Course Code: bespokeleadershipmdc
Duration: 21 hours
Prerequisites:

By exploring the leadership role from a number of different perspectives, this Achieving Leadership Excellence training course allows delegates to experiment with innovative ways to empower and enthuse their team and influence positively their organisational climate and culture. The benefits to the organisation will be leaders better able to focus on organisational goals and better equipped to develop their team towards sustainable performance improvement.

Training course, we will cover:

  • Fundamentals of High Performance Teams
  • Giving and receiving effective feedback
  • Group Dynamics and Team Decision Making
  • Power Tools of Leadership
  • Performance Management
  • Leadership Strategies
Overview:
  • Study effective team operations
  • Analyze effective communications strategies
  • Understand how to give and receive effective feedback
  • Consider tools for motivating and delegating
  • Explore leadership styles
  • Examine construction of a learning environment

Audience:

  • All Leaders and Professionals
  • Management Professionals
  • Team Leaders
  • Supervisors
  • Technical Staff
Course Outline:

Starting From Within – You, The Team Leader

  • Know Yourself as a Team Leader - your strengths and style preferences
  • Examine and Challenge Your Personal Belief System
  • Set Personal Goals To Guide Your Outputs
  • Manage Your Time and Activities
  • Embrace the Power of Role Modelling

Establishing Team Environment, Membership and Roles

  • Learn From What High Performing Teams Do
  • Conduct a Team Purpose Analysis        
  • Map Your Stakeholders
  • Build an Energetic Team Environment
  • Identify Critical Team Roles
  • Identify Effective Team Behaviours
  • Learn How Teams Develop

Building Frictionless Team Communications

  • Understand How Communication Works – and Doesn’t Work
  • Identify and Overcome Barriers to Communication
  • Fine-Tune Your Communications - The Process of Listening
  • Fine-Tune Your Communications - Asking Questions
  • Develop Positive Learning in Teams - Appreciative Inquiry
  • Give Feedback that Improves Performance    

Dealing with Team Conflicts and Using Them to Improve Team Performance

  • Identify and Avoid Ineffective Team Dynamics
  • Understand and Deal with Dysfunctional Behaviour
  • How to Manage Conflict – Ground Rules for Effective Conflict Resolution

Creativity for Team Problem Solving and Learning

  • Overcome Blocks to Creativity
  • Adopt a Process for Creativity and Decision-Making

Developing Leadership for the Modern Workplace

  • The Challenge of Personal Leadership Development
  • Why personal self-coaching is essential for top performance?
  • Understanding the Power of Transformational Leadership

Developing Top Performance Management

  • How to be a Successful Coach to Shape Peak Performance
  • What strategic mentoring will do to produce results?
  • Making Performance Appraisal Really Effective
  • Developing a Powerful, Positive Leadership Mindset
  • Utilising the Benefits of Result Producing Delegation

Essential Communication Skills for Leaders

  • How to Utilise Effective Interpersonal Communication Skills
  • Knowing How to Communicate with Confidence and Impact
  • Understanding Barriers to Effective Communication
  • Understanding Positive, Win-Win Assertiveness in Leadership
  • Developing Powerful Listening Skills

Developing Proactive Leadership Strategies

  • How to Effectively Manage and Lead Change
  • How to Utilise Empowering Decision-making Skills
  • Learning Richard Branson’s Strategies for Business Success
  • Discovering and Using the Power of Appreciation
  • How to Develop Your Own Proactive Plan of Action