Small Business Advisor Training. INFO, LLC
Dynamic Leadership Training
Course Overview Pages 1-4 and Training Agenda Pages 4-5.
Time: 2-5 Hours:
Abstract: Effective Employee Training Compliance Program
Good leadership is more than just motivating a group toward a common goal. It’s the ability to cross over from a person employees must follow to a person employees want to follow. This workshop will help develop and refresh your leadership skills and give the participants a renewed outlook on the difference between traditional authority and authentic relational leadership.
Leaders maximize results by gaining the respect of those they lead, reducing opposition from their followers, and enlisting buy-in from their teams. This comprehensive, hands-on, and interactive course
Teaches foundational supervisory skills necessary for the success of any organization. Benefiting newly promoted managers and shop floor supervisors to seasoned supervisors, anyone responsible for people and interacting with people daily. This course will re-open the door to effective leadership and bridge the gap between newer and seasoned workforces, senior and junior staff, and front office and plant floor associates.
Dynamic Leadership Training
Overview:
- Articulate a clear vision and strategy for their organization, effectively communicating it to all stakeholders.
- Demonstrate self-awareness and develop personal leadership qualities, including emotional intelligence, self-reflection, and alignment with individual values, as a foundation for effective leadership.
- Apply practical communication skills to lead teams, including the ability to motivate and inspire team members, manage conflicts effectively, and foster trust within the team.
- Identify key traits of effective dynamic leaders, including visionaries, strategic thinkers, adaptability, authenticity, passion, empathy, confidence, resilience, and collaboration.
- Explain the importance of having a clear and compelling vision for the future and how it inspires and motivates others.
- Demonstrate practical communication skills by openly, honestly, and transparently communicating with employees, actively listening to their concerns and ideas, and providing constructive feedback and guidance.
- Build trust with employees by following through on commitments, being transparent and honest, and promoting a culture of accountability.
- Set clear and specific goals for their team, aligning them with the company's overall objectives, and effectively communicate these goals to team members to ensure clarity and motivation.
- Plan and organize their team's tasks and activities, effectively allocating resources and managing time to ensure efficient and effective progress towards the set goals.
- Leverage their formal authority to make informed decisions, delegate tasks, and enforce rules and policies, while considering the impact on team dynamics and individual motivation.
- Build and enhance their expert authority by continuously developing their knowledge, skills, and expertise in their respective field, and effectively utilize their expertise to influence and guide others.
- Demonstrate honesty and integrity in their words and actions, being transparent, truthful, and committed to fulfilling their commitments.
- Develop and maintain the necessary knowledge, skills, and expertise in their area of leadership, displaying competence and ensuring their ability to lead and manage their team effectively.
- Recognize the importance of effective communication in dynamic leadership and its role in conveying vision, goals, expectations, and feedback to team members.
- Utilize a variety of communication methods, including face-to-face meetings, phone calls, video conferences, email, instant messaging, and social media, to connect and engage with team members effectively.
- Understand the significance of organizational culture and its impact on the overall functioning and success of an organization.
- Identify and articulate the core values and beliefs that guide the behavior and actions of their organization.
- Demonstrate leadership by aligning their own actions and behaviors with the organization's values and setting an example for their team members.
- Develop a compelling vision and establish clear goals for their organization, effectively communicating them to their team members and empowering them to contribute to the organization's objectives.
- Provide space for creativity and expression for expressive personalities, while offering guidance and structure to help them maintain focus.
- Deliver constructive feedback to critical personalities in a clear and specific manner, emphasizing the importance of growth and improvement.
- Set clear expectations and goals for conscientious personalities, allowing them the autonomy to organize and structure their work effectively.
- Demonstrate patience, understanding, and empathy when interacting with individuals of diverse personality types and behavioral characteristics, thereby fostering a positive and inclusive work environment.
- Develop clear plans and goals for their organization, aligning them with the overall strategic direction, and effectively communicate them to their team members.
- Efficiently manage organizational resources, including people, finances, and equipment, to optimize their utilization and achieve desired outcomes.
- Effectively manage their time by prioritizing tasks, setting deadlines, and utilizing time management techniques to ensure productivity and meet deadlines.
- Understand the importance of values in guiding a leader's behavior, decisions, and interactions with others.
- Define leadership and recognize its role in inspiring and guiding individuals and teams towards a common goal.
- Identify and articulate the core values essential for dynamic leaders, including integrity, honesty, transparency, accountability, respect, empathy, courage, fairness, and inclusivity.
