Introduction

In order to be highly effective, managers must possess a wide variety of managerial skills and utilize the most powerful leadership techniques. In this programme you will learn to:

• Advance the quality of your managerial skills
• Intensify the impact of your leadership style
  • Generate superior performance in your area of responsibility

objectives

• Closely examine their present mindset and its implications
• Develop their ability to motivate for maximum effect
• Gain appreciation for the impact of organizational culture
• Strengthen their personal leadership skills
• Realize how situations affect our leadership approach
• Sharpen their managerial skills in a variety of areas
• Learn to be a high impact manager
• Discover an appreciation of what makes organizations excellent

Contents

Day One

Preparing to Be a Leader

• The power of effective personal goal setting
• Raising your personal standards
• Evaluating your present beliefs
• Directing your brain for optimum results
• Harnessing the impact of your values
• Designing your destiny

Day Two

The Power of Motivation in a Healthy Culture

• Harnessing the power of shared vision
• Building an atmosphere of trust
• Creating support for honest, open communication
• The critical impact of mutual respect
• Motivation by understanding and meeting human needs
• Gaining the benefits of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs

Day Three

Situational Leadership

• New concepts in managerial leadership
• Critical skills for effective leadership
• The various roles a leader must carry out
• Choosing the appropriate style of leadership
• Effective decision making and problem solving
• Productive methods for performance improvement

Day Four

Managerial Skills Development

• Building effective teams
• Dealing appropriately with conflict
• Managing the process of change
• Overcoming the challenges of meetings
• Handling stress appropriately
• Managing work relationships

Day Five

Achieving Excellence

• Attributes of excellent companies
• Understanding the McKinsey 7 S framework
• Developing a bias for action
• Unleashing organizational creativity
• The practice of knowledge management
• Breaking down the barriers to excellence