Duration and who should attend
Duration
3 days
Who should attend?
- Chief Executives
- Directors
- Direct Reports to Directors
- Departmental Heads
- Other leaders of large or complex teams
Universal Leadership Skills is not just for new or inexperienced leaders. Many previous participants have led teams for years and still found the course invaluable. Indeed we have a number of senior leaders who re-attend every few years as they find the course provides thinking time and an opportunity to refocus and reassess their leadership practices in ever-changing circumstances.
People who do not line manage a team should not attend.
What participants will learn
Day 1 – Underpinning principles for leadership
Leadership and management – the background to the ideas
Why leadership is needed
The difference between leadership and management
The link between leadership and the Sigmoid Curve – and how your leadership practices may be putting you out of business
Motivation – including why reading for pizza is bad and that chimpanzees like to paint
Day 2 – Leading individuals
The focus of day 2 is about leading the individuals who work for you, assessing each person and adopting appropriate leadership styles and practices to get the best out of them. Topics include:
Flexible Leadership
Leading people – key principles, as well as a person-by-person checklist to help you understand the people who work for you
1-1s and alternatives to traditional performance appraisals
Leading through others
Day 3 – Leading your team
An analysis of how effective your team is and the areas you need to focus on to improve
The Forming-Storming-Norming-Performing model of developmental stages for a team
The skill and practicalities of preparing and delivering a Leader Speaks for your team
If time allows we will also examine your team structure and see how the organisation chart is helping or hindering getting things done
Leading your boss