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Leadership Skills

16th Nov 2010

Chartered Management Institute logo This course forms part of a CMI Certificate in Leadership and Management

This highly practical day will enable you to develop your skills as a leader, and includes the latest expectations of leaders, impact of organisational ethics and values on leadership, developing flexibility of leadership style and involving the team to achieve objectives

Learning Objectives

  • Understand what is required from the modern leader
  • Appreciate the relationship between management and leadership and when to emphasise each
  • Understand impact of organisation’s culture and values on leadership and the roles you will be required to play
  • Understand leadership styles, your own preference and how to adapt your style in different situations to get the best outcome
  • Learn what the effective leader focuses on and how to secure achievement of team involvement and objectives through leadership

Programme

9:15
Registration and refreshments
9:45
Welcome & Introduction
Helen Hill MBA, FCMI, Training and Organisational Development Consultant, Fresh Twist
10:00
Leadership and organisational culture
  • Impact of organisation’s culture and values on leadership
  • Understanding competing tensions (including legal, ethical, social) and leadership emphasis
  • Roles the leader plays to contribute to team and organisational effectiveness
11:15
Refreshments
11:30
Leadership Styles
  • Relationship between managing and leading and when each is appropriate
  • Horizons of focus
  • Range of leadership styles and developing flexibility
  • Adapting style in different situations
13:00
Lunch
14:00
What the effective leader focuses on
  • Links between vision, inspiration and momentum
  • Tools, techniques and tips to ensure team involvement and achievement of objectives
14:55
Refreshments
15:10
Setting organisational direction
  • Analysing future trends
  • Engaging the team in the direction
  • Helping others through change and building resilience for the future
16:20
Final Questons and Summary
16:30
Close

Please note that the programme is subject to change without notice

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