LEADERSHIP SHORT COURSES

Course Overview

This course will introduce you to the requirements of leaders and assist you in developing the skills and characteristics needed for effective leadership. This module covers all of the essentials of today’s leaders. It is hands-on and interactive and uses real life scenarios to help you develop practical leadership skills.

Duration

12 hours. Training times can be arranged in more manageable sessions of 6 hours over 2 days.

Delivery Method

Training times can be arranged according to your date and times requirements, delivered virtually or on-site at your premises by one of our professional facilitators. Alternatively, you can join a virtual public course by clicking on the Register Now button.

Who Should Attend

This course is recommended for candidates who wish to improve their leadership skills.

Prerequisites

This course is designed for the student who has little or no experience.

Course Content

1. Introduction to Effective Leadership

• What is leadership?
• The definition of a leader
• The definition of a follower
• Characteristics - features that distinguish effective leaders
• Skill - a developing talent or ability
• Developing a vision
• Developing a mission
• Working towards achieving goals
• Building a cohesive team
• Identifying and meeting team needs
• Set standards for measuring team performance
• Accountability
• Motivate
• Everyone can be a leader
• Circumstances shape leaders
• Leaders embrace responsibility
• Clear goals
• Training
• Followers
• Leadership vs. Managing

2. Choosing the Appropriate Leadership Style

• The transitory nature of leadership
• Leadership styles
• Relational support
• Functional support
• Telling - high functional, low functional
• Selling - high functional, low functional
• Participating - low functional, high functional
• Delegating - low functional, high functional
• The follower
• Committed novice - low capability, high motivation
• Committed expert - high motivation, high capability
• Uncommitted novice - low capability, low motivation
• Uncommitted expert - high motivation, low capability
• Situational leadership

3. Developing a Vision and a Mission

• Direction and destination
• Passion
• What are values?
• Vision quest
• Mission statement
• Develop a mission plan
• Effectively communicating vision as a leader

4. Effective Decision Making

• Problem identification & analysis
• Recommending problem resolution guidelines
• Problem resolution
• Establishing decision making criteria
• Rating criteria
• Risk analysis
• Cost factors - what are the cost factors of implementing the decision?
• Problem resolution
• Implementing your decision

5. Team Motivation for Leaders

• Team building
• Missions, goals, objectives
• Team member selection
• Motivation
• Accountability
• Ownership
• Acceptance
• Authority
• Team selections
• Team communication
• Motivating teams
• Relevancy
• Autonomy
• Security
• Belonging

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.