Learn how great leadership balances the strategic needs of the company with the practical human dimension, ever-present in business, to achieve results.
To most people, leadership remains a vague concept. In this program you learn about leadership by exploring, in a practical and interactive way, the personal characteristics, skills and abilities that sustain excellent leadership. The program shows you how you can use leadership as an instrument to tap the latent potential of your organization. Learn how great leadership balances the strategic needs of the company with the practical human dimension, ever-present in business, to achieve results.
Who Should Attend
Who Should Attend
The program is for executives and managers at all levels who have depth of experience in managing people and desire to:
Excel in daily leadership situations and want to reassess their leadership style
Develop an environment that fosters synergy, creativity and performance
Adapt their behavior to a wider range of constituencies and multiple stakeholders for more effective leadership
Update their leadership skills with tools and techniques from the latest behavioral and organizational research
Areas of Focus
Areas of Focus
Leadership Excellence: an Indispensable Component of Achievement
Fundamental questions of leadership
Power and the right to lead
The performance multiplier of good leadership
Key traits of effective leaders
The appropriate use of power in leading and influencing people
Principles and Findings of Current Leadership Research
The evolution of leadership thinking
Useful aspects of leadership models
What exceptional leaders actually do
Why leaders fail
Developing One’s Own Style of Leadership
Assessing your motivation, attitudes and preferences
Discovering your leadership capacities and talents
Understanding others’ personality types and your own
Developing a personal action plan: reinventing yourself as a leader
Social Competence and Character
Important personality traits
Increasing one’s social competence
Discovering areas for improvement
One-On-One Leadership
Motivate, communicate and influence
Identifying a promising employee
The key management tasks – leading and coaching
Leading Teams
Building teams
Strengths and weaknesses of team members
Leading teams to results
Dealing with conflicts
Leading international teams
Leading Leaders
Having authority over other leaders
Developing accountability
Understanding and using power
Performance and Motivation
Creating win-win situations
Identifying and recognizing success
Trust as an element of productivity
Managing Transition and Change
Laying the groundwork for a culture that can adapt to change