Duration

1 day

Suitable for anyone leading/managing a team.

Course Overview

It is clear that leadership is an important trait because leadership is essentially about motivating people. Simply put is like getting people to work for you. Professionals today often find themselves multi-tasking and cross-skill working and managing work. This course aims to equip them in the shortest time possible to lead and manage work with team members.

Work has to be planned, and as such the leader has to make an appraisal of his/her team members’ capacity to undertake the delegated work in order to achieve the agreed goals and objectives. This also calls to form the essential basis for effective team development. A manager produces predictable results, and to be effective as a manager, the style of leadership needs to change as work progresses through its life cycle, and as the team matures.

Every participant will undergo an informal self-assessment of his/her leadership skills, then master the basics of these leadership competencies: setting direction, aligning people, motivating and inspiring, leading teams, communicating, building relationships, facilitating ethical conduct, negotiating and leading change.

The course is carefully designed to provide the best mix of experience, minimal theory and maximum practice in an adult learning environment. Formal presentations are used mainly to introduce key concepts and significant elements of key concepts.

A high level of participation and team involvement is required. Maximum opportunities will be given to participants to inject their own examples and issues into the course and continually relate the material to their own contexts.

Objectives

Know the delicate task of leading teams including other stakeholders.
Know and apply skills in leading a team, pacing the team through team development and motivating them.

At the end of the course, participants will be able to:

Gain an appreciation of the importance of a collaborative “win/win” negotiation process.
Discover how business and personal ethics can influence the leadership style and personality, and how his/her own individual leadership style and personality can influence the work results.

Detailed Course Content

The session will start at 9.00 am and end at 5.00 pm, or at client’s timing preference; with two 15-minute tea breaks and a 45-minute lunch.

Day 1: Morning

Leadership and Management

What is leadership?
The difference between leadership and management
Assess your leadership competencies and developmental needs
Articulate your leadership vision, in light of the assessment, and consider the best way(s) to realise it
Processes for establishing direction, aligning people, and motivating people to follow your vision
Identify and utilising different leadership styles

Leading Effective Teams

What is a team?
The stages of team development
Leading and maintaining effective, productive teams
Evaluate team progress and coach team members as necessary

Day 1: Afternoon

Motivating

Motivation theories
How to be more influential by understanding motivational patterns
Using an understanding of individual differences to help you manage conflict more effectively

Negotiating Conflict

Conflict scenarios and strategies for initiating conflict resolution
Power bases used in typical organizations
How to plan and conduct collaborative negotiation

Training Approach

The training uses practical exercises that take individuals outside their comfort zones. By giving the participants help and guidance during the process, confidence and skills are strengthened. We make the sessions challenging and practical through the use of role-play, experiential learning and group exercises. Participants will quickly discover their strengths and weaknesses in communicating with others. Moreover, this interaction makes classes enjoyable and motivational.

The tempo of the training is light-hearted and fast-paced. Our experience suggests that this makes people actually look forward to attending our training sessions and reinforces the motivational effects. Peer group pressure, structure and relaxed atmosphere are the key elements to the success of our courses.

Methodology

Presentation, case studies, and group activities.

Programme scope, delivery arrangements and suitability are confirmed during enquiry.