 2

• Get the most out of your team by understanding the generational differences
• Influence with passion and empower others to act by using rapport-building techniques
• Use creative problem-solving & decision-making methods
• Improve your coaching and mentoring skills
• Give feedback to inspire greater performance with engagement and buy-in
• Identify and apply strategies to manage underperforming members of the team

Course Modules

Lesson 1: Getting Started

• Welcome
• Expectations
• Leading, Managing, and Coaching
• Defining Leadership and Influence
• Characteristics of a Leader
• Core Leadership Theories
• Learning the Foundations of Leadership
• Reflection

Lesson 2: Your Personality Style and Leadership

• LDP Review
• Personal Style Markers
• Leading Dimensions
• Reflection

Lesson 3: Leading with Emotional Intelligence

• Choosing the Best Leadership Approach
• Reflection

Lesson 4: The Evolution of Leadership

• Situational Leadership
• Reflection

Lesson 5: Kouzes and Posner’s Leadership Challenge Model

• An Introduction to Kouzes and Posner
• Model the way
• Inspire a Shared Vision
• Challenge the Process
• Enabling Others to Act
• The Importance of Trust
• Encouraging the Heart
• Reflection

Lesson 6: Encouraging Teamwork

• The Five Dysfunctions of a Team
• How Successful Teams are Built to Last
• Reflection

Lesson 7: Understanding the Generations

• An Introduction to Generations
• Tips to Overcome Generational Differences
• Reflection

Lesson 8: Influencing Skills

• The Art of Persuasion
• The Principles of Influence
• Influencing by Building Rapport
• Bridging the Gap
• Reflection

Lesson 9: Problem Solving and Decision Making

• Define the Terms
• Four-Step Problem Solving Process
• Defining the Problem
• Reflection

Lesson 10: Coaching and Mentoring

• Coaching
• Mentoring
• Introducing the G.R.O.W. Model
• Benefits of Setting Goals
• Setting SMART Goals
• Reflection

Lesson 11: Feedback

• Four Key Areas
• Types of Feedback
• Feedback Delivery Tools
• Feedback Using the SBI model
• Seeking Feedback
• Bringing it all together
• Reflection

Lesson 12: Managing Performance

• Common Performance Issues
• How to Manage Underperformance
• The ‘formal steps’ checklist
• Underperformance Meeting Plan
• Reflection

Lesson 13: Reflection

• Recommended Reading List