Overview

Developing Leadership Skills

This program seeks to help participants develop insight into their personal traits, as well as developing better leadership skills, with special emphasis on self-awareness, people skills, and people development. Through the use of a strengths based orientation and incorporating current thinking in psychological approaches, participants will develop further insights into their personal inclinations and its application in the work place. There will also be exposure to the various counselling approaches and their application in various workplace situations, as well as an understanding of interpersonal relationship dynamics and communication.

Course Outline

Developing Self-Awareness

• Discover your character strengths and leverage its use in service of yourself, your family, your workplace, and your world.
• Understand the concepts of Mindsets and its implications on personal development and growth.
• Understand the concept of Whole Brain thinking and its application in the New Economy.

Through the use of assessment tools, participants will discover cognitive `leanings’ and how these could be applied to facilitate their personal development.

Developing Engaged Relationships

• Understand the dynamics of interpersonal relationships and enhancing communication skills through the application of Transactional Analysis
• Understand the concept of emotional Intelligence and developing emotional intelligence in Leadership
• Understand the implications of losing good team members and developing strategies to retain them

Developing People

• What is Coaching? Key approaches to being an effective coach.
• Using the GROW Model – A Simple Process for Coaching and Mentoring
• Develop the best coaching approach through the Skill/Will Matrix.

Through the understanding and application of the various coaching strategies, managers will develop new insights into the process of developing people’s skills and abilities.