The task of management in modern organizations is to get the best out of people so that organizational objectives can be achieved. Many organizations are developing new cultures with flatter, responsive team structures, empowered to take action to meet goals and targets. There is less emphasis on the classical command and control role of multi-layered management hierarchies.

To meet this revolution leadership and attendant behaviors and approaches to team building have changed. Today leadership and team building endeavors provides a consistent, flexible approach to management across an organizations functions.

Course Objectives:

This 5 day course delivers the following:

Day 1 - starts with an overview of what is management, its functions, roles, skills and qualities etc. to generate an understanding and consensus of how management differs from what leadership actually is. That said other leadership definitions can apply so what, arguably, is important is an appreciation of leadership within business and specifically within participants own organization. The ensuring debate should be stimulating! With this insight, coupled with evidence from cultural diagnostics, the need for leadership skills and how leadership can be achieved and best executed can be examined.

What needs to emerge is a pragmatic leadership style geared to getting results within the boundary of practice acceptable to the organization and team members. To achieve a team synergy greater than the sum of its parts requires the establishment of team values.

Day 2 - will focus on identifying and developing the leadership skills needed to achieve tasks and deliver results. Styles and processes will underpin situational leadership and team working issues and the significance of team mix will be revealed through studying team roles. The practical work of the leader as a director and motivator of people will be reviewed and the functions of management will be examined in greater depth.

Day 3-4 - will focus on the leadership role as a developer of people, and the leadership skills, procedures and systems involved. This will include an assessment of performance review and development systems and use of personal development portfolios. Exercises will be used to practice developer skills.

Day 4 - individuals will finalize self and peer assessments, and various studies and exercises, including organizational diagnostics. These will be presented in front of the organization's managers and course sponsors.

The leadership skills course will end with a surgery to review problems, needs and personal action plans.

Learning Objectives:
By the end of the leadership skills course participants will be able to:

• Describe the role, leadership skills and qualities of a leader

• Identify their own needs for specific leadership skills in the areas of: achieving the task, leading the team, developing individuals, developing self

• Systematically review the performance of: groups, subordinates, and self

• Recognize, and utilize to best effect, the strengths of the team

• List the qualities of a good manager and state the impact of leadership skills and styles in managing teams effectively

• Select appropriate leadership styles to suit diverse situations

• Motivate and maximize team resource potential

• Assess how behavior impacts on self-management, and organization, department and team building

• Create a personal development portfolio to manage self and team members development

• Prepare a plan of action to acquire, practice and develop the leadership skills needed to be an effective leader

Who Should Attend:

This generic leadership skills course has been designed for all those with responsibility for managing and supervising others. It is ideal for newly appointed or aspiring team leaders and provides an essential precursor to team building program
 
Prerequisites:

None

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