An intensive professional development training course on
Building Leadership Capital
How to Develop Your Leadership Presence, Skills & Knowledge
The Course
The aims of this course are to cover all the essential knowledge needed to be an effective Leader and a Performance Coach.
This intensive course will develop your skills as a Leader, no matter what type of Leader you are and how much you already know. This course has been designed to provide you with the essential knowledge, skills and attitude need to be an effective Leader. This course will also introduce participants to the core skills of Performance Coaching. Taught by a qualified Psychologist this is an excellent course for any Leader or Manager.
- Covers the theoretical and practical aspects of Leadership & Performance Coaching
- Develop your leadership, management and coaching skills in a fun and informative course
- Discover best-practices in time management and delegation
- Develop essential communication skills for leadership & performance coaching
- Develop skills in performance coaching
- Learn how to coach using motivational coaching techniques
The Structure
This comprehensive programme consists of two modules which can be booked as a 10 Day Training event, or as individual, 5 Day courses.
Module 1 - Leadership Bootcamp
Module 2 - Performance Coaching Bootcamp
The Goals
By the end of the course, the delegate will be able to:
- List the features of a transformational approach to leadership & coaching cycle
- Explain in their own words the meaning of leadership & performance
- Differentiate between transformational & transactional Leadership
- Distinguish between various communication strategies for coaching
- Formulate a plan for personal development as a leader & a plan for effective performance coaching
- Evaluate personal beliefs and attitudes towards leadership & performance management
The Delegates
- All leaders, managers and supervisors
- Anyone moving into a leadership role
- People who want the latest information on leadership and management
- Those interested in developing their career in leadership and management
- People who want the latest information on performance coaching
- Anyone in an HR role
The Process
Dynamic presentations support each of the topics together with interactive trainer lead sessions of discussion. There will also be numerous practical sessions where participants have the opportunity to participate and experience topics. Case studies, video presentations, small group work, exercises and feedback will be used to facilitate learning.
The Benefits
- Appreciate the importance and meaning of transformational leadership
- Appreciate the importance and meaning of performance
- Learn about the essential skills needed for effective Leadership and coaching
- Develop your Leadership & Management skills
- Develop your coaching and communication skills
- Appreciate current issues in Leadership and Coaching
The Results
- Participants after the seminar will be left with a range of skills and competencies to lead and coach in any environment
- Incorporating taught skills and techniques into their work behaviour, participants will demonstrate more effective Leadership and coaching skills
- Appreciation of personal limits in relation to coaching skills
- Participants will be more comfortable leading and coaching others
- Delegates after the seminar will be left with a range of skills and competencies to fulfil their potential as a leader and coach and in turn improve organisational aims
The Course Content
Module 1: Leadership Bootcamp
Day One
Leadership – What Is It and What Are the Basics?
- Challenges people face in changing organizations
- Conditions in work that require leadership
- The role of productive team leadership in dynamic organizations
- Understanding the role of strategic change in leadership
Teamwork Exercise: Identification of leadership skills
- How leadership skills change as roles change in an organization
Teamwork Exercise: Identifying and modeling leadership characteristics
- Strategic change as a leadership skill
Day Two
Leadership – How Is Excellence Developed?
- The role of team leadership in development of leadership excellence
- Developing a culture of organizational excellence
Teamwork Exercise: Leading stakeholders
- What are successful leaders doing that make a difference
- The role of versatility in pursuit of leadership excellence
Teamwork Exercise: Determining versatility
- The role of emotional intelligence in leadership
Teamwork Exercise: Emotional intelligence indicator
- Using emotional intelligence in work with others
Teamwork Exercise: Raising our EQ
Day Three
Leadership – Communications is 90% of Your Job
- Importance of leadership and communication methods
- Interpersonal communication is vital for successful leadership
Group Discussion: Becoming aware of communication “noise”
- Understanding the difference in interpersonal communication preferences
- Developing active listening for leadership
Teamwork Exercise: Active listening skills demonstration
- Communication of leadership empowerment to team members
- Synergy in team communication
Teamwork Exercise: Why working as a team allows for better decisions
Day Four
Leadership – Demonstrating Productive Personal Interactions
- Successful interpersonal interaction develops trust in teams
- Identification of the personal leadership style
Teamwork Exercise: Difference between how we respond styles
- Individual strengths and challenges of leadership style
Teamwork Exercise: Difference between decision making styles
- Team strengths and challenges in interpersonal interactions
- Understanding how teams work better using diverse interaction types
- Developing a personal leadership plan to work with others
Teamwork Exercise: Determining our leadership styles
Day Five
Leadership – Change and Dealing with Others in Making Change
- Leading personal change in our teams
- Understanding problems inherent with change in individuals and teams
Teamwork Exercise: Identifying styles of our colleagues
- Avoiding critical change mistakes
- Identifying perceptions of change in a team
Group Discussion: Process of change for ourselves and our organizations
- Preparing project team and individuals for change
Module 2: Performance Coaching Bootcamp
Day Six
The Foundation for Coaching
- Distinguishing between coaching, mentoring and counselling
- The Coaching Cycle
- Preparation, Explanation, Demonstration, Imitation, Consolidation & Review (PEDICR)
- Plan a coaching session & preparing a coaching plan
- Set coaching objectives which are measurable and activity based (SMART Goals)
- Key Motivational Coaching Skills
Day Seven
Performance Management
- Understanding performance
- Human performance and behaviour management
- Performance management principles
- Performance improvement planning
- Performance management in a multi-cultural setting
- The principles of effective performance appraisal
Day Eight
Essential Communication Skills for Coaching
- Introduction to the psychology of communication
- Listening skills for coaching
- Use of questioning and other coaching techniques
- Understand own and other learning styles
- Understanding ones limitations, referral skills, EAP
- Coaching role-plays
Day Nine
Giving Feedback
- Understanding the importance of feedback
- Introduction to emotional intelligence
- Goleman's five emotional competencies
- The EI giving feedback model
- Win-win approaches
- Coaching practice
Day Ten
Becoming your own Performance Coach
- Coaching yourself
- Are you ready?
- Develop and strengthen your existing skills
- Career planning
- Personal career swot
- Personal action planning
The Certificate
- AZTech Certificate of Completion for delegates who attend and complete the course.