Achieving Leadership Excellence

Course Outlines:

Module One:

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

Module Two:

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 Behaviors
• Learn How Teams Develop

Module Three:

Building Outstanding Team Productivity, Progress and Learning

• Deploy Motivation Theories in Team Management
• Get Things Done – How to Influence Stakeholders
• Influence and Motivate Different Social Style Preferences
• Help The Team Cope with Change and Develop Resilience
• Incorporate Systems Thinking for Continuous Team Improvement
• Use Team After Action Reviews for Continuous Improvement
• Celebrate Great Team Performance

Module Four:

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    
• Manage Meetings Efficiently and Effectively

Module Five:

Dealing with Team Conflicts and Using Them to Improve Team Performance

• Identify and Avoid Ineffective Team Dynamics
• Understand and Deal with Dysfunctional Behavior
• 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

Module Six:

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 a Personal Leadership Mind-set
• Characteristics of Highly Effective Leaders

Module Seven:

Building Dynamics for Leading Successful Teams

• How to Select and Prepare for a Successful Team
• Discover the Strategy of Building a High-Performance Team
• How to Create and Shape High Performing Achievers
• Identifying the Essential Factors in Motivation
• How to Motivate Yourself and Others

Module Eight:

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
• Utilizing the Benefits of Result Producing Delegation

Module Nine:

Essential Communication Skills for Leaders

• How to Utilize 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

Module Ten:

Developing Proactive Leadership Strategies

• How to Effectively Manage and Lead Change
• How to Utilize 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