Programs

How You Will Benefit

• Understand what a leader is…and is not
• Project a more dynamic image
• Discover your own unique leadership style
• Determine which leadership attributes you already possess
• Apply lessons learned through leadership training to take on your first leadership position with greater confidence
• Get noticed by learning how to look and talk like a leader
• Find out what people expect and respect in a leader
• Apply lessons learned through leadership training to refine your skills in gaining and using power and influence positively
• Learn how to motivate a team, including “difficult people”
• Protect yourself against the pitfalls of intra-organizational politics

What You Will Cover

LESSON ONE

Is There a Leader in You?

• Describe the Qualities Senior Management Looks for in Candidates for Leadership Positions
• Explain What Followers Expect from Leaders
• Identify Your Major Strengths and Areas for Improvement as a Leader
• Describe the Importance of Trust and Its Effects on Followers

LESSON TWO

Your Leadership Style

• Identify the Four Leadership Styles
• Assess Your Leadership Style
• Develop the Most Effective Leadership Style for Your Position

What Do Leaders Talk About?

• Identify and Use Effective Communication Patterns
• Identify the Types of Subjects Leaders Discuss
• Create a Vision, Set Direction, and Give Instructions That Are Understood and Followed
• Explain the Benefits of Vision, Mission, and Values Statements That Are Thoroughly Implemented
• Project the Image and Speak the Language of a Leader

 What Is Your Leadership Image?

• Project the Image of a Leader

LESSON THREE

How Can You Build Your Influence and Power?

• Describe Ways That Leaders Can Build Their Power and Influence
• Expand Your Power Network By Developing Key Relationships
• Understand Precautions to Take in Exercising Power and Influence

 How Should You Handle Organizational Politics?

• Differentiate Between Good Politics and Bad Politics
• Explain Why Leaders Must Understand and Participate in Organizational Politics
• Describe How Leaders Develop and Advance Their Leadership Agenda
• Explain Strategies for Getting Others to Support Your Agenda
• Cope with and Survive the Agendas of Adversaries

How Can You Motivate People?

• Explain the Things That Really Motivate People
• List the Factors That Make People Act the Way They Do
• Explain How to Handle Former Peers Who Resist Your Authority
• Describe How to Handle Difficult People

Who Should Attend

Any manager who needs leadership training to step into a leadership role or who is about to take on a new leadership assignment.