Leadership Skills

• Are you managing but not leading?
• Do you know how to have an impact as a leader?
• Do you know how to get your team to trust you and see you as a credible leader?
• Do you know the subtle differences between strategical and tactical team leading?

This course is for people who want to become an effective leader. Leadership is different from managing. You lead people, but you manage things. Leadership is about Inspiration, motivation and vision. Managing is about optimisation of resources, scheduling, project management and so on. You may lead and manage at the same time, however, this course focuses on your leadership role.

As a leader in the 21^st century, you need to be prepared for dynamic, complex and competitive environments with a flexible approach. With a mission and a strategy you can look forward with confidence and certainty that will be picked up by your team.

This course will show you how to lead and inspire your team, how to assess the needs of your stakeholders, how to spot the trends, how to influence key people, how to get the most from your team by increasing their creativity and how to manage risks and exploit opportunities.

Goal Oriented Thinking: There is no point leading a team if you don’t know where you want to take them and if you don’t know, how do you expect your team members to know!

Strategy: To achieve your goal, you need to have a strategy. How can you ensure not to get carried away with low-level details as opposed to leading the team? What is the difference between leading and managing?

Life at the Centre of the Network: A leader needs to interact with a full circle of people, above or below. Learn how to interact with team members and stakeholders to satisfy their different needs.

Influence: Once you know who to influence, you need to know how to influence them. Learn about different influence techniques you can use on different people with less or more authority than you.

Motivation & Questioning Methods: A team is most productive when it is motivated. You will learn how to understand your team’s vision and influence it. You will be introduced to techniques that help you to get to the bottom of any problem and find solutions.

Develop People: As a leader you are a role model and you should live up to it. You need to understand people’s perspective and their capabilities. Learn how to give feedback, what kind, when and to whom.

Leadership Styles: Learn about different types of leadership, how to develop the style suitable for you and how to match it to team members’ individual needs.

Delegation: Learn the rules of effective delegation.

Creative Thinking: Learn how to brainstorm. Get everyone to contribute. Capture the ideas effectively and learn how to think outside the box.

Risk & Opportunity Management: Find out about risk management systems and learn how to take advantage of opportunities.

At the end of the course, you will create an action plan to improve your leadership skills. Detailed course materials are designed to maximise your gain when using these newly acquired skills once back at work.

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