The Essentials of Leadership

• A basic understanding of management principles.
• A basic understanding of coaching principles.
• Some management or training experience.

Audience:

• Specialists Looking to Transition to Broader Management or Senior Roles.
• New or Aspiring Managers.
• Established Managers looking to further develop their skills.

Overview:

This instructor-led, live on-site training is aimed at managers who wish to develop their capability to coach and lead their colleagues towards excellence. The course gives new and developing managers the confidence and ability to implement established and well-tried principles of management technique. The course is based on five key pillars of management performance: defining role purpose, emphasising strengths, enabling change, influencing and empowering colleagues. Whilst we do not promote one particular managerial style or pattern, the course is behavioural science led; evidence-based principles are presented in a practical and pragmatic format. The course is highly interactive and engaging requiring candidates to actively participate from the outset.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Understand how humans are motivated and learn.
• Adapt their existing skills set to maximise their potential.
• Develop and implement an effective management technique.

Format of the Course:

• Highly interactive lecture and discussion.
• Lots of exercises and practice.
• Scenario based presentations, briefings and feedback sessions.

• Introduction
• The Continuing Evolution of Management
• An Introduction to Human Dynamics: Have you read the instruction manual?
• What is My Role?
• Managing Myself: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly.
• How to Learn from Yesterday in Order to Adapt to Tomorrow
• Managing or Influencing?
• The Power of Empowerment.
• Summary and Conclusion