Developing Personal Leadership Skills: Strengthening Organizational Relationships

Introduction:

Strong professional relationships and organizational success are based on personal leadership. The Leadership in Organizations seminar aims to help participants strengthen their partnerships within firms by developing their personal leadership skills.

Participants in the Developing Personal Leadership Skills course will learn how to apply inner confidence, resolve, and people skills to become influential leaders committed to achieving objectives.

This interactive course will provide participants with essential insights into the leadership skills necessary for today's business environment, transforming them from merely competent professionals into exceptional leaders.

Objectives:

Upon completion of this Personal Leadership Training program, participants will be able to:

• Develop effective working relationships with staff, peers, supervisors, and customers.
• Treat others with respect and fairness, remaining open-minded and nonjudgmental.
• Initiate interactions and establish rapport with colleagues and team members.
• Work cooperatively with others, regardless of differences in values, cultures, or opinions.
• Demonstrate concern and sensitivity to the needs and perspectives of others.
• Express disagreements tactfully and address conflicts directly and straightforwardly.
• Identify areas of agreement and build consensus around them.
• Inspire and guide their team to higher levels of skill and motivation.
• Identify opportunities for strategic alliances with peers, staff, and superiors.
• Evolve into a visionary, innovative leader who achieves success.
• Understand individual strengths/weaknesses and those of direct reports.
• Develop a leadership style that adapts to different people and situations.
• Become an effective coach, mentor, and communicator.
• Practice personal discipline and take responsibility for results.

Training Methodology:

• Group Discussions
• Role Play
• Self-assessment
• Peer Feedback
• Scenario-based Learning
• Leadership Simulations
• Individual/Group Presentations
• Q&A Sessions
• Reflections/Feedback Sessions

Course Outline:

Unit 1: The Empowering Tools of Leadership: Motivation and Delegation

• Identify key motivation factors.
• Understand how different motivation theories can be applied in a work environment.
• Adapt your efforts to motivate each employee individually and within different situations.
• List the benefits and barriers to delegation.
• Recognize various delegation styles and when/where they should be applied.
• Evaluate employees and situations, selecting the appropriate delegation style.
• Understand the difference between doing, leading, and managing.

Unit 2: The Attributes and Characteristics of Successful Leadership

• Explore qualities found in highly effective leaders.
• Understand the difference between traditional leadership and transformational leadership.
• Learn how a flexible and effective leadership style empowers you.
• Develop a leadership mindset.
• Understand that great leadership is emotionally intelligent.
• Practice effective decision-making steps.

Unit 3: Coaching for Top-Quality Performance

• Conduct a manager’s self-evaluation from performance appraisal to performance management.
• Identify barriers managers face during performance appraisals.
• Describe how an employee’s performance can be fairly assessed without bias or subjectivity.
• Recognize the ongoing benefits of performance management.
• Assess Leadership/Coaching Behavior.
• Identify Leadership/Coaching Style Strengths & Gaps.
• Utilize performance management as a leadership strategy.

Unit 4: How to Become an Environmental Change Agent

• Define the learning environment and its advantages.
• Explore Senge’s five learning disciplines:
  • Personal Mastery: Expanding our capacity to create desired results.
  • Mental Models: Seeing that our internal pictures of the world shape actions.
  • Shared Vision: Fostering a sense of commitment among members.
  • Team Learning: Developing an environment of thought synergy.
  • Systems Thinking: Explaining the forces that lead to behavior patterns of systems.

Unit 5: Building Effective Communication Skills

• Emphasize interpersonal communication in leadership engagements.
• Gain trust through actions and establish credibility.
• Navigate how people understand what is being said or done.
• Develop a self-image that rises to the challenge of leadership tasks.
• Convey clear messages that are concise to both teams and stakeholders.