Leadership & Management

Essential Skills for Becoming an Effective People Leader

This programme is endorsed by the Institute of Leadership & Management (ILM), and is one of our best-selling programmes.

Understand your role and its relevance to your organisation's objectives
An overview of John Adair’s Situational Leadership model for leading a team
Identify your personal strengths and assess the gaps and your vulnerabilities
Understand your Leadership Style and the impact it has on your team
Explore which transferable skills/approaches will work; and which will not
Learn how to diagnose the situation and plan action around challenges and opportunities
Building skills to engage and empowering your new team for success
Identify ways to overcome the challenges of inheriting a team and how to restructure
Learn how to build a portfolio of early-win initiatives and secure tangible results
Master techniques to get the best out of the first 3-month transition period.

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

Plan, prioritise and delegate effectively
Manage people and develop crucial foundational skills to shift from being an individual contributor to a well-respected manager who can achieve team success and drive bottom-line performance
Manage individuals, groups and tasks; facilitate, structure and plan the work of employees reporting to you
Maintain and foster relationships and accomplish high quality work through better collaboration
Understand your role as a manager and get a deeper understanding of your leadership style
Nurture the skills required to engage and empower your new team for success
Create and communicate plans fr achieving group goals; unwavering commitment towards long-term goals. dedication to the work and people performing the work
Prioritise tasks, follow through assignments of your team and delegate successfully
Understand your current leadership strengths and weaknesses and how to build on them
Accept workplace challenges with ease and apply a range of techniques to influence others.