Management and Leadership Training Classes
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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Leadership Training Class: 3 Governing Dynamics of Leadership
Leadership is multidimensional in nature; much of leadership depends upon three variables such as a person's preparation, their context and what happens within this context to compel a potential leader to step out of his or her comfort zone to lead. The leadership example of one our beloved presidents, Abraham Lincoln, should suffice to make my point. First and foremost Lincoln studied law (preparation), and eventually opened a law practice, a foundational career for legislative office. To add to this, Abraham Lincoln lived during a specific period of history (context); a point in time when a leader would soon be summoned to the frontline to lead the nation through a difficult crises. Abraham Lincoln would have had a good life as a small town lawyer, but the circumstances surrounding him (an emerging problem or dilemma) thrust him into a significant leadership role. Today, Lincoln's legacy is perhaps second to none. Lincoln's contribution as a leader was winning the Civil war, thus, saving the Union, freeing the slaves and inspiring generations to come with his famous address at Gettysburg. One of Lincoln's famous quotes would sum up the leadership law of governing dynamics, "I will prepare and someday my chance will come."
1. Preparation
Each and every day a person makes choices about his or her life, which prepare him or her for a leadership role or simply be disqualified for one when the opportunity arises. I call this critical phase the preparation phase, which happens during the first 30 years of a person's life. This is when a person makes the critical choices of the character he or she will chisel in their personal constitution; who they decided to associate with, which will open doors for them at some point; whether they chose to drink and experiment with drugs or not; the vocation one chooses; and the school or mentor that will prepare him or her for their chosen career. Many other factors can be listed for this phase. This phase, however, is where conscientious choices are made to prepare oneself for life regardless if a leadership role ever emerges. However, it takes two other governing dynamics to thrust a person into a leadership role.
2. Context
We all experience and live within a certain context, whether that context is small or large, significant or insignificant does not matter, at least not yet. For example, my context consists of my family, church, school, and work and other social gatherings my wife and I wish to attend. In a nutshell, my context is an accumulation of my life's choices. For instance, I have a local context of which I have already alluded too but I am also engaged in a larger one, although minimally. I love America; my nation is important to me and the decisions those in authority choose to legislate will impact my life, limit my liberty and impact my family and future, good or bad. If I don't like something I get involved in politics, therefore, enlarging my context. Today, technology through the Internet and social media has enlarged all of our contexts to a global consciousness. You and I now have access to more information at the whim of our fingertips by accessing an iPhone application, and the Internet from the palm of our hand. No matter the scope of our context; it is important to us, and we make choices to engage to bring about change or disengage and allow the status quo to remain. There is one thing that will draw you and me out of the shadows of our context to lead in a more significant way - this is an emerging problem or dilemma that stirs us up to action.
3. An Emerging Problem or Dilemma
There will come a time during your daily context when a leadership opportunity will emerge through a problem or dilemma, only your personal offerings; your gifts and abilities will be sought after to remedy the problem. Let's get back to Lincoln. He had prepared himself thoroughly as a lawyer, and lived in a certain context in history. When an emerging problem or dilemma emerged in his day, he was ready to meet the demand, which destiny prepared for him. Lincoln vehemently advocated the end of slavery during his campaign speeches as candidate for President of the United States. He eventually became the nominee for the Republican Party, and the rest is history.
Lincoln was a perfect leadership fit for his time. So are you for this time! You don't have to have a national stage to be an impactful leader. You can make a difference in a smaller context like your family, community or city, to larger ones, even influencing and impacting the global landscape.
Source: Joel Garcia
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