Leadership Development Workshops

Would you like to increase leadership and management effectiveness in your organisation?

Take a look at our flexible workshop modules. You can choose any of the modules for your managers and supervisors to attend and they can dip in and out of the programme if they need to. We can adapt the modules to your specific company requirements.

Module 1 – Leading the way forward

Thinking and behaving like a leader
Strategic management and leadership
Self - assessment using on line assessment tool
Shaping up for management – how to get the right balance of results focus, people focus and creativity

Module 2 – Managing where it matters

Learning the essential requirements of a leader
Focus on results – objectives, targets, KPIs
Focus on standards – understanding conduct and capability, correcting and supporting
The power of one to ones and documentation
Delegation and empowerment

Module 3 – Emotionally intelligent leadership

Understanding emotional intelligence
360 degree feedback based on emotionally intelligent behaviours
Individual support and coaching based on the 360 degree feedback
Inspirational leadership that wins support, loyalty and discretionary effort
Soft skills models and how to develop empathy
There is some charisma in you … how to find it and develop it
How to become a nourishing manager

Module 4 – Managing performance

Understanding performance management (Based on CIPD opinion)
How to be effective in giving and receiving feedback
Making the appraisal system work for you
Improving team performance
Improving individual performance
Conducting difficult interviews

Module 5 – How to build a motivated team

Research, study and experience including Blessing & White study and study by Syd Strike Training Solutions
Motivators and de motivators
Employee engagement – tried and tested behaviours
Talent management and succession planning
Model for building a motivated team

Module 6 – HR for Non HR Managers

How to be effective with capability
Attendance management
Discipline and grievance
Equal opportunities and how to avoid discriminating
Bullying and harassment

Module 7 – Personal Effectiveness

Time management and organisational skills
Assertiveness skills
Effective meeting skills

Module 8 – Recruitment and Selection Skills

The need to recruit – is it truly necessary?
Being clear about the role
Writing a person specification
Writing a job advertisement
Preparation and the interview plan
How to avoid bias – what to do about gut feeling and the halo effect
Short listing
Interviewing skills and practice
Competence based interviews
The selection process
Tests and activities
Killing the myths – being clear about how to use and not to use scoring
Operating within the law

Module 9 – Delivering Powerful Presentations

What is a powerful presentation
How to deliver a powerful presentation, with skill, energy, conviction, confidence and results
Preparing the message, the audience and the sell
Practice and feedback … as much as you want
Structure and creativity
Weaving in the message
The Purpose and the sell
Do’s and don’ts
Overcoming nerves
Question and answer sessions

Module 10 – Leadership Styles

Understanding seven leadership styles
Identifying which styles are appropriate for your organisation/team
Learning and practising different styles
Action planning for future leadership

Module 11 – Coaching and Mentoring

Effective communication
The communication continuum
Different approaches to coaching
Practice and review
Understanding mentoring
The mentoring process

Module 12 – Developing high performing teams and individuals

What makes a high performing team?
How do we develop top performing individuals
An assessment tool to help you build your high performing team
An assessment tool to help you become the leader of a high performing team
Leading by example

How will you benefit from this training opportunity?

Your managers and team leaders can attend sessions that will best support their needs
Your managers and team leaders can build on their existing skills and knowledge by getting up to speed with recent thinking and research on leadership and management
They will pick up new skills and ideas and be reminded of some they already know but have forgotten to use
They will learn some new ideas that they can put into practice immediately so that their team and your organisation will feel the benefit
See the difference in their teams when they begin to put the learning into practice
We can tailor the modules to your specific requirements so that you are able to tackle real work issues immediately
We will also provide post course support to your managers