How important is professional leadership development?
Studies show that most people leave an organisation over issues that a manager or leader can influence. Is your organisation contributing to this statistic? What reason does your organisation have for not investing in professional development… is it lack of time, skills, revenue? It does not have to be this way.
Developing Leadership Skills
Developing leadership skills within the organisation is the first step toward succession planning. Many organisations promote people who are functionally good at their job, or because they have been there a number of years. Investing in leadership skills early allows these valued employees to practice, develop and demonstrate the leadership skills that are necessary for the successful transition into a leadership.
Transitioning Towards Leadership Workshop
Three days over a six to twelve week period
This workshop series develops leadership behaviour skills and is well suited for anyone transitioning into a leadership role. There are 3 days of activity driven workshops spread over a six to twelve week period.
In this series we assume participants have a general knowledge of DISC and understand styles of behaviour. If you have taken our “Building the Foundation for Leadership Workshop” or “Discover Leadership Thinking Workshops” “you are perfectly positioned for this next step.
Who should attend ?
Emerging Leaders – New Leaders – Human Resources – Managers
What Can I Expect to Learn
Different styles of leadership
When to change your leadership approach
How to manage people effectively
Flexibility is power
Empowering others with your words
- The science of body language
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Workshop Outline
We focus on the participant and how they naturally approach leadership and management. In this workshops participants will be asked to step outside their comfort zone and practice different leadership styles.
At the end of this workshop the participant will be more aware of their strengths and weaknesses and will have new skills to draw when finding themselves in challenging situations.
Objectives:
- Learn the different styles of leadership
- Know when to change your leadership style
- Managing people more effectively
Notice the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survives by bending with the wind. – Bruce Lee
We focus on people reading, the power of observation and asking the right questions. In this activity driven workshop participants are challenged to find the differences between perception, assumptions and fact.
At the end of this workshop participants will be able to ask clean questions to make better decisions, increase trust and encourage solution driven thinking.
Objectives:
- People reading skills
- Improved listening skills
- Empowering people with words
And if you insist on continuing to make assumptions about my character, I’ll advise you only this: assume you will always be wrong. – Tahereh Mafi, Ignite Me
We focus on communicating with clarity. In this workshop we go beyond using the right words we work on tonality, breath and body language.
At the end of this workshop the participant will know how to prime their audience and communicate more effectively by matching body language to their words.
Objectives:
- Know how to prime your audience
- Awareness of non-verbal messaging
- Improved communication skills
What you do speaks so loud that I cannot hear what you say. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
The above modules are supported with easy to understand explanations of how the brain works enabling participants to apply the concepts they learn to multiple situations. The workshops are activity driven and layered to help build understanding and retention. As our brain continuously processes information our workshops are spaced out to allow a reflection period and provide the opportunity for participants to ask clarifying questions.