MG84
Course Contents
Module 1 - 4 Dimensional Leadership Development
Key Topics
- What is 4 Dimensional Leadership Development?
- Understand how to apply the 4 Dimensions of Leadership Development
- Enhance and/or implement vision, mission alignment
- Connect with purpose and establish or synchronize immediate, intermediate and long-term personal and/or professional goals
- Learn how to develop and support motivated, focused, enthusiastic staff
- Enhance relationship and communication skills
Module 2 -Managing Up
Key Topics
- Anticipate your manager’s needs (strategic and financial results)
- Understand what makes your boss tick (and what ticks them off) to get their buy-in
- Know the right way to bring problems to your boss
- Disagreeing in a respectful and productive way
- Putting a bad relationship back on track
- Managing a brand new boss, a manager you don’t meet face to face, an insecure boss, and all-knowing boss, a manager who gives conflicting messages, a ‘hands-off’ boss, a manager who isn’t as smart as you and a manager that’s actually the board of directors
Module 3 - Managing Down
Key Topics
- Clarify best practice and level of authority to choose to give when delegating
- Overcome inhibitions about delegation
- Better delegate/motivate when you have staff with varying degrees of experience/ability
- Build confidence and skills to achieve mutually acceptable outcomes
- Use available resources more effectively to achieve desired results
- Foster motivation and competence in staff
- Monitor and measure staff progress and performance
Module 4 -Managing Out
Key Topics
- Mobilize colleagues, clients and suppliers etc.
- Forge ties with peers to deliver organizational results
- Create a motivational narrative to secure their buy-in and support
- Agree on action plans that benefit all stakeholders involved
- Secure their commitment to continuous improvement and long-term involvement
Module 5 -Managing In
Key Topics
- Validate and affirm what you already do well
- Individual assessment to improve and enhance leadership capacity
- Deal effectively with specific workplace and/or staff challenges
- Manage internal conflict and “crisis” situations more effectively to reduce stress
- Enhance team building and facilitation skills
- Develop work-life balance
