Two days
What make a leader great? This fast-moving, two-day course examines the practices and skills of exceptional leaders and gives you powerful techniques to match their behaviour. These can be put into practice immediately, ensuring that you stand out from the crowd.
Delivered by two trainers (including Ken), the course focuses on authentic leadership, comparing relevant leadership approaches to help you find which is best for your organisation. It differs from other leadership courses by giving you the behavioural skills that will make an immediate difference to your performance. Through practical exercises and personalised, challenging feedback you will understand not only what to do but how to do it. Some of the tools are drawn from proven acting methods that heighten your charisma, strengthen your authority and help you motivate and inspire the people you work with.
Strategy. Why you lead. How you lead
Finding which style is appropriate to your company or industry
Difficulties you experience as leaders
How can you be more inspirational?
Different leadership roles will be appropriate for different situations
The essence of authentic leadership
Identifying stages of team development
Presenting yourself and your vision (video recorded)
Analysing the behaviours of top leaders
Finding accuracy in your language and ownership of your message
Analysis of your individual style, with practical solutions
Clarifying the differences
Introduction to the behavioural work
A series of physical exercises that have a place
Relaxation and posture
Breath and voice
Using energy effectively to heighten personal presence
Being grounded and centred under pressure
Vision, goals and mission – Why these are important
Uses of metaphor and other rhetorical devices
Inspirational language
Understanding where the other person, or audience, is coming from to match their needs and interests
The talent for leadership
12 tips on leading your team
Managing time effectively
Emotional Intelligence and empathy
Dealing with hostility and aggression
Empowering, enabling, challenging
Positive thinking exercise
Creating a powerful focus and influence in meetings and presentations
Using body language effectively
Establishing credibility with senior leaders
Strengthening rapport at any level
Creating a charismatic impact
Applying all the techniques to relevant situations (video recorded)
How to get the best out of meetings of all kinds
Defining your organisational and personal values
Conveying these in various situations
Reviewing proven leadership models
Defining your own model of authentic leadership
Expressing your vision to your team or organisation (video recorded)
Action plans and the next steps
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