The Foundation of Leadership

Introduction:

The Foundations of Leadership course is designed to help the participants to put effective, collaborative methods of leadership to work in their businesses and leverage the leadership potential of all members of their teams. Participants focus on developing their leadership skills and personal character, as well as explore strategies for building a team of strong people who will support each other, deal with difficult problems in an effective manner, and take liability for results. Effective leaders are those who control the inner compass that guides their daily actions and enables them to gain the trust of their co-workers. The next generation of business practices can ensure success by developing outstanding leaders who empower leaders at all levels everywhere their business.

Targeted Groups:

• Managers
• Supervisors
• Members of the executive committee
• Team Leaders
• Employees who want to gain important skills to improve their career path.
• Potential team leaders.

Course Objectives:

At the end of the course the participants will be able to:

• Strengthens leadership collaboration within the business team understand and help the participants to navigate their own personal and interpersonal leader skills
• Clarify a form of work-based learning that tries to integrate theory with practice and knowledge with experience
• Spread the knowledge of learning in the organization at all levels
• Develop strategies for using personal leadership power and building strong, mutual impact relationships within the company
• Provide leaders with a series of strategies, activities, and cases at five levels of change: individual, interpersonal, team, organization, and network
• Identify the core competencies required for exemplary leadership
• Explore the ethical aspects of leadership and values which drive lasting results
• Improve others’ perception of you as a leader with integrity
• Build the right culture for people and processes to support their strategy
• Provide a comprehensive account of a set of applied activities and associated cases to promote the acquisition of leadership practices in most institutional settings
• Learn how to be a more effective leader by developing greater confidence in their capabilities
• Become an empowering leader that fosters effective teamwork
• Lead an integrated life that enables you to balance your work and home life
• Lead with integrity through difficult and pressure-filled challenges

Targeted Competencies:

• Leadership skills
• Management skills
• Ongoing learning
• Coaching
• Strengthen personality and professional leadership qualities

Course Content:

Unit 1: Transforming the Individual Leader:

• Personal leadership goals
• Individual Leadership development
• Individual leadership behaviors
• The mindset of a leader
• Leadership practice and organizational citizenship
• The leadership hang time

Unit 2: Interpersonal Leadership Principles:

• Dialogic leadership skills
• Broadening your dialogue
• Increasing the leadership inquiry
• Engaging in collaborative behaviors
• Consistency between espousal and action
• Peer coaching

Unit 3: Team Level Leadership Essentials:

• Facilitative leadership skills
• Concurrent leadership
• Situational development of leaders
• The various roles of leaders
• Team development in leadership
• Improving my team

Unit 4: Organizational Leadership Management:

• The Change process of leaders
• How leaders impact organizational culture
• Enhancing leadership values
• Understanding the leadership “Self” within the organization
• Developing organizational commitment and meaning
• Discovering meaning in leadership

Unit 5: The Leader’s Network:

• Stakeholder relations
• Network citizen behaviors
• The network weaver roles
• Network management
• The quality of knowledge relationships
• The principles of public engagement