5 Day Certificate in Leadership Development

This innovative and dynamic Leadership Development training course will utilize a variety of adult learning techniques to ensure maximum understanding, comprehension and retention of the information presented.  This will include highly interactive and engaging group as well as individual activities, relevant leadership case studies, worked examples and specifically targeted content videos.  In addition, a Leadership Profile assessment will be utilised to ensure development of individual leadership self-awareness.

ORGANISATIONAL IMPACT

Organisations will benefit greatly through this development as Leaders with high self-awareness and emotional competence:

• Have the ability to understand and relate to people in the organisation
• Avoid many of the difficult people and HR problems within many organisations
• Possess skills that are now considered to have greater impact on organisational performance than traditional measures of intelligence such as IQ
• Promote increased employee cooperation, increased motivation, increased productivity, and increased profits

PERSONAL IMPACT

In attending this training course, you benefit greatly as you will:

• Accelerate your career development
• Undertake a leadership self-development journey
• Assess your leadership potential more clearly
• Be able to recognise your own emotions as well as the emotions of others
• Improve your ability to communicate, resolve conflict, influence and work with others
• Become a more self-aware and influential leader

The best leaders understand their own self-awareness and can utilise their internal strengths to influence the direction of others. By undertaking this unique and individual leadership journey you will develop clear strategies to grow as an effective and influential leader.

This ASPIRE training course is suitable to a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:

• Team Leaders and Supervisors with leadership responsibilities
• Managers seeking career development
• Managers recently appointed to leadership roles
• Managers requiring strategies to grow as effective and influential leaders
• Leaders wishing to develop self-awareness and personal impact

DAY 1

Understanding and Mastering Your Preferred Leadership Style

• The Principles of Leadership
• Understanding the Psychology of Great Leadership (understanding mind and heart)
• Defining the Characteristics and Competencies of Effective Leaders
• Application of New Leadership Theories and Principles
• Defining Your Leadership Preference Style – (Self-assessment Leadership Profile)
• Re-balance Your Leadership Style for Optimal Results

DAY 2

Towards Emotional Intelligence and Greater Self-Awareness

• Emotional Intelligence and the impact on Leadership
• Achieving Leadership Emotional Excellence
• Leadership through Inner Mastery
• Growing your Inner Personal Power and Positive Attitude
• Developing Your Personal Brand and Personal Integrity
• Designing a Strategic Plan for Your Life and Career

DAY 3

Mastering the Art of Influence and Persuasion

• Utilising Powerful Interpersonal Skills
• Applying the Proficient Principles of Influence & Persuasion
• Powerful Behavioural Motivation Techniques
• Empowering Others in the Right Way to Achieve Successful Results
• Techniques for Overcoming Objections and Managing Conflict
• The Art of Win-Win Negotiation

DAY 4

Building and Leading Extraordinary Teams

• How a high performing team differs from a traditional work group?
• Team Dynamics: How teams really work
• Understanding and Optimising Team Member Styles
• Igniting Team Creativity
• Applying Group Think – The Power of Group Influence
• Leading and Influencing Others through Change

DAY 5

Developing Strategies for Leading People Performance

• Leading the Performance of Others
• Conducting Effective Performance Discussions
• The Art of Practical Coaching and Mentoring
• Powerful Feedback for Greater Performance
• Next Steps