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 Classes: Leadership Activities for Effective Leadership
Most of us hope that our so-called 'leaders' (politicians, CEOs, etc.) would provide leadership. In most cases, however, our expectations remain unfulfilled because most leaders don't lead.
You could, of course, argue that it's our expectation that's the problem. And you could be right. Waiting for God is likely to be more successful than hoping for any meaningful sign of leader behavior from those we tend to look-to for leadership.
Why is this so?
To address this question, we need to go back to basics. 'Leadership' has attracted its fair-share of mumbo-jumbo and gobbledygook. When all the 'experts' have had their say, it's generally accepted that leadership is taking people somewhere with you. This interpretation derives from the literal meaning of 'leadre', a Norse/Viking word, 'the furrow in the field'.
There are, of course, many frameworks and theories of leadership. One of those comes from Kouzes and Posner in The Leadership Challenge (2002). According to these fellows, leadership is about five 'practices'. Leaders
1. challenge the process,
2. inspire a shared vision,
3. model the way,
4. enable others to act, and
5 encourage the heart.
If you accept these practices, effective leadership is both transformational as well as transactional. Effective leadership transforms how people think, feel, and behave. Leader’s help people find meaning and make sense of their world.
Let's put this interpretation to the test. Select a so-called 'leader', and ask yourself, does he or she challenge, inspire, provide a good example, empower, and motivate us? Consider, for example, President Obama. He has demonstrated an ability to deliver inspirational speeches. He has, however, been found lacking in other areas. And President Obama differs from many other elected 'leaders' who seem to go missing in action.
The one behavior over which we have control is our own. So, rather than being critical of others' lack of leadership, we need to consider how we can use this available information and examples to improve our leadership. We're told from a wide variety of sources that the fish rots from the head down. We need to make sure that our leadership (or lack of it) does not become 'on the nose'.
Source: Dr Neil Flanagan
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