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Why Enrol?
- Gain a greater understanding of strategy, and using strategic tools
- Understand the difference between management and leadership
- Increase the flexibility of your leadership style, and how to adapt your style to different situations and individual needs
- Understand the key elements of effective performance management, effective coaching and delegation, as well as undertaking skills practice
- Understand your role in building a high performance culture and creating a climate of motivation
- Explore how to effectively manage virtual teams
- Become more self aware through personal exploration
- Understand personal behaviour preferences and the impact of those preferences
- Identify strengths and areas of development in relation to personal effectiveness, communication skills and your influencing style as a leader
- Explore your current relationships and how they could be improved
Syllabus
Strategic Leadership (Leading and developing the business)
- The difference between leadership and management
- How do I currently distribute my time?
- Leadership and personal style – What do I know about myself?
- The difference between strategic and operational thinking
- What does it mean to be a strategic leader and how effective am I?
- Developing political competence
- Planning what to do next – how to apply the learning
Performance Management (Teams and Individuals)
- Why do people not do what they are supposed to?
- What does good performance management look like?
- Dealing with underperformance
- Motivating others – the leader’ role
- Creating a motivational climate
- Adapting your management and leadership style to get results
- The leader as coach
- The art of delegation
- Action planning the next steps – how to apply the learning?
Leading through Personal Effectiveness (Leading and developing the Self)
- Exploring the cornerstones of effective communication and skills practice
- The importance of influencing – skills and behaviours
- Assertiveness skills
- Flexibility of influencing style – what choices do I have?
- Relationship mapping
- Influencing in a 1:1 setting – building rapport and showing empathy
- Influencing in groups
- Managing myself
- Action planning the next steps – how to apply the learning?
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