Building Personal Leadership Skills: Creating Stronger Relationships for a Stronger Organization
Course Code: MN06
Course Objective
- The nature of leadership and the importance of understanding how individual differences influence personal leadership style
- How to build behavioral styles and skillsets that complement your leadership preferences
- How to make effective decisions, and how to avoid the common pitfalls that decision makers face
- What it means to “look like” a leader, and why it is important
- How an engaging leadership style can increase employee performance, innovation and commitment
- Ways in which an organization’s culture shapes our behavior and attitudes, and its significance for leadership and leadership effectiveness.
Target Audience
- managers
- senior buyers
- project managers, civil engineers
- construction managers
- contractors, sub-contractors
- site engineers, senior management
- government agencies
- architects, construction professionals
- anyone responsible for purchasing at a senior level who seeks to enhance their skills further.
- Purchasing and supply chain managers Project managers.
- Divisional managers
- Purchasing and supply chain managersProject managers
Course Outline
Day 1: Understanding today’s Executive Leadership Expectations
- Examining your executive leadership challenges
- Exploring the fundamental concepts of executive leadership
- The four-factor model of effective executive leadership
- Differentiating between leadership and management
- Identifying the executive leadership requirements for the 21st century
Day 2: Leadership with the Head: Exploring the Strategic Elements of Executive Leadership
- Defining mission, vision and values
- Focusing on the “big picture” when building the culture
- The importance of planning and prioritizing in day-to-day activities
- Taking the time to focus on envisioning the future
- How a personal vision statement helps you achieve your organizational vision
Day 3: Leadership with the Hands: Understanding and Appreciating Situational Leadership II, the Art of Influencing Others
- How to develop people, value differences and encourage honest communication
- Developing your leadership style to gain commitment from your employees
- Matching your leadership style to your employees’ developmental needs
Day 4: Leadership with the Feet: Personal Values and Ethics at Work
- Understanding the challenges you face—and the various ways you can manage them
- Creating a culture of trusting relationships
- How individualized “passionate purpose” provides a context for consistency and credibility
Day 5: Leadership with the Heart: Practicing Ways to Communicate
- Executive leadership techniques for enhancing pride in the work and the organization
- Motivating the workforce: three elements that ensure increased job satisfaction and productivity
- Examining the role of “emotional intelligence” in successful executive leadership
- Assessing your “emotional intelligence”: your strengths and areas that need development
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