Foundations of Leadership: Explore why leadership skills are important in various aspects of life, laying the groundwork for becoming a knowledgeable and capable leader.
Effective Communication: Improve your abilities to communicate clearly, listen attentively, and inspire others, as effective communication is a necessary prerequisite for leadership.
Decision-Making: Learn strategies and tools to enhance your decision-making capabilities based on accurate information, which is essential for effective leadership.
Time Management: Develop skills to effectively manage time, prioritize tasks, and organize work, as time management is crucial for leadership roles.
Collaboration and Team Building: Acquire skills to create and manage effective teams, as collaboration is key to leadership success. This session focuses on establishing collaborative spaces and building teams.
Lessons
Brief Description of Leadership Skills
The "Leadership Skills" course is designed to develop participants' essential capabilities in leading and managing teams effectively. Participants learn key leadership principles, communication strategies, and methods for motivating and inspiring others.
Module 1: Leadership and Management
Leadership and management are two distinct concepts. Leadership is ideal when few people know it exists, while management involves implementing and maintaining systems and structures.
Module 2: Leadership Theories
Leadership theory module two explores the evolution of leadership opinions and skills over the past 100 years. The theory began with Great Man theories in the 1930s, which posited that leaders possess unique personality traits.
Module 3: Team Development and Leadership
Module three focuses on understanding how teams form and work towards common goals. A team is a group of people with complementary talents needed to achieve a task, and members depend on each other and share responsibility for performance.
Module 4: Individuals Within Teams
In this module, we will explore the role profiles of nine people-based team roles, focusing on their contributions to a team, their permitted and unacceptable weaknesses, and how to engage them.
Module 5: Communicating One-to-One with Individuals
Module 6: Moving Forward Together