Effective Leadership Skills

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In this course, you will learn the practical skills you need to be an effective leader in your organization, effective managerial strategies that address the organizational aspects of managing a creative team, supporting that creativity, moving an idea to implementation, and troubleshooting ideas to help guide a team through the innovation process.
You will determine how to manage the team so that it remains effective.

Course Contents: 

Lesson 1: Transitioning from Individual Contributor to Leader
Topic 1A: Define Leadership
Topic 1B: Identify Your Leadership Style
Topic 1C: Redefine Your Role
Lesson 2: Developing an Effective Team
Topic 2A: Develop an Effective Team
Topic 2B: Coach for Performance
Topic 2C: Influence for Results
Topic 2D: Empower Your Team Members
Topic 2E: Lead Your Team Through Organizational Change
Lesson 3: Leading Different Types of Teams
Topic 3A: Work with Different Types of Teams
Topic 3B: Overcome Communication Barriers
Topic 3C: Overcome Issues Among Team Members
Lesson 4: Aligning Your Strategy for Business Results
Topic 4A: Identify Core Values
Topic 4B: Write a Vision Statement
Topic 4C: Establish a Mission
Topic 4D: Develop Goals
Lesson 5: Managing the Creative Environment
Topic 1A: Support Creativity
Topic 1B: Manage a Creative Team
Topic 1C: Troubleshoot the Creative Environment
Lesson 6: Moving from Idea to Implementation
Topic 2A: Choose the Best Project for Implementation
Topic 2B: Refine Ideas
Topic 2C: Decide to Implement or Abandon an Idea
Topic 2D: Troubleshoot During the Implementation Phase
Lesson 7: Preparing to Create a Performance Management Plan
Topic 1A: Review Organizational and Departmental Objectives
Topic 1B: Verify Job Descriptions and Employee Performance Cycle Objectives
Topic 1C: Request Information for Performance Appraisals
Lesson 8: Creating the Performance Management Plan
Topic 2A: Draft the Employee Appraisal
Topic 2B: Deliver Feedback to Employees
Topic 2C: Create an Employee Performance Plan
Topic 2D: Create an Incentive Plan
Topic 2E: Create a Development Plan
Lesson 9: Implementing a Performance Management Plan
Topic 3A: Collect Information
Topic 3B: Create Documentation
Topic 3C: Provide Coaching and Feedback
Lesson 10: Knowing Your Team
Topic 1A: Identify Elements of a Team
Topic 1B: Interaction Within a Team
Topic 1C: Communicate with the Team
Topic 1D: Identify Standards
Lesson 11: Managing Your Team
Topic 2A: Identify Management Needs
Topic 2B: Provide Feedback
Topic 2C: Maintain Team Momentum
Topic 2D: Identify Management Challenges
Topic 2E: Close Out a Project

Prerequisites: 

You should possess experience working in an organization as an individual contributor or possibly as a manager
It is recommended that you have familiarity with the use of teams in the workplace and complete the following courses prior to taking this course:

  • Practical Leadership
  • Motivating Your Employees
  • Change Management
  • Benefits: 
  • You will learn practical leadership skills.
  • You will identify how a creative team works and what your role is as team leader
  • You will prepare, create, and implement a performance management plan.
  • You will identify ways of building a team, apply strategies for managing a working team
  • Audience: 

    Managers, supervisors, human resource personnel, and team leaders.
    And individual contributors seeking to develop or enhance leadership abilities with practical skills.

    Materials Available: 
    Yes
    Duration: 
    24 hours
    For more information on Effective Leadership Skills please feel free to contact us online or call us at 416-513-1535.