Leadership Masterclass

Introduction:

The course opens by exploring the key leadership skills and how to apply them in the organization. Using this initial analysis, the program explores the managing yourself as a leader, leading a team, creating breakthroughs through innovative leadership, communicating effectively with others, and imparting leadership values to your team members. All attendees will return to their organizations better equipped to meet the challenges and demands of leadership.

This is a fast-paced, dynamic, and highly informative advanced leadership program. It seeks to develop and enhance your personal, team, and organizational leadership skills.

Targeted Groups:

• Managers
• Supervisors
• Team leaders
• Employees who being prepared for a promotion to a managerial role

Course Objectives:

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

• Understand their self and their leadership style
• Learn practical leadership skills to lead others
• Give timely and effective feedback to their team members
• Lead their organization to greater heights through innovative and creative ideas
• Impart values to their team members via leadership by example
• Learn practical leadership tools and techniques that can be applied immediately
• Understand the importance of leadership influence on the team
• Develop effective communication skills
• Identify ways to generate breakthrough ideas and methods for the team
• Identify value-based leadership principles to apply in the workplace

Targeted Competencies:

• Leadership skills
• Team management
• Communication skills
• Innovation
• Body language

Course Content:

Unit 1: Managing Myself as a Leader:

• Importance of perception
• Intrapersonal & interpersonal skills for the leader
• Your preferred behavioral style
• Understanding the Model for leadership
• Removing emotional blind-spots

Unit 2: Leading a Team:

• Dealing with others
• Understanding the stages of human development
• Optimizing the leader's natural strengths
• Understanding team processes
• Building effective teams

Unit 3: Innovative Leadership:

• Openness to innovative ideas
• Divergent thinking skills
• Removing blocks to creativity
• Understanding the creative process
• Metaphors and analogies for innovative thinking

Unit 4: Communication For Leaders:

• The positive influence of listening
• Sharpening your listening skills
• Body language
• Inspiring and guiding others
• Handling stress appropriately

Unit 5: Imparting Leadership Values:

• Leading by example
• Resilience for sacrificial leadership
• Intentionality for self-motivation
• Interpersonal connections for persuasive leadership
• Integrity for accountable leadership