Leaders set a vision and inspire others to follow them and thrive. They challenge the status quo and set a course for organizational success. Leadership is a skill that can be learned and nurtured. Our programs are designed to help new and seasoned leaders work more effectively with their teams, their co-workers and their constituents to achieve results.
Building Relationships: The Natural Networker
Relationships are the basis of all business dealings. Simply speaking, we work with people we know and like. In order to increase business, we first must know how to meet those contacts. The next phase is developing and building those relationships. This course takes you from approach and introduction to follow up and the creation and maintenance of a lasting relationship.
You Will Learn:
- What networking can do for you
- Resources for networking
- Ideas for your approach and introduction
- How to create commonality quickly
- Methods to maintain communication
- How to create a relationship development plan and make it part of your ongoing activities
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Develop Your Presence & Personal Brand
Delivering strong results is not enough to build a successful career. Presence is a key building block in career management. It is not just for Executives. Presence is required at every level in every organization. This training focuses on understanding the impact of your interactions on your Presence, how you can proactively manage your Presence and how to develop your own personal brand. The training is designed to include journaling activities for self reflection and awareness as well as creating an action plan identifying specific behaviors to adopt to build Presence.
You Will Learn:
- Why Presence matters
- How to leverage communication skills to increase your Presence
- Storytelling skills
- How to develop your Brand
- How to market yourself
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Leading Virtual Teams
Virtual teams are more and more common, and can offer many benefits to organizations. However, there are also new risks and challenges that come with geographic separation that need to be managed.
You Will Learn:
- Why virtual teams are so popular
- How to maximize the benefits of virtual teams
- How to select the best communication option for the situation
- How to minimize the risks that virtual team members will not feel a sense of cohesion
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Situational Leadership
As a leader you have broad responsibility across function and people. Focus is often being vied for in numerous directions. Therefore, a leader must master multiple managerial skills. This course combines the leadership skills focused on in more detail in other classes.
Course Topics:
- Understand different leadership styles
- Match your style to the situation and employee
- Understand the components of an effective delegation
- Determine what work can and should be delegated
- Match tasks to employee's skills and motivation
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Team Leadership
Creating leaders in today's business environment requires a broad set of skills. To be considered a leader, a manager must exercise influence, solve problems, communicate confidently, manage conflict, and inspire employees. Leadership is about knowing yourself, how your behavior affects the actions of others, and identifying your team's preferences. Understanding their goals and values, needs and wants, comfort and stretch areas can lead to more effective motivation, delegation, conflict resolution and overall team performance.
What You Will Cover:
- Understand the differences between staff, manager, and leader
- Create a shared team vision
- Use delegation to increase performance and individual growth
- Align motivation with work and personal goals
- Empower your staff to get the work done
- Increase dialogue and constructive feedback
- Create accountability while increasing motivation and morale.
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The New Manager - What you need to know
As roles change so do the expectations of your peers, your staff, and your new reporting line. Your success is now dependent on the success of those you supervise. The "do it yourself" philosophy no longer applies. You must grow, develop, and motivate your staff to meet the increased expectations. This course is designed to create a smooth transition to the manager role.
You Will Learn How To:
- Understand expectations of boss, peers and yourself
- Understand communication and leadership styles
- Communicate clearly up and down the line
- Present yourself as a qualified and credible presence
- Know your role and learn to delegate effectively
- Motivate your staff and build a team
- Manage employee conflicts
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Time & Priority Management
Time is money. We have all heard the phrase, yet we don't treat our time like the limited resource that it is. To be efficient, we must not only be productive with your time but limit the time spent to achieve those results. This is the essence of time management.
You Will
- Consider the results of poor time management
- Understand your relationship to time
- Determine your goals and priorities
- Plan your time effectively
- Select appropriate prioritization methods
- Consider delegation opportunities
- Eliminate time wasters
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Tools for Effective Project Management
The ability to handle multiple projects, ambiguity, and competing deadlines are all criteria for success. Mastering these skills leads to more efficient use of resources, reduced stress and frustration, and higher morale. This interactive workshop starts with the project management life cycle and uses real examples to work the participants through planning tools, prioritization techniques, time estimation strategies, ambiguity approaches, and concludes with a discussion on the effectiveness of various influencing strategies.
You Will Learn:
- The importance of project management
- The project management life cycle
- Prioritization techniques and pitfalls
- Project planning tools
- The 5 guidelines to estimating work
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