Leadership Skills in the 21st Century

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(A 2-day Leadership Program to Develop Leadership-Mentoring Skills)

Everything within the system of the organization is acted upon by people. People are the organization. The strength and power of the organization is not as much dependent upon its material assets and resources as it is upon the resourcefulness of its people.

As the global marketplace changes through the introduction of new technologies and competitive products, companies are being forced to change in order to remain successful. Today’s managers realize that managing primarily through authoritarian direction and close control usually will not bring about the desired results. The manager’s job has become more complex and demanding, requiring the development of broader personal and professional leadership skills.

For those managers who have been working in the 21st century, operating in a ‘leaner and meaner’ structure has translated to broader responsibilities with increasing pressure to produce more with fewer resources. In this pressure-packed environment, successful managers must use the role of leadership to help people exercise the freedom to make decisions, respond quickly to customers, networking for higher efficiency, have the ability to work with peers, retaining the right employees, and produce the results needed by their organization.

Objectives:
This comprehensive leadership program is aim at helping participants to develop a plan for personal development covering their working life and leadership role. Improve their ability to cope with the various difficult situations that are unavoidable in their day-to-day dealings at the workplace and with their employees. Participants will understand and be able to apply the skills of motivation, mentoring, inducing creativity, and positive thinking to others and to themselves.

Course Outline
Understanding the Role of a Leader
• Becoming a Leader-Manager-Mentor
• Understanding and Managing 4 Generations of Workforce
• 4 Foundation Pillars of Leadership
• 4 Principles of Leadership

6 Guiding Principles of Leadership-Mentoring
• Be A Center leader – the role of a Connector (Communication)
• Create a Value-Added Vision
• Developing your Point of Views and Values
• Share Your Power – Delegation and Empowerment
• Delver Results; Not Excuses
• Be a Master Teacher and a Master Learner – Coaching and Mentoring

6 Work-Leader Roles
• Be a Team Player – Principles of Motivation and Retaining the Right Employees
• Be a Leader of Change – Becoming a Transformation Leader
• Keeping Your Customers Satisfied
• Seek & Tell the Truth
• Applying Positive Politics
• Chart a Global Course

Who Will Benefit Most From This Program?
This program is highly recommended for managers, executives and supervisors, whose job requires them to lead, motivate and inspire employees to achieve higher productivity and better performance in the workplace.

What can this program do for the Organization and the Individual?

For the Organization:

  • Improve inter- and intra-personal relationship
  • Create a more comfortable, less stressful working environment
  • Increase in commitment level
  • Increase productivity and profits
  • Helps in team development
  • Improves organizational trustworthiness

For the Individual:

  • Enhance communication skills
  • Have better control over one’s emotions
  • Improve leadership qualities
  • Boost one’s morale and self-image
  • Identify and remove mental barriers
  • Consistently project a positive mental attitude

Methodology
This 2-day workshop uses a combination of seminar-style delivery, games, case studies and group discussions to relate the whole learning concept.




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