Leadership Skills for Women Achieving Impact as a Manager

Duration

Self-study or classroom training

Course Objective

The learning objectives for Leadership Skills for Women are listed below. They have been developed to guide you, the reader, to the core issues covered in this book.

The objectivrves of this book are:
- To define the qualities of effective leaders
- To present strategies for team leadership
- To address possible problems for the female leader

Course Content

Section 1: The Characteristics of Effective Leaders

• Test Your Leadership Potential
• Many Styles of Leadership
• What Style Are You?
• A Leader's Attitude Affects Productivity
• A Leader's Attitude and Vision
• Identifying a Leadership Model
• Prejudices Against Women as Leaders
• Working with Men

Section 2: Leading Your Team

• Rate Yourself as an Effective Team Builder
• Characteristics of Highly-Cohesive Teams
• Seven Basics of Team Leadership
• Characteristics of Team Members
• Evaluate Your Team Players?
• What Motivates Your Team?
• Strategies for Motivating Team Players

Section 3: Planning Tools

• Goal Setting
• Goal Success Exercise
• Involve Your Team in Goal Setting
• Getting Organized
• Leaders and Time Management
• Leaders and Meetings
• How to Delegate Skillfully
• Decision Making and Leadership

4. Section 4: Leaders are Problem Solvers 

• Conflict Resolution Styles
• Resolving Conflict
• Managing Difficult People
• Difficult People Leadership Exercise
• Coaching and Counseling
• The Art of Feedback and Using I Messages
• How to Use Positive Anger
• Stress Busters

Section 5: Developing Personal Power

Section 6: Summary Having It All

• The Benefits of Being a Woman Leader
• Professional Development Summary Review
• Your Feedback is Important

The Secret to Success

Short courses are an easy and effective way to upskill your people. This enables them to apply their new knowledge in your workplace immediately.