- Establish channels for two-way communication, such as team meetings, one-on-one discussions, and anonymous feedback mechanisms, to foster collaboration and address potential issues proactively.
- Recognize and adopt a confident and authoritative body posture, such as standing or sitting up straight, with shoulders back and chest open, to inspire trust and respect in others.
- Demonstrate effective eye contact by making direct and sustained eye contact with others during conversations, signaling active engagement and presence.
- . Apply effective communication strategies, including clear articulation of vision and goals, active listening, thoughtful questioning, and constructive feedback, to enhance their influence on others.
- Demonstrate leadership by example, embodying the behaviors and values you want to see in your team members and inspiring others to follow your lead.
- Take a proactive approach to address challenges and opportunities, demonstrating leadership skills and increasing influence.
- Demonstrate a genuine interest in others by paying attention to their words, body language, and tone of voice, building trust and respect as a dynamic leader.
- Minimize distractions and give the speaker your full attention, maintaining eye contact and focusing on their words and non-verbal cues.
- Recognize the importance of creating a positive work environment that fosters respect, trust, inclusivity, collaboration, and open communication.
- Understand the role of leaders in motivating employees by providing support, direction, transparency, empowerment, and involving them in decision-making processes.
- Understand the impact of attitudes on team performance, collaboration, motivation, communication, and overall team culture.
- Recognize the importance of positive attitudes in promoting effective collaboration and teamwork within a team.
- Recognize the impact of a team's weakest link on the overall performance and success of the team.
- Recognize the impact of a team's weakest link on the overall performance and success of the team.
- Define and apply the SMART goal-setting framework to establish specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound objectives.
- Define the concept of waste in Lean and identify the seven categories of waste: overproduction, waiting, defects, overprocessing, excess inventory, unnecessary motion, and unused talent.
- Understand the concept of constraints in the context of leadership and identify various constraints that may limit the effectiveness of their team or organization.
- Recognize the key elements of effective teams, including clear goals and roles, open communication, diversity and inclusion, collaboration, celebration of success, and ongoing learning and development.
- Understand the stages of team development described by Bruce Tuckman's "Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing" model.
- Identify their unique leadership strengths and areas of expertise, allowing them to specialize and make a significant impact within their team or organization.
- Target their leadership development efforts to enhance their specialization and become standout leaders in their niche area.
- Create a sense of urgency and motivate team members to support and embrace change initiatives within the organization.
- Identify the root causes of employees' negative attitudes, considering work-related frustrations, personal challenges, or interpersonal conflicts.
- Set clear expectations for behavior, performance, and adherence to organizational policies and effectively communicate these expectations to team members.
- Understand the importance of giving and receiving feedback for personal and professional growth, as well as improving performance in the workplace.
Dynamic Leadership Training
Agenda:
Hour One:
Module I: Company Corporate Strategy – Factors for Success, End Goals & Elements that exist in all jobs/tasks.
Module II: Levels of Dynamic Leadership. Topic One.
Module II: Levels of Dynamic Leadership Traits. Topic Two.
Module II: EFFECTIVE LEADERS Collaboration TOPIC Three
Module III: Role of the Manager.
Module IV: Model of Authority.
Module V. Characteristics That Build Credibility.
Module IV: Communication – Methods, Principles, Parts & How to be Effective.
Module VII: Culture of an Organization.
Hour Two:
Module VIII: Personalities & Behavior Characteristics – How to effectively deal with different types.
Module IX: Organizational Skills.
Module X: Values.
Module XI: Human Interaction.
Module XII: Body Language of Leaders & Experts.
Module XIII: Increasing Influence.
Module XIV: Active Listening.
Module XV: Motivation – What employees want (Employees vs. Management perspective).
Hour Three:
Module XVI: Attitudes & Morale – Teammates’ attitudes are as necessary as their skill level.
Module XVII: Law of the Chain – The strength of a team is impacted by its weakest link.
Module XVIII: Time Management – SMART Goals, Vision, Making Time Work for You.
Module XIX: Lean – Introduction, understanding waste and how to add value to the customer.
Module XX: Theory of Constraints – Introduction.
Module XVI: Building Better Teams.
Module XVII: Phases of Team Evolution.
Hour Four:
Module XVIII: Law of the Niche – What do I do best?
Module XXIV: Leading & Taking Charge of Change (Change Management).
Module XXV: Conflict Management – How to deal with employees with negative attitudes. From Chaos to Calm.
Module XXVI: Disciplines & Evaluations.
Module XXVII: The Feedback Problem.