By the end of this course participants will be able to:

·         Promote creative leadership styles and develop required skills in teambuilding & team leading

·         Understand the main principles and practices of leadership

·         Gain a greater awareness of themselves and their full leadership potential

·         Refine the leadership styles for the benefit of the team and the whole organization

·         Develop delegation and empowerment skills

·         Identify personal leadership strengths and development needs

·         Select appropriate approaches to team problem-solving and decision-making

·         Improve communication, interpersonal and influencing skills

·         Enhance personal performance, credibility with colleagues and career success

·         Develop creativity for transformational leadership

·         Enhance decision making skills in employees

·         Apply effective decision making skills in solving problems

·         Handle conflict situations

·         Manage change effectively

·         Lead, motivate, coach and develop staff

Defining leadership

·         Distinguishing between management and leadership

·         The role of the leader

·         Different leadership styles

·         Identifying and developing your style

·         Leading by example – personal qualities which make leaders stand out

·         Leaders role and responsibilities (What is expected?)

Gaining insights into leadership styles

·         How perception influences leadership styles

·         Understanding the personality

·         Personality and leadership style

·         Improving strengths and managing weaknesses

·         Maximizing interpersonal relationship with others

·         Removing emotional and mental blind spots

Developing effective leadership styles

·         Analyzing and discovering personal leadership styles

·         Adjusting leadership styles to suit the needs of different situations

·         How to delegate and empower staff

The leader's role as a motivator

·         When and when not to employ power to gain influence and credibility

·         Targeting the right individual with the right task and setting goals

·         Team targets, the risks and benefits of collaboration

·         Providing recognition and feedback within your team

·         Identify the benefits and barriers to delegation

·         Motivation for excellent  performance

·         Motivating a high performance team

·         The link between delegation and motivation

·         The art of giving and receiving criticism

Motivating innovative & creative thinking in the workplace

·         Understand how creative thinking works

·         Developing openness to new ideas

·         The creative mind: whole brain thinking

·         Distinguish stages of the creative process

·         Identify and understand the creativity in others

·         Divergent thinking skills for innovative leadership

Developing and communicating the vision creatively

·         Organizational culture and its influence on innovation

·         Conflict as a catalyst for idea development

·         Letting go the ego

·         Working with different creative preferences

·         Models of communication

·         Letting go of the vision

·         Leading without directing

Communications and communication skills

·         Building leadership influence through communication

·         Communication skills for leaders

·         Verbal and nonverbal communication techniques

·         Understanding the elements of the communication process

·         Identifying barriers to communication

·         Managing communication effectively

·         Acting assertively, not aggressively or passively

Team working and Teambuilding

·         Creating an effective team

·         Skills required in a team

·         How teams evolve and develop

·         Assessing team working strengths and limitations

Team decision making

·         Barriers to group decision making

·         Methods of group decision making

·         Identify how your team will improve its group decision making

Team problem solving

·         The challenges of group problem solving

·         A working definition of problem solving

·         How well your team is set for effective problem solving

·         Creative problem solving

Interpersonal skills for effective leadership

·         Interpersonal skills required of the leader

·         Developing and maintaining good working relations

·         Assertiveness and influencing skills

Conflict handling

·         Different approaches to handling conflict situations

·         Skills required in resolving conflict effectively

Managing change effectively

·         Developing strategies and practices to overcome resistance to change

·         Creating a systematic approach to change management

·         Developing a framework for change management