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DEVELOPING EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP
Seminar No: 02501 -XNBB
CEU Credits: 1.8
Length: 3 days
Are you ready for the challenge of executive leadership?
Taking on a leadership role in today’s environment is like signing on for a constant race against change. You have to stay one step ahead of the trends...strive to develop new strategies and keep ahead of the crowd. It’s up to you to ensure your department or team is on track for success.
And now you can achieve your leadership goals!
Here is your opportunity to learn how to identify and manage the challenges you face with practical and proven-in-action techniques. In-class exercises, coupled with updates on current research, allow you to practice new ideas and to try out shared insights. In this highly interactive seminar, you will have the opportunity to learn from your seminar leader and your peers as you stretch your leadership methods and assert your role in your organization.
Who Should Attend
This seminar is designed for mid-level managers or executives who lead others with managerial responsibility. It is beneficial to executives requiring strong decision-making skills and the ability to lead and motivate others.
How You Will Benefit
- Build a leadership style that creates trust, sets a clear vision and guides
- Gain insight into the key skills and techniques you need to create a winning strategy
- Create passion in your department, your team, your organization—to establish a solid and ethical reputation
- Learn what real "coaching" consists of and how to build an extraordinary team that works together in order to deliver results
- Develop heightened "emotional intelligence" for greater professional achievement and satisfaction
- Outline a personal action plan for further development as a leader
What You Will Cover
Current Leadership Expectations
- Exploring fundamental concepts about leadership
- Four factor model of effective leadership
- How leadership and management differ
Leadership with the Head—Exploring the Strategic Elements of Leadership
- Focusing on the "big picture" with regard to culture building
- The importance of planning and prioritization in day-to-day activities
- Discovering how a personal vision statement helps drive success in accomplishing an organizational vision
Leadership with the Feet—Personal Values and Ethics at Work
- Understanding the challenges being faced
- The creation of a personal culture of trusting relationships
- Individualized "passionate purpose" undertaken as a context for credibility and consistency
Leadership with the Heart—Practice Ways to Communicate
- How to enhance pride in the work and the organization
- Three elements of motivating the workforce that will ensure a heightened level of productivity
- The role "emotional intelligence" plays in successful leadership
Leadership with the Hands—Exploring Situational Leadership®
- Effectively influencing the performance of others
- Using Situational Leadership® in coaching situations that reflect actual organizational issues such as performance goals
- Coaching role plays and various tools to inspire improved team leadership, creativity, communication and problem-solving
Creating Your Executive Leadership Development Plan
- Complete an executive leadership development plan, based on your goals and your organization’s strategy
Extended/Detailed Seminar Outline
Learning Objectives
At the Conclusion of the Workshop, Participants Will Be Better Able To:
- Recognize the Leadership Masks They Wear
- Have a Clear, Personal Definition of Leadership
- Understand Four Critical Competencies of Effective Leadership
- Be Able to Distinguish between the Behaviors of Managers and of Leaders
- Describe and Apply the Six Constants of Leadership
- Understand the Messages They Are Sending through Their Leadership Behavior
- Be Able to Increase Their Emotional Intelligence Quotient through Greater Self-Awareness
- Understand and Apply Situational Leadership©
- Understand the Warning Signs of Failure for Leaders and How to Avoid Them
- Understand the Importance of Learning from Their Mistakes
- Consider the Personal Renewal Process and How to Use It in Order to Avoid Professional Burnout
- Identify How Leaders Create the Trust Level within the Organization, Vision, and Strategy
- Understand How Leaders Impact the Organization’s Culture
- Draw on Their Personal Leadership Portfolio for Further Development as an Executive within Their Organization
The Leadership Challenges
- Recognize Your Leadership Mask
- Define What Leadership Means to You
- Identify the Three Core Leadership Values That Your Definition Represents
- Understand Behavioral Differences between Managers and Leaders
- Understand Four Competencies of Effective Leaders
- Describe and Apply the Six Constants of Leadership by Creating Your Leader Story
- Assess Your Executive Emotional Quotient by Interpreting Your Executive EQ MapTM
The Dark Side of the Force: How Executives Can Avoid Crashing and Burning
- Recognize the Major Causes of Leader Failure
- Understand the Importance of Defining the Lessons Learned from Mistakes
- Identify the Eight Characteristics of Effective Executive Leaders
- Consider the Ways Some Executives Sabotage Their Careers
- Begin a Personal Reflection That Will Be a Catalyst in the Renewal Process and Help You Avoid Burnout
Influencing the Performance of Others—The Process of Influence
- Explore the Background of Management and Leadership within Organizations
- Define Management and Leadership and Discuss the Differences between Them
- Explain the Concept of Leadership and Its Importance to Effective Performance
- Collect Data to Determine Your Perception of Your Leadership Style
Influencing the Performance of Others—Surfacing the Real Task
- Understand the Distinction of Job, Task and Activity
- Get on the Same Wave Length
Assessing Criteria for Performance—Readiness
- Identify and Understand the Indicators of Ability
- Identify and Understand the Indicators of Willingness
- Establish That Readiness Is Dynamic
- Understand the Interplay of Ability and Willingness
Assessing Criteria for Performance—Readiness Levels
- Determine the Indicators of Readiness Levels
- Identify and Understand the Logic of Readiness
- Use Readiness as a Diagnostic Tool
Leader Behavior—Leadership Styles
- Explain the Terms "Task Behavior" and "Relationship Behavior" and Describe Them by Behavioral Indicators
- Give Examples of High and Low Task and High and Low Relationship Behavior
- Classify Examples of Behavior as Either High/Low Task or High/Low Relationship
Leader Behavior—The Model
- Discuss and Work with the Situational Leadership© Model
- Know Which Leadership Styles Have the Highest Probability of Success in Various Situations
- Develop Ability to Choose Leadership Styles That Match the Readiness Levels of Followers
- Know the High-probability Leadership Styles for Various Situations
- Understand the Short- and Long-term Consequences of Style/Readiness Mismatches
Leader Behavior—Feedback
- Understand the Significance of Your Primary Leadership Style
- Determine the Supporting Style(s) That Completes Your Style Profile
- Understand the Strengths and Areas for Development of Your Style Profile
- Identify Areas for Growth and Development
Building Trust, Using Vision, Setting Strategy, and Creating the Culture
- Recognize the Factors That Impact Trust in Organizations
- Tie the Four Cornerstones of Trust to the Four Competencies of Effective Leaders
- Understand How Visioning Can Be Enacted at All Levels of an Organization
- Delineate between Strategic and Tactical Thinking and How Organizations Use Them to Accomplish Goals
- Understand the Importance of an Organization’s Culture and How Executives Affect the Culture
Executive Leadership Development Plans
- Complete an Executive Leadership Development Plan
- Receive Feedback on Your Development Plan
- Prepare and Plan for the Continuing Learning Experience
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