Course Methodology
The course features group activities, psychometrics, and team exercises.
Also used are case studies and group debriefs.
Course Objectives
By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
- Differentiate between the roles and
responsibilities of managers and leaders
- Evaluate personality styles to identify own and
subordinates' strengths and areas of improvement
- Examine various leadership theories with an
emphasis on situational leadership
- List, evaluate, and describe primary competencies
of Emotional Intelligence (EI) and their significance in effective
leadership
- Define the role of a leader as a delegator and
effectively conduct delegation meetings
- Identify obstacles to change and devise a strategy
for introducing change initiatives within your organization
Target Audience
Individuals in middle and senior corporate positions who wish to
understand themselves better to improve their leadership skills. Also, this
course will benefit all other employees whose responsibilities require
delegation, leading, and managing change.
Target Competencies
- Leading and managing people
- Self-awareness
- Influencing others
- Emotional intelligence
- Delegating
- Managing change
Leaders, not Managers
- Definitions, similarities, and differences
- Myths about leadership
- The perennial question: Nature or nurture
- Characteristics of admired leaders
- Practices of exemplary leaders
- Inspiring a shared vision
- Modeling the way
- Enabling others to act
- Encouraging the heart
- Challenging the process
- The ten truths about leadership
Personal Styles and Leadership Qualities
- Overview of personality types
- Self-assessment, administration, and scoring
- Understanding pairs of opposites
- Activities to understand oneself and others
- Impact of style on leadership
The Leadership Journey and Situational Leadership
- Review of significant theories
- Trait theories
- Behavioral theories
- The leadership grid
- Situational leadership: Theory and simulation
- Situation’s maturity level
- Levels of development
- Maturity levels and leadership styles
The Emotionally Intelligent Leader
- An overview of EI
- Emotional Quotient (EQ) versus Intelligence
Quotient (IQ)
- Components of emotional intelligence
- The EI competency framework
- The 18 EI competencies in practice
- Definitions and examples
- Brainstorming real-life examples
Leadership, Delegation, and Empowerment
- Delegation: definition, objectives, and rules
- Delegation levels
- Why delegation is not popular
- Guidelines for delegation
- Empowerment: Definition
- Ten ways to empower employees
- Is your organization ready for empowerment?
The Leader as a Change Catalyst
- The importance of change
- The nature of change
- Leading cultural change
- Organizational change: The formula
- Kotter’s eight-step change process model
