Leadership Skills

Introduction

This is one of the key skills for any aspiring executive or manager. The ability to clearly lead people towards your business goals is fundamental to success. This course looks at the various different aspects of leadership. It explores whether or not leadership is a skill that you can learn, or do you have to be born with the ability? We discuss and observe leadership styles, look at the concept of situational leadership and the need to adapt our preferred style of leadership to suit the circumstances.

Who should attend:

This is an ideal introduction to the subject for newly or soon to be promoted supervisors and managers.

It is also a suitable course for the more experienced person who has had no formal training in the subject. We look at a number of established theories to explain behaviour, motivation, delegation and attitudes to responsibility.

Course outcomes:

You will have identified your personal style and be able to adapt to the situation. You will have become familiar with, and practiced the key leadership skills of communication, motivation and the setting of clear objectives. The workshop uses a number of hands-on exercises to demonstrate key points. Group discussion also ensures that those attending have the opportunity to share knowledge and experiences.

Teaching methods:

There will be a mixture of theoretical input from the tutor along with opportunities for experiential learning, and practice and discussion in small and large groups