Inspirational Team Leadership

Course Description:

In today's competitive environment, organisational success is increasingly dependent on the people and teams within. At its best, a team can be far greater than the sum of its parts – at its worst in-fighting and lack of clear leadership can have a detrimental effect on productivity.

This two-day interactive and practical workshop will help participants develop the management and leadership skills required to get the best out of their teams. They will be encouraged to relate theories and principles to their own working lives, and to prepare an action plan of what they plan to do differently as a result of the programme.

Participants will gain some valuable insights into how to develop and motivate teams, and how to create a culture of success. They will also learn a great deal about themselves and the people around them

This course includes the following modules:

Course Content

• BT Global Challenge: Leadership and team development lessons from ?¢‚Äöá®?¨The Worlds Toughest Yacht Race
• What is Leadership? Kouzes and Posners model of Inspirational Leadership and how this applies in practice
• The role of the team leader: How to balance the diverse demands of the leadership role the task, the team and the individual
• Situational Leadership: Ken Blanchards 4 styles of leadership, when appropriate to use each and the benefits of a flexible approach.
• Building blocks of effective teams: An exploration into what needs to be present for the development of effective teams.
• Vision: The importance of a vision how to create an inspiration vision and communicate this to the team.
• Setting objectives: Objectives that work for the organisation, the team and the individual, and planning to achieve them
• Culture / Values: The importance of clear contracting amongst the team when developing a culture of success
• Motivation: An exploration of several motivational theories, and how to put them into practice. Some tips for managing those who are not currently performing.
• Strength Deployment Inventory: An insight into our own motivational value system and that of others, including what happens when things are not going well
• Giving effective feedback: Some tips and techniques for giving objective feedback
• Managing Change: How to communicate necessary and appropriate change assertively.
• Walking the talk: Action planning session how can participants act differently to model success?