Focus On Leadership Workshop
With our extensive knowledge of the different software currently on the market, including all Microsoft and Adobe applications, ON-TRACK Corporate Training Ltd. has a diverse and flexible schedule that can be customized to your needs – we offer group course (both public and corporate), one-on-one training, and on-site training options. We also have easily accessible on-line training videos available.
Duration: 2 Days
Objectives
After this workshop participants will be able to:
- Define leadership and identify their own style of leading others
- Use the skills and techniques of leadership confidently
- Identify the styles of the situational leadership model
- Develop the team's ability to work together through understanding group dynamics
- Use effective problem-solving and decision-making techniques
- Delegate to and motivate a team to produce consistent quality work
- Use basic coaching to draw out members' best, and help teams improve their performance
- Manage their power for the benefit of the team they lead
Outline
- Part I: Introduction
- Roles and goals of the workshop
- What is leadership?
- Characteristics common to effective leaders
- Six skills every leader needs to master
- The difference between managing and leading
- Part II: Situational Leadership
- Four key leadership concepts
- Situational leadership as a professional set of leadership actions
- Identifying our personal style of leading others
- Modifying our style to meet the needs of those we are leading
- Part III: Leading Teams
- Stages of team development
- Understanding team dynamics
- Building trust and rapport with the team
- Managing conflict within the team
- Relating to and collaborating with other teams
- New leader, experienced team: how do I succeed?
- Leadership model
- High-performing team model
- Part IV: Decision Making and Problem Solving
- Decision-making models
- The elements of a leader's decision
- When to include the team in decision making
- Bringing a group to consensus
- Seven-step problem solving
- Problem solving model
- Part V: Delegating and Motivating Others
- Indicators of good and ineffective delegating
- What to delegate and what not to delegate
- Setting objectives and performance measures
- Six steps to effective delegation
- Delegating to team members of varying ability and maturity
- Understanding motivation techniques
- Developing a motivation plan
- Creating a motivational work climate
- Why employees do not work as they are expected to
- Rewarding good performance and correcting poor performance
- Part VI: The Developmental Leader
- The leader's role as a performance coach
- Learning plans and career development plans
- Four-part performance management plans
- How to conduct effective five-step training
- Part VII: Performing with Power
- We need power to get things done
- How to gain and maintain organizational and personal power
- Avoiding giving away our power
- Shared power and empowerment
- Course Evaluation and Closure