Leadership Development Certificate: Living As A Leader

11 Modules:

Seven Most Common Mistakes Leaders Make

The Seven Most Common Mistakes Leaders Make conveys to leaders that their role in leading people is critical to success both in terms of employee engagement and business results.

We define leadership as engaging other people to deliver desired results, and this workshop provides a forum to help leaders learn more about how to do that.

Through the introduction of three foundational models, we challenge leaders to step back and think about not only the kind of leader they want to be but also the kind of person they want to be. With this foundation set, this session explores the reasons for and consequences of the seven most common mistakes leaders make and how to overcome them.

Be A Great Coach

Be a Great Coach enhances a leader's understanding of what coaching is and helps leaders overcome common misconceptions and limitations about their role as a coach.

This workshop introduces a six-step process that serves as a framework for coaching. A key area of focus in this workshop is how to Coach for Growth.

Two key messages in the workshop are:
1. Coaching is a style of communication
2. Coaching starts with questions

Communicate By Design

Communicate By Design teaches leaders how to coach others who are falling short of expectations in terms of behavior or performance. We call this Coaching for Improvement.

Leaders will gain the competence and confidence to conduct difficult conversations about unmet expectations with calmness and respect.

Effectively delivering these coaching conversations is important because they help others achieve higher levels of performance and success on the job.

Understanding Your Leadership Style

Understand Your Leadership Style helps participants see the impact behavioral style has on the ability to communicate effectively with others.

Style awareness helps leaders understand that they have a responsibility to become versatile in how they interact with the world around them, particularly with their own employees.

Create A Culture of Employee Engagement

In 2017, it was reported that disengaged employees cost organizations $450 - $550 billion annually (officevibe.com).

Create a Culture of Employee Engagement helps leaders understand the impact they have on employee engagement and introduces them to six strategies for creating a culture of engagement.

Maximize Performance 365 Days a Year

Maximize Performance 365 Days a Year builds participants' skills in order to maximize employee performance, day in and day out, all year long.

Participants explore the three key components of the Performance Management Cycle:
1. Setting expectations and goals
2. Monitoring efforts and results
3. Coaching and reviewing performance

Support Yourself and Others Through Change

Support Yourself and Others Through Change explores the dynamics of change, resistance to change and how leaders can better help themselves and others navigate through change as effectively and efficiently as possible.

A key focus of this workshop is teaching participants how to coach others who are struggling with change situations in the workplace.

Participants are introduced to the rational and emotional aspects of change and why change is necessary for a business to thrive. This workshop covers the predictable reactions of employees who may be struggling to move forward and how leaders can provide support and advance acceptance.

Create Productive Meetings

Create Productive Meetings helps leaders become more intentional about how they create, manage and influence the effectiveness of meetings they facilitate and attend. Special emphasis is placed on leaders as change-agents who can positively improve the overall meeting culture within their organizations.

Solve Problems, Make Sound Decisions

Working in an organization involves two crucial skills - solving problems and making decisions. Yet, leaders often struggle with how to help others become better at these crucial skills.

Solve Problems, Make Sound Decisions explores leadership strategies, problem-solving methods and a complete problem-solving process that leaders can use to teach and guide others through problem solving and decision making.

Focus Your Team

The day-to-day whirlwind of activity in organizations makes it very difficult for leaders to ensure that their teams are working on what's most important.

Focus Your Team teaches leaders how to heighten productivity by focusing on what matters most to drive the team and business forward.