Course Length: 1 day

Course Description

Up to this point in your career, you have been a successful employee or individual contributor, or have recently been promoted to manager. You have developed skills to be successful in your field. In this course, you will learn the practical skills you need to be an effective leader in your organization.
Course Objective: You will learn practical leadership skills.

Target Student: New managers and individual contributors seeking to develop or enhance leadership abilities with practical skills.

Prerequisites: You should possess experience working in an organization as an individual contributor or possibly as a manager. In addition to this course, you may want to consider the following related courses: Basics of Effective Communication, Persuading Others, Recognizing Employee Performance, and Setting Performance Goals and Expectations.

Delivery Method: Instructor led, group-paced, classroom-delivery learning model with structured hands-on activities.

 

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Performance-Based Objectives

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

• describe the transition from your role of individual contributor to that of a leader.
• develop an effective team.
• identify techniques for leading diverse groups to achieve business results.
• identify skills required to focus and lead your team to achieve business results.

 

 

Course Content

Lesson 1: Transitioning from Individual Contributor to Leader
Topic 1A: Define Leadership
Topic 1B: Identify Your Leadership Style
Topic 1C: Redefine Your Role
                                                     
Lesson 2: Developing an Effective Team
Topic 2A: Develop an Effective Team
Topic 2B: Coach for Performance
Topic 2C: Influence for Results
Topic 2D: Empower Your Team Members
Topic 2E: Lead Your Team Through Organizational Change

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lesson 3: Leading Different Types of Teams
Topic 3A: Work with Different Types of Teams
Topic 3B: Overcome Communication Barriers
Topic 3C: Overcome Issues Among Team Members
                                                               
Lesson 4: Aligning Your Strategy for Business Results
Topic 4A: Identify Core Values
Topic 4B: Write a Vision Statement
Topic 4C: Establish a Mission
Topic 4D: Develop Goals