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Leadership Through People Skills

Date Offered: September 8-11, 2008 | December 8-11, 2008 New Date!

$2,565 | $2,265 (2 or more from same organization/same date)

Sharpen your ability to communicate at all levels of your organization

Strong interpersonal skills are an essential component of successful management. In this program, you will learn how to communicate effectively with people at all levels of your organization. The program is designed for middle and upper-level managers, as well as up-and-coming managers, who have shown a mastering of the basic skills of managing subordinates, and who are now ready to extend their skills to peers and superiors. It is also for those managers who wish to fine-tune skills and develop strategies for dealing with unique problems.

BENEFITS

In this course, you will:

Receive candid feedback regarding your ability to inspire, motivate, and gain the trust and commitment of those within the work environment.
Learn and master how to size up other people's behavior so as to understand them better.
Develop skills to increase the productivity of direct reports, get cooperation of peers, and work more effectively with managers.
Master skills that will help increase the manager's effectiveness as a leader and a manager.

TAKE-AWAYS

It teaches you how to communicate with subordinates, peers, and superiors.
It expands your people skills.
It helps you tailor your communication strategies to the individuals you are working with.
It deepens your self-awareness.

GOALS OF THE PROGRAM:

The goal of the week is to develop and/or revitalize skills that effective leaders possess, such as:

Sizing-up others;
Organizing ideas;
Motivating those with whom you work;
Communicating; and
Adapting your leadership style.

A manager will be able to use this information to build self-awareness about:

How he/she comes across to others;
How he/she wants to deal with others; and
What he/she can do to become the manager he/she wants to be.

AGENDA

Day 1
The first day provides a firm grasp of important principles and a working understanding of the dimensional model. The formation of cohesive teams also begins. It includes group discussions, breakout sessions for teams, and opportunities for feedback.

Day 2
Discussions and group activities expand to include working with superiors as well as direct reports.

Day 3
Two major activities are devoted to this day: interacting with coworkers, and the real-life case practice meetings.

Day 4
Real-life case practice meetings are completed and teams finish their feedback activity. By the end of the fourth day, participants are aware of a gap between the ideal (how they should manage) and the real (how they do manage). Once aware of this, most participants are motivated to close the gap - by going back to the job and managing dimensionally. Participants leave with goals they intend to achieve when they return to the job. They also come away with an Application Manual which provides detailed guidelines for applying what they have learned.

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