The Skillful Leader (Our Flagship Management Development Curriculum)
What Participants will learn…
Their own leadership strengths and style…and how to leverage them
Engaging effectively with a wide variety of personality types.
Inspiring others to action through the power of shared vision.
How to deploy themselves and their staff effectively to accomplish work priorities.
Aligning the actions of their people with the organization’s strategy.
Building a culture of employee engagement and personal accountability,
How to delegate tasks and responsibilities
Developing their direct reports to their full potential.
Having performance related conversations that motivate, not demoralize, their employees.
How to confidently address unacceptable performance
Drawing the very best results from their people
Overview…
To be effective, managers must BOTH perform typical "management" duties (plan, organize, measure, control) AND provide "leadership" (set vision, align people, motivate, integrate work output).
Your mid-level managers remain a largely untapped leverage point for greater productivity. These individuals–not the executives–are the ones who ultimately turn vision and goals into action and results. They have a huge impact on how engaged and committed your employees will be. And research now shows that highly engaged staff generate greater results!
This program covers the range of managerial skills that are essential for fostering an engaged workforce. Blending interpersonal effectiveness with a strong orientation toward business results, these skill areas include self-awareness, interacting with others, leading staff, and focusing everyone on achieving maximum performance.
The Skillful Leader takes place over six (elapsed) days which can be spread over several months. Each action-oriented day is designed to build upon the preceding phases. Hence, all days must be taken in sequence.
Day 1: They’re Not Crazy, They’re Just Not You: Understanding Yourself and Others
What is Personality Type and Why It Matters
Human Nature Comes In Four Flavors: Discovering the Four Temperaments
Using Temperament to Increase Your Impact
Day 2: What You Heard Is Not What I Meant: Communication Skills That Achieve Mutual Understanding
The Role of Perception in Communication
Interaction Styles at Work
Transferring Understanding
Questioning and Listening to Gain Understanding
Communicating Assertively
Day 3: Take Me To Your Leader: Leadership Fundamentals for Managers
What It Really Means to Be a Leader
Mission, Vision and Passion
Employee Motivation and Engagement
Day 4: Onward and Upward: Coaching Skills That Grow Your People
The Manager’s Role as a Coach
Skills Coaching
Developmental Coaching
Day 5: Getting It Done Through People (I)
- Managing Your Priorities and Clarifying Expectations
Day 6: Getting It Done Through People (II) - Delivering Ongoing Feedback and Formal Reviews
The Performing Phase
The Reviewing Phase
Putting It All Together: Applying Your Learning To Your World
Points Regarding This Program …
Target audience is managers, mid-level and up, who will benefit from a comprehensive, well-rounded program.
Participants receive a 230-page resource binder with all of the important content: learning points, short text pieces, cases, etc.
Interstrength®Temperament Assessment and Interstrength® Interaction Styles instruments provide common ways to talk about managing style, especially with respect to key functions such as planning, objective-setting, visioning, confronting poor performance, and motivating.
Every participant receives a one-hour coaching session with one of our facilitators after each two-day segment (a total of three hours of coaching). We help them understand any material on which they are not clear. We both challenge and encourage them to try out and practice newly learned behaviors. And we support them around any skills which they find particularly difficult to apply
We strongly recommend maximum of 24 participants in order to ensure participants have ample opportunity to participate, interact with the presenter, and satisfy their particular learning needs.
For a full year your participating managers receive a monthly e-mail that highlights a key lesson from the curriculum and introduces new ideas and tips not presented in class.
Note:The Skillful Leader is one of two flagship programs we present through our leadership development initiative, Leadership: The Enduring Edge
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