The Leadership Journey: Communication, Innovation & Vision

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 the vision

• Goal setting the key to making the 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 styles

• 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