BSS Leadership

Professional Business Leadership

Course length: 2.0 day(s)

Course Description
Up to this point in your career, you have been a successful employee or individual contributor, or have recently been promoted to manager. You have developed skills to be successful in your field. In this course, you will learn the practical skills you need to be an effective leader in your organization.

Audience
New managers or individual contributors seeking to develop or enhance leadership abilities with practical skills.

After completing this course the student should be able to:

Describe the transition from your role of individual contributor to that of a leader
Develop an effective team
Identify techniques for leading diverse groups to achieve business results
Identify skills required to focus and lead your team to achieve business results

Prerequisites