Why Attend
This advanced-level leadership program is aimed at giving you the skills you need to manage and lead people to an advanced level - focusing on six key areas of leadership - Communication, Innovation, Vision, Inspiration, Enabling, and Encouragement.
Instructor-led training that uses interactive learning methods, including class discussion, small group activities, and role-playing
Understand the real meaning of leadership; Become a master of communication and influence; Create and harness the power of vision and visualization; Motivate and inspire people; Learn how to have a magnetic personality; Create momentum and urgency within yourself and others; Learn how to engage, inspire and enable your people
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Module 1:
The Leadership Journey
Day 1:
Leadership
What is true leadership, lessons from the past masters
Modern leadership and its impact on business
Human behavior, predictable outcomes
The new business reality and its impact on us all
Force field analysis and the comfort zone
Employee mentality versus entrepreneurial spirit
The equalizer effect
Leaders versus managers
Day 2:
Vision
The strangest secret
How to create a vision
How to harness the power of vision through visualization
Psycho cybernetics and its connection with vision
Goal setting the key to making vision a reality
The mastermind group
Positive mental attitude, gaining power from a strong vision
Linking vision to mission and values
Vision timeline, mathematical coaching model
Day 3:
Communication
Discover your communication style
Identify other peoples communication style
Learn how to motivate and influence each of the style
Body language
The 5 levels of listening
Advanced questioning techniques
Selling your ideas and vision
How to get buy-in from others
Selling your ideas through excellence in communication
Day 4:
Innovation
How to create a culture of innovation
How to engage your people to generate new ideas
Left brain, right brain and innovation
Creative thinking and problem solving
Suggestion boxes, and reward criteria
Quantity versus quality on innovation projects
Sticky note innovation
Absolute versus desirable criteria
Using multi-disciplined employees to gain width and depth
Using innovation to reduce costs
Day 5:
Influencing skills
The relationship bank account
The 10 guaranteed deposits
Confidence is king
The give to get a ratio
The fire within, Enthusiasm
Time to get passionate
The BE. DO.GET model
The pipeline principle
Module 2:
The Leadership Challenge
Day 6:
The challenge
The leadership challenge
Rule number 1, Everything matters
The importance of stretching ourselves
Association and its impact on our ability to inspire
Receiving feedback on our abilities, from other leaders
Why standing still is no longer an option
Even eagles need a push, and so do we
The cycle of personal growth
Day 7:
Inspirational Leadership
Why some people are inspirational
Why Human Beings desire to be inspired
Human behavioral patterns and cultural differences
Differing forms and styles of inspiration
A decision? A skill? or something we are born with
Why some people win and some people fail
Dreamers versus planners
Lighting a fire under your people
The leadership challenge
Day 8:
Enabling
What is an enabler
Why managers and enablers are so different
The skills required to become an enabler
How the giving away power, will gain you more
Enabling in different cultures
Resistance to an enabling business culture
Why enabling, gains loyalty and increases trust
Why enablers are far stronger than managers
The leadership challenge
Day 9:
Engaging and encouraging your people
Why most employees are not engaged by their work
The 45-year plan, and its effect on motivation
The true cost of business meetings
Engage your team to gain better results
Engagement in business meetings
Everyday engagement principles
Engaging an audience through presentations
Engaging, where to draw the line
Recognition and rewards
The leadership challenge
Day 10:
Personal leadership challenge
The dream
The goals
The style
The accountability
The payback
The enabler
The shield
The sword