Course Structure In company Training Course Can be tailored to suit your needs and number of days can be as required Average daily training rate @ £1850 plus VAT (£2173.75) per training group Please contact Tom Owen on 0845 658 0654 for more details   If you are looking for individual training please click here or call Maxine or Patricia on 0845 658 0654 Leadership and team management To establish real competitive advantage, organisations must develop high potential leaders capable of inspiring high performance teams through times of continuous change. Today’s effective leaders must therefore have the capability and confidence to build and develop focused and motivated teams, that deliver outstanding operational performance in line with the strategic goals of the organisation. Powerful leadership seldom happens by chance. Functional competence or personal charisma alone do not ensure success in the role.

This blended two day programme provides the context and framework for leaders to understand and prioritise the actions that they must take in support of the task, the team and the individual. It also highlights the processes and techniques that they have at their disposal to develop and maintain top performance.

Who should attend?
All managers and senior staff whose success depends on the effective management of teams and who wish to examine ways in which their current skills could be enhanced.

Objectives

• identify their preferred leadership style and recognise the situational forces that affect it
• apply elements of all styles when managing different situations
• use a practical framework for bringing a strategic focus to their role as leaders
• understand their role in accelerating the development of a team or an individual to high performance
  

Programme Content

Leadership styles

• why people follow leaders
• forces influencing choice of leadership style
• self-analysis - your preferred style
• developing leadership flexibility
• putting leadership principles into practice

Teambuilding

• characteristics of high performing teams
• stages of group development
• principles of building a team
• sharing the vision
• harnessing different working styles
• briefing the team
• leadership and team dynamics in the context of the modern business
• applying a model of enhanced performance effectiveness: job clarity, competency development, business processes, managerial style, organisational climate

Motivation

• satisfying individual needs
• motivational drivers
• creating an environment in which people motivate themselves
• motivating difficult team members

Organising yourself and others

• timestealers: common traps managers fall into
• active and reactive work
• planning your time and setting priorities
• barriers to delegation
• delegation: what, to whom, how and when
• own job analysis
• managing ‘remote’ teams

Improving working relationships

• overcoming communication barriers
• preventing misunderstandings and conflict
• improving the communication process
• influencing enhanced working relationships

Action plan for increased effectiveness