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Proven Leadership Skills

The Leadership Training Institute offers classes that teach participants to confidently use proven methods of management leadership to lead people and help them plan, organize and control their work assignments. Class 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.

Class Objectives:

At the 90-day post-class 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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Management Classes and Outside Management Solutions

We'd like to think that our businesses and organizations are capable of handling whatever hands are dealt to them. However, there are situations where unanticipated events or major happenings can create situations that are more challenging than anything that may have been imagined. In those cases, it may make sense to reach for outside management solutions.

When we speak of outside management solutions, we're not necessarily referring to bringing in a team of outsiders to take over day-to-day operations of an organization. In some extraordinary cases, that may be on the table, but that's not our primary focus. Instead, we're talking about seeking outside recommendations from consultants who specialize in helping businesses navigate the choppy waters that linger after destructive events leave an organization in disarray.

Many people are reluctant to bring in outside management assistance. They can't believe someone who lacks an intimate knowledge of the organization, its members, its habits and its structure can possibly provide greater insight than those who have been there, fighting in the trenches.

That's not the best perspective, however. Those providing outside management solutions can actually provide a great deal of help.

Initially, their distance from day to day operations allows them to assess situations more objectively. Their "fresh eyes" may enable them to see options that those more closely involved just can't spot.

Additionally, their unique experience with difficult situations gives them a layer of insight that others lack. They understand the nature of potentially devastating challenges and how to confront those circumstances.

The ability of expert consultants, crisis managers and other outside solutions to produce results is also supported by empirical evidence. You don't need to look long or hard to find examples of organizations benefiting from assistance. It happens all of the time. Both small firms and huge corporations take advantage of those resources.

There's a time and a place for everything. When times get tough for an organization, it might just be the right place for outside management solutions. There's no shame in finding support and advice from outside of your usual network in order to confront exceptional challenges.

That doesn't mean you should reach for the yellow pages every time a challenge appears on the horizon. It does mean that if you are left to deal with a difficult situation that threatens the life of your organization and that is beyond your experience and skills, there's absolutely no shame in consulting with experts from outside of the system.

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