The Leadership Journey: Communication, Innovation & Vision
Management & Leadership
Introduction
True leadership is an art form,
and like all art forms, to become a master takes a great amount of dedication
and skill.
Many people believe that if you
have the job title Manager, Team leader, Supervisor, Director this means you
are a leader. However, leadership is not a title you can be given, it is a
position you must claim as your own. This course has been specifically designed
for people who would like to take their leadership to the next level and become
a true leader.
The Leadership Journey:
Communication, Innovation and Vision will give you the tools you need to lead
people, whether it is a team, department or the whole organization. This course
will give you a step-by-step guide to leading people and introduce you to
techniques and methodologies that have been used by great leaders throughout
history.
This is far more than a
leadership course; this will allow you to discover the hidden art of
Leadership, Communication and Vision.
Objectives
Participants will be able to:
- Understand
the real meaning of leadership
- Become
a Master of Communication and influence
- Create
and harness the power of vision and visualization
- Motivate
and inspire people
- Learn
how to have a magnetic personality
- Create
momentum and urgency within yourself and others
Course Outline
Day
One: Leadership
- What
is true leadership, lessons from the past masters
- Modern
leadership and its impact on business
- Human
behaviour, predictable outcomes
- The
new business reality and its impact on us all
- Force
field analysis and the comfort zone
- Employee
mentality versus entrepreneurial spirit
- The
equalizer effect
- Leaders
versus managers
Day
Two: Vision
- The strangest secret
- How
to create a vision
- How
to harness the power of vision through visualisation
- Psycho
cybernetics and its connection with vision
- Goal
setting the key to making vision a reality
- The
mastermind groups
- Positive
mental attitude, gaining power from a strong vision
- Linking
vision to mission and values
- Vision
timeline, mathematical coaching model
Day
Three: Communication
- Discover
your communication style
- Identify
other people’s communication style
- Learn
how to motivate and influence each of the styles
- Body
language
- The
5 levels of listening
- Advanced
questioning techniques
- Selling
your ideas and vision
- How
to get bought in from others
- Selling
your ideas through excellence in communication
Day Four: Innovation
- How
to create a culture of innovation
- How
to engage your people to generate new ideas
- Left
brain, right brain and innovation
- Creative
thinking and problem solving
- Suggestion
boxes, and reward criteria
- Quantity
versus quality on innovation projects
- Sticky
note innovation
- Absolute
versus desirable criteria
- Using
multi-disciplined employees to gain width and depth
- Using
innovation to reduce costs
Day Five: Influencing skills
- The
relationship bank account
- The
10 guaranteed deposits
- Confidence
is king
- The
give to get ratio
- The
fire within, Enthusiasm
- Time
to get passionate
- The
BE. DO. GET model
- The
pipeline principle