This session is often a good kickoff session if you plan to offer a workshop series. A model for leadership is introduced to help participants see that leadership takes three forms -- self leadership, leadership of individuals, and team leadership. The curriculum moves them through learning at each of those three levels. In this session, participants will begin to look at their own perspective and skills in the area of self leadership.
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Supervisors and managers are required to provide direction and feedback to the people they lead. Being clear on what you expect is sometimes a challenge. This session will help participants establish and clarify their expectations. Once expectations are set, people need feedback on how they are doing. Sometimes it is difficult to provide feedback in a useful way. And, many of us struggle to accept feedback without getting defensive. This session provides specific techniques to be more effective at both giving and receiving feedback.
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An important lesson for leaders is that work gets accomplished through others. Getting that work accomplished requires effective delegation. Most managers agree that delegating work to others is important and of value both to themselves and to the employee. Yet, many admit that they don't delegate as much as they can and should. This session is designed to deal with these concerns and to provide a positive model for successful delegating. Participants will learn techniques for clarifying assignments and overseeing the work without being perceived as "checking up.
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A key role for managers and supervisors is coaching the people they lead to enhance their contribution to the team and the organization. Understanding the values that drive teamwork behavior and using effective strategies to lead individuals to work with others are critical skills for leaders today. Experiential activities, journaling, sharing of data, and coaching by the facilitator all contribute to an overall growth experience which leads to effective action planning.
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Pre-work: Participants will assess themselves and their direct reports prior to the session.
This session is designed to take the guesswork out of evaluating candidates and selecting the right person for the job. Since the best predictor of a job applicant's future work behavior is their past work behavior, the session focuses on the behavioral approach to interviewing. Participants will learn how to use a structured approach to interviewing, including preparation, the interview itself, and follow up. A video will provide guidance on what's legal in interviewing. Workshop discussions and exercises will provide clarity on the value of developing good interviewing skills. Learning will be reinforced in role play exercises.
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Being decisive is an important competency for leaders. This workshop provides an overall look at the decision making process. Participants will learn to identify the appropriate approach to take for making a decision. The impact Groupthink can have on decision making is explored. Techniques for reaching consensus will be explored. Participants will create a plan for becoming more decisive.
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Employees today are working in a variety of locations, and it's often not the same location as you. They work at home, at the client's office, in another city or even in another country. With your people working remotely from you, your job as a manager can be more difficult. How do you assign work? How do you know how they are performing? Can you trust that they are doing the right thing? And, how do you even get to know them well enough to do these things effectively? This workshop is designed to help managers learn techniques to be more effective managing from a distance.
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As a follow up to the Coaching Excellence session, this session lets participants examine their leadership and teamwork effectiveness based on input from the people they lead.
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Prerequisite: Coaching Excellence
Pre-work: Participants will be assessed by the people they lead.
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