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Introduction to Leadership — A 2-Day Course

Course Synopsis

Team leading skills are an essential part of today's management portfolio. If you want to achieve your targets and key objectives, the likelihood is that you will have to lead a group of individuals in a task. Your challenge is to create a team that will reach its full potential. This course will help you achieve greater results through developing high performance teams.

Course Objectives

On completion of this training course, delegates will be able to:

Intended Audience

You will benefit from this course if you are new to the role of leading a team or wants to develop your existing skills in this area.

Publicly scheduled dates, locations, and prices

London — £845 (+VAT)

  • 1–2 Nov 2010
  • 7–8 Dec 2010

Leeds — £845 (+VAT)

  • 4–5 Oct 2010

Course Outline

Establish personal objectives for the course

What is the role of a manager and leader?

The greatest leaders of all time

Basic principles of management

Completion and analysis of a personal leadership skills profile

Applying action centred leadership

Team values

Characteristics of an effective team

Helpful and hindering team member behaviours

The four stage model of team development

The theory and application of situational leadership

The importance of goal setting

What causes motivation and de-motivation in the workplace?

Building motivation in your team

The delegation process

Giving and receiving feedback

Conflict handling - completion and analysis of your personal conflict handling modes profile

Participation in, and analysis of, experiential learning activities

Completion of a personal action plan