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LEADERSHIP SHORT COURSES

Leadership

Certified Business Professional (CBP)

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Course Overview Duration Who Should Attend Prerequisites Course Content The Secret To Success
Course Overview
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
Duration

12 Hours. Training times can be arranged according to your date and times requirements, delivered on-site at your premises. Training times can be arranged in more manageable sessions of 6 hours over 2 days.

Who Should Attend
Who Should Attend

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

Prerequisites
Prerequisites

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

Course Content
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
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.

Knowing the learning and development needs
Choosing the right content and level
Matching a trainer to your company culture
Obtaining feedback at relevant intervals
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Short Courses

Business Skills

Developing Positive Assertiveness

CBP - Business Etiquette

CBP - Conflict Management

CBP - Dynamic Decision Making

Emotional Intelligence

Interpersonal Skills

Time Management

Telephone Courtesy and Customer Services

Communications

Business Communication

Business Writing Skills

English Grammar for Business

Presentation Skills

Leadership

CBP - Leadership

CBP - Leading Through Change

Management

CBP – Business Management

CBP – Motivating Employees To Be Their Best

CBP – Secrets to Management Success

Performance Management

Finance for Non-financial Managers

Managing your Teams in a Remote or Virtual Environment

Microsoft Office

Word 2016 - Beginner

Word 2016 - Intermediate

Word 2016 - Advanced

Excel 2016 - Beginner

Excel 2016 - Intermediate

Excel 2016 - Advanced

PowerPoint 2016 - Beginner

PowerPoint 2016 - Intermediate

Outlook 2016 - Beginner

Outlook 2016 - Intermediate

Access 2016 - Beginner

Access 2016 - Intermediate

Access 2016 - Advanced

Publisher 2016

Visio 2016 - Beginner

Visio 2016 - Intermediate

Project 2016 - Beginner

Project 2016 - Intermediate

Project Management

CBP - Project Management

Project Management Fundamentals

Project 2016 - Beginner

Project 2016 - Intermediate

Sales and Marketing

Customer Service

Negotiation skills

Sales

SHORT COURSE BENEFITS

Short Course benefits

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