Leadership at the Core
What Is a Leader? probes deeply into what leaders do, how they spend their time, and who leaders are, i.e. the common characteristics shared by the world’s most effective leaders. This course is essential study for anyone charged with setting the direction of—and providing the motivation for—their group or organization. Give your managers the insights they need to lead your company into the future.
What Is a Leader? will enable your managers to:
- Learn the difference between management and leadership.
- Discover techniques for coping with rapid change.
- Tap into the collective intelligence of employees.
- Understand the importance of balancing technical and analytical skills with an ability to work with others.
- Practice “big picture” thinking to maintain the right perspective.
- Strengthen both the hard (analytical and technical) and "soft" (people management) skills required for effective leadership.
- Utilize immediately applicable tools for assessing change management capabilities, evaluating time allocation skills, and analyzing individual leadership strengths and weaknesses.
- Enhance leadership skills through experiential learning.
- Immerse themselves in leadership tasks such as creating a vision, and aligning and motivating people.
- Alternate major transformations with carefully paced periods of smaller change to create a "dynamic stability" that can sustain a firm over the long term.
Leadership is invaluable -- but it is not innate. Provide your managers with the essential concepts and tools to develop their leadership potential.