Leadership
In today’s corporate environment, there is an overabundance of managers and a lack of leaders. This situation clearly has a negative impact on an organization’s ability to grow and compete.
A leader combines the vision and curiosity of a dreamer with the practical engineering of a builder. A leader is goal-directed, looking forward with anticipation toward the attainment of measurable outcome goals. A leader is a person who sets goals and achieves results. Goals give an effective leader meaning and purpose, and serve as a continuous source of motivation in pursuit of organizational and individual success.
While many books have been written about leadership, it remains, for many a misunderstood and elusive quality. The capacity for leadership exists in everyone, but most people never take the time to develop it. Leadership is determination, courage, confidence and the ability to get results.
Positive leadership assumes that goals can be accomplished, the job can be done, the problem can be solved and the obstacles will be overcome.
A Process for Results
This Leadership Mastery process is a structured, open-ended, pragmatic approach to developmental growth. It is a process designed to help individuals develop the attitudes, skills and qualities necessary for personal and organizational leadership.
Three Essential Elements
1. Attitude Development: Attitudes are the basis for all behavior; therefore, in order to develop or enhance leadership behavior it is essential that we begin by developing positive, success-oriented attitudes.
2. Interpersonal Skills: Most of what a leader does involves other people. To be effective in this continuous challenge it is important to learn, understand and use interpersonal skills effectively.
3. Goal Setting and Achievement: Leadership, among other things, is the process of providing organizational direction and accomplishing necessary objectives. The goal accomplishment model provides the tools and process necessary to achieve more goals - more often – to maximize results and outcomes.
Leadership Mastery Process Syllabus
Length: 9 weeks, 2.5 hours/week, 2 follow-up sessions (30 days, 60 days)
Week 1: Kickoff or Pre-Workshop Evaluation
Week 2: You Possess the Ability to Lead
-Leaders: Born or Made?
-Leadership and You
-Personal Rewards and Benefits
-Leadership Comes from Within
-Preparation for Leadership
-Tapping Your Hidden Potential
-Developing a Positive Self-Image
-Motivating Yourself
-The Choice is Yours
Week 3: A Product of the Past
-Behavior and Conditioning
-Influence from Family
-Social Acceptance
-Reliving Past Mistakes
-Mistakes Help You Achieve Your Goals
-Formal Leadership
-A Concept of Leadership
-Authority and Power
-Leader and Follower
-Leadership Types
Week 4 : Goal Setting for Success
-Criteria for Personal Goal Setting
-Different Types of Goals
-Short-Range Goals
-Long-Range Goals
-Tangible and Intangible Goals
-Building Success Attitudes and Habits
-Attitudes
-Building Attitudes for Positive Results
Week 5: Developing Your Personal Goals Program
-Benefits of Written Goals and Plans
-Roadblocks to Success
-A Solution for Every Obstacle
-Turning Solutions Into Action
-Self-Motivation and the Courage to Act
-Frustration
-Courage Erases Fear
Week 6: Understanding and Affirming Your “Self”
-Positive Growth
-Techniques of Reinforcement
-Belief Through Affirmation
-Managing Your Time
-Concepts of Time
-Common Enemies of Time
-Designing a Time Program that Works
-Planning with a Purpose
-Making the Most of Your Time
-Management and Delegation
Week 7: Communication and Human Relations
-Active Listening
-Decision Making and Problem Solving
-Identifying the Problem or Question
-Gathering and Analyzing Information
-Develop and Choose Alternative Solutions
-Take Action
-Review and Evaluate Decisions
Week 8: Motivation
-Guidelines for Understanding
-Human Needs
-Emotion and Logic
-An Equitable Exchange
-Methods of Motivation
-Personal Development/Attitude Development
-Continuing Your Leadership Growth
-Re-Evaluation
-The Habit of Goal Setting
-Guidelines for Growth
-Be an Individual
-Is There an Age for Achievement?
Week 9: Review goals and action plan I
Follow-up Sessions: Review goals and action plan II, Post-Workshop Evaluation, Program critique
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