Course Description

INTRODUCTION

The heart of genuine leadership is trust. However, trust can quickly be undermined if subordinates, colleagues, and other important stakeholders sense a leader is insincere, lacking in vision or unwilling to take responsibility.

This Authentic Leadership training course supports leaders in increasing their sense of authenticity and confidence as well as building strong, trustful relationships with others thereby increasing their ability to influence and inspire valuable stakeholders. Besides, it focuses on the role the leader has in shaping ethical decision-making and in getting essential stakeholders on board.

Objectives

By the end of this training course, you will learn to:

Understand your personal style even better

Align individual, team and organizational goals

Leverage your personal style to gain influence

Develop others with integrity

Enhance key interpersonal skills

Day 1

Displaying Authentic Leadership Behaviors

What authentic leadership is and what it can do

Building confidence and optimism

Practicing the art of possibility

Flexibility in leadership styles

Self-knowledge: The key to authentic leadership

Courage in organizational settings

Day 2

Creating Strong Connections with Others

Emotional intelligence at work

Mirror neurons and affective contagion

Building rapport

Influence, authority & power

Building trust

Developing others as leaders

Day 3

Aligning Your People behind the Vision

Communication as creating understanding

Using communication to align and inspire

Exploring different perspectives

Delegating to develop your people

Listening for more than facts

Thinking outside-the-box

Day 4

Coaching to Peak Performance

Coaching fundamentals

Motivation & learning

Empowering individuals & teams

Personality and its ramifications

Building high performance teams

Using feedback powerfully

Day 5

Ethics for Sustainable Success

Ethics, personal values, and the authentic leader

Dealing with ethical dilemmas

Ethical Decision Making

Corporate integrity check-ups

Corporate social responsibility Maximise long-term organizational outcomes