Management and Leadership Skills Training
Proven
Leadership Skills The
Leadership Training Institute offers seminars that teach participants
to confidently use proven methods of management leadership
to lead people and help them plan, organize
and control their work assignments. Workshop
participants will also learn to use resources made available to them more
effectively.
On-Site
Classes: can be tailored to the needs of client
organization and delivered on-site at time and location
of client choice.
Seminar Objectives:
At
the 90-day post-workshop assessment, participants will
have:
- Demonstrated
(on the job) an understanding that the intuitive style
of leadership (self-centered, directive) will only
work in special circumstances and will have made noticeable
improvement in working themselves toward a management
leadership style (participatory, empowering)
- Spent
more time "leading and managing" and less
time "doing"
- Used
the action planning process to plan and implement
at least one important initiative that has a positive
impact on business results
- Used
the decision-making technique on the job to arrive
at sound decisions that have or will have a positive
impact on business results
- Demonstrated
greater ability to function in teamwork situations
- Developed
and successfully used a system of control by exception
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Leadership Skills: Important Leadership Qualities
While many people ascend to positions of leadership, unfortunately, most of them are either not prepared for, or do not possess many of the essential qualities needed to make one an effective leader. The lack of preparation can be addressed if organizations were willing to devote time, monies, and energy to identifying, qualifying, and effectively conducting ongoing and actual leadership training programs. In my over three decades of working with organizations in this area, I have observed that while most organizations have no organized ongoing program in place, even those that do, often do not clearly identify and take care of those aspects of training that are important, often substitution either orientation or philosophical discussion, or some combination, with the important necessities of effective leadership. In my many hundreds of seminars and training programs that I have conducted, as well as in numerous previous articles, I have discussed in varying degrees of detail, the most essential needs, and addressed what needs to be done.
While an organization's commitment to training addresses part of the issue, there is also a matter of locating individuals with the essential personal traits and qualities that are very often the difference between an effective and true leader, and someone that simply holds a position or office. Some of these qualities include:
1. High personal integrity is a must. No one can ever be effective if he is not forthright with his constituents, members, donors, and other leaders. Personal integrity cannot be turned on and turned off, but is rather the way someone routinely behaves.
2. There is a need for this individual to have a positive mental attitude, with a "can do" frame of mind. If someone does not personally feel something can be done, he can never motivate others to do it. For someone who truly wants to improve his attitude, there are numerous approaches, courses and programs that have been quite effective for those who earnestly want it. One of the best and easiest to be successful with is the use of affirmations. Affirmations are positive statements of the type of person you would like to be, stated in the positive as if you were already that way. These work, but only if someone commits to regularly use them, and to do them sincerely and earnestly.
3. It is essential to able and willing to take personal responsibility, and never blame others. Harry Truman was famous for his "The Buck Stops Here" philosophy and that is essential for any leader.
4. One must contain inner strength. This person must be willing to make decisions, without concerning himself merely with popularity or platitudes. One can be taught how to go about in the decision making process, but must be willing to actually take the action.
5. One of the most important traits is that this individual must be willing to lead by example, and have a "roll up his sleeves" philosophy and behavior. A leader must be willing and able to take action.
These five characteristics will not make someone a leader. However, if one does not possess these traits, it is almost certain he is not the right person for a leadership position. Leaders must be personal "winners," always willing to be part of the solution, never part of the problem. I urge organizations to begin creating and implementing professionally designed and implemented programs as soon as possible, if they wish to flourish and have an optimum chance of achieving their mission.
Source: Richard Brody
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