ABC of a Leader - developing leadership competences
Every day, managers must persuade others of their ideas and rationale in order to motivate them to achieve set goals. Therefore, it is important to construct persuasive messages using appropriate linguistic means, taking care of both the content and form of the message. Leadership in practice refers to professional actions based on sound knowledge, professional skills, rational methods, efficient and effective ways and techniques of conduct. Leadership can therefore be defined as a profession that combines the vision of the artist, respect for social values, knowledge of the craft and the ability to communicate. Jonathan Haidt illustrated this concept with the metaphor of a rider riding an elephant. In order for change to be possible, it is necessary to indicate a goal to the rider (rational mind), to motivate the elephant (emotional mind) and to align the path (the right conditions for change).
The ABC of a Leader is a training proposal that includes a series of workshops designed to develop leadership competencies. The objective of the training for managers is to enhance their effectiveness and efficiency in influencing subordinates, thereby enabling the organisation to achieve its objectives.
Training objectives:
- To enhance understanding of the psychology behind motivating and persuading others to adopt a particular viewpoint.
- To gain practical leadership skills.
- To develop competencies in interpersonal communication, assertiveness and social influence.
- Enhance delegation and enforcement techniques.
- To enhance self-assurance and emotional control.
Core topics – content of training cycle
The essense of leadership
- The leader and his importance in the team. Functions of a manager, a supervisor, a leader in a team.
- Starting with the why. Creating and communicating vision, mission and strategy – how to inspire others with passion and achieve goals in an authentic and effective way.
- Making a compelling case – persuasion as the key to leadership success.
- What do emotions have to do with goal-oriented behaviour? How to manage your own and others’ emotions in interpersonal situations.
- Leadership myths – the pitfalls of unreflective leadership.
Leadership competencies
- The art of communication – conflict resolution, negotiation, problem solving using tools to improve communication, improving persuasive storytelling skills.
- Effectively supporting the change process – ways to arouse intrinsic motivation and inspire change, setting goals, delegating and enforcing tasks, monitoring results.
- Team building – stages of team building, challenging situations and leadership activities to support team processes in practice.
- Situational leadership – refining the ability to adapt the leadership style to the maturity of the people and the stage of team building.
- Supporting employee development – reinforcing desirable behaviour, eliminating undesirable behaviour, giving feedback, valuing employees, diagnosing potential, appraisal and development.
Leadership challenges
- The potential benefits and challenges of diversity in the workplace, including managing generational, personality and competence differences in a team.
- Professionalism and collegial relationships. How should professional distance be managed in an internal promotion situation?
- How not to let people walk all over you? Assertiveness in professional relationships.
- How to make lemonade out of lemons? Dealing with failure on the way to success, learning from mistakes (error management training).
- Being like a tree – how to build your resilience from stressful events and not give up on your goals.