Leadership Essentials

What This Course Includes:

• Three days of live, project-based instruction delivered by subject matter experts
• Proprietary participant workbook for note-taking and reference
• Verified digital certificate documenting successful course completion
• Training delivered at an accredited educational institution
• Professional development credit, 1.8 CEUs earned
• Intimate class sizes enabling personalized attention

Unlock your full leadership potential with this comprehensive course covering the distinction between managing and leading. You will discover proven communication techniques, learn to think strategically, and transition your organization from reactive problem-solving to proactive planning and initiative.

Intended Audience:

This course targets supervisors, managers, branch chiefs, division heads, and professionals in roles requiring influence and decision-making authority.

Core Learning Outcomes:

• Apply fundamental leadership principles and identify your personal leadership style
• Practice identifying and managing organizational risks and resolving team conflicts
• Empower team members and delegate responsibilities effectively
• Set clear, achievable, and aligned goals for team success

Detailed Course Syllabus:

Module 1: Defining Leadership

• Define leadership as a process of influencing others toward shared goals, while identifying core characteristics of effective leaders
• Examine the four core leadership principles: Inspiration, Motivation, Influence, and Persuasiveness, exploring underlying behaviors such as role modeling and demonstrating integrity
• Determine your leadership style using strategic and contingency approaches; practice Kouzes and Posner's five essential leadership behaviors
• Distinguish leaders from managers or supervisors while connecting leadership practice with organizational resources, SMART goal setting, and performance management

Module 2: Leading and Developing Your Team

• Understand different sources of power available to leaders, including legitimate, reward, coercive, expert, referent, and information power, and when each is appropriately applied
• Apply diverse influencing strategies extending beyond leading by example, including inspirational appeals, consultation, exchange, personal connection, and coalition building
• Energize your team through equity-based motivation using practical tools to customize motivators for individual team members
• Distinguish between delegation and empowerment, granting appropriate authority and responsibility; recognize the characteristics of empowered employees and optimal timing for empowerment
• Develop team members through mentoring and coaching; strengthen collaboration and professionalism using the Professional Maturity model and The Four Agreements

Module 3: Understanding the Leadership Context

• Establish organizational direction using the Five Questions Every Leader Must Ask while developing a forward-thinking vision
• Design and communicate vision through a structured process: conceptualizing, developing, communicating, aligning, and refining
• Apply systems thinking to anticipate unintended consequences and interconnections across organizational units
• Think strategically about your external environment and conduct a comprehensive SWOT analysis to guide action
• Foster a learning-oriented organization culture and lead change through strong communication, including active listening and nonverbal awareness