Leadership Essentials

(Download the 2012 Leadership Essentials Course Schedule)

Leadership Essentials is for mid-level managers currently managing teams of associates and needing additional leadership development as their roles grow in negotiation, strategy, and leading change management within their organization.

PROGRAM FORMAT

The program consists of ten classes offered in five two-day sessions over a period of six months. Courses include 7 days of core curriculum, with 3 additional electives chosen by class participants.

TARGET AUDIENCE

Target Audience is Managers with several years of supervisory experience, appropriate for building leadership competencies in core management teams.

PROGRAM OVERVIEW

Core Curriculum

Building A Dynamic Team (1 Day)

Examine what makes dynamic, effective work groups

Identify appropriate responses for resolving team problems

Presenting for Results (1 Day)

Discuss best practices in presentation skills

Learn to plan and deliver a dynamic and effective presentation

Improving Your Team (1 Day)

Build trust with colleagues through learning to accept conflict as a positive, necessary element to growth

Accept conflict as a positive, necessary element to growth

Appreciate the need for commitment to team principles and organizational goals

Negotiating for Success (2 Days)

Understand the concepts of negotiation based on mutual interest and benefit

Learn and practice a series of steps for working through a negotiation

Strengthening Your Team and Leadership (2 Days)

Determine five strengths themes as a result of taking the Strengthsfinder assessment

Identify ways to work together as a team to optimize everyone's potential

Electives

An additional three (3) days of classes are chosen by the program participants to meet common training priorities. Possible electives include:

Building Trust in the Workplace
Change, Creativity and Innovation
Business Ethics
Effective Decision Making
Critical Thinking
Emotional Intelligence
Finance for Non-Financial Manager
Prioritization and Effective Meetings
Managing Expectations and Performance
Project Management
Overcoming the Five Dysfunctions of a Team
Strategic Alignment