Course Description

Overview:

You have developed skills to be successful in your field. In this course, you will learn the practical skills you need to be an effective leader in your organization.

Leadership enhances the skills employees at all levels need to be truly successful. When you learn practical leadership skills, you’ll have the ability to motivate, coach, communicate with, and teach employees in such a way that they are more effective in their jobs and, as a result, you become more effective in your job.

Each attendee will receive  a confirmation email after ticket(s) have been purchased.

Each ticket includes access for one individual to attend the virtual workshop as well as a digital copy of the event workbook.

The day before the workshop you will receive your login for the workshop and the access key to download the workbook. We recommend downloading the workbook before the event, but do not dive into it. (most workbooks are 60-100 pages depending on the event subject, and a great deal of the value comes from uncovering the information in the classroom setting).

Course Objectives:

In this course, you will learn practical leadership skills.

You will:

• Transition from an individual contributor to a leader.
• Develop an effective team.
• Lead a team effectively.
• Increase your effectiveness in leading different types of teams.
• Develop a team mission, values statement, and vision to achieve business results.

 Target Student:

Individuals taking this course may be new managers and individual contributors seeking to develop or enhance leadership abilities with practical skills.

Prerequisites:

Students should possess experience working in an organization as an individual contributor or possibly as a manager/leader.

Course Content

Lesson 1: Transitioning from Individual Contributor to Leader

 Topic A: Define Leadership

 Topic B: Identify Your Leadership Style

 Topic C: Redefine Your Role

Lesson 2: Developing an Effective Team

 Topic A: Build an Effective Team

 Topic B: Coach for Performance

 Topic C: Empower Your Team Members

Lesson 3: Leading a Team Effectively

 Topic A: Influence for Results

 Topic B: Lead Your Team Through Organizational Change

Lesson 4: Leading Different Types of Teams

 Topic A: Work with Different Types of Teams

 Topic B: Overcome Communication Barriers

 Topic C: Overcome Issues Among Team Members

Lesson 5: Aligning Your Strategy for Business Results

 Topic A: Establish a Team Mission

 Topic B: Determine Team Core Values

 Topic C: Write a Team Vision Statement

This is a virtual learning workshop and most computers with the ability to attend webinars and view pdf documents should suffice. However, the following system requirements are recommended.

Hardware:

For this course, you will need one computer. Each computer will need the following minimum hardware configurations:

• 1 GHz or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor
• 1 gigabyte (GB) RAM (32-bit) or 2 GB RAM (64-bit)
• 16 GB available hard disk space (32-bit) or 20 GB (64-bit)
• Keyboard and mouse (or other pointing device)
• 1,024 x 768 resolution monitor recommended
• Network cards and cabling for local network access
• Internet access (contact your local network administrator)

Software:

• Microsoft® Windows® 10
• Microsoft® Office 16
• Any PDF reader