In today’s fast moving and chaotic times, strong leadership at all levels of the organization is needed to develop and implement strategies that will move the organization forward. Leaders must motivate, communicate, set standards, coach, and support and insure performance. They must develop effective teams and individuals that will achieve operational and strategic objectives. Through interactive presentations, individual participation, and team exercises, the following critical leadership subjects will be covered:
- What a Leader Does: Providing the vision and managing execution to move toward the vision.
- Flexible Leadership: Defining your personal style preferences using the Myers Briggs Type Inventory. Matching your style with that of others for maximum communication and effective decision-making.
- Communication: Communication and how it affects the quality of relationships, productivity, personal satisfaction and achievement of the vision.
- Presentation Skills: Preparation, handling information, involving and “grabbing” your audience, achieving rapport, persuasion, influencing, and presentation methods.
- Cultural Diversity: Enhancing cultural awareness.
- Conflict: handling interpersonal and organizational conflict.
- Change Management: Managing the inevitable organization and business changes; driving and leading change.
- Teams and team building: Working with teams and team building using experiential exercises taught with teams using the classic “helicopter exercise.”
- Performance Management: Setting objectives, performance dialogue and coaching employees for improved performance. Delegation, accountability, rewards and consequences.
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