Step Up to Leadership - with the Dale Carnegie Foundation

Description

Step up to be the leader you are meant to be
Don’t supervise.... super-lead your team to breakthrough performance!

In this programme, you will smooth your transition from individual contributor to leader.

”Leadership is a learned skill” most of us learn to lead based on previous leaders (the good ones and the bad ones) in our lives."

While attributes such as friendliness, integrity, enthusiasm, and determination – the kind of qualities that likely led to your current position may come naturally, the skills of leadership need to be learned, earned, and practiced.

Business Managers and Supervisors who understand this simple truth and know how to implement it are the ones who positively impact organisations today. They develop high-performance teams that get results because they can lead, not just manage.

“If you motivate me to want to do it, I will do it beyond expectation”

Step Up to Leadership is an information-packed one-day immersive experience, identifying five key drivers to being a leader:

Objectives:

• Transition from doing to leading
• Handle conflict and negativity.
• Hold yourself and others accountable.
• Use proven methods to balance people and processes.
• Coach for results

In Step Up to Leadership, you will gain practical tools and use proven techniques such as:

• Transition from doing to leading
• Lead by example
• How to listen with empathy
• Earn trust and build cooperation
• Create a sense of direction for your team
• Foster collaboration
• Delegate and hold people accountable
• Hold a performance appraisal, and
• Provide recognition that builds confidence and loyalty in others
• Resolve conflicts and convert negativity into positive production
• Give difficult feedback without creating resentment
• Coaching for results

Expect Breakthroughs: Each time a new skill is introduced, it is practically applied in the classroom and coached in the moment before moving it out into your life and work. Once a skill has been tested, the group holds itself accountable by reporting back on what did or did not work. This experiential learning approach makes it possible for everyone to learn from each other’s efforts. By experiencing a series of successful attempts with positive reinforcement, habits are changed, and new skills are ingrained.

Competencies Addressed

• Leadership: Drives business results by aligning the vision, mission, and values to enhance business value. Draws upon the unique talents and abilities of others to achieve desired results.
• Interpersonal Skills: Consistently builds strong, long-term relationships both inside and outside the organization.
• Management Controls: Implements and oversees necessary policy and controls to ensure the integrity and efficiency of the organization’s processes.
• Attitude: Maintains a friendly, positive, and enthusiastic outlook.
• Decision Making: Chooses among courses of action by considering facts, risks, objectives, and priorities.
• Professionalism: Projects an image of honesty, confidence, and integrity that fosters credibility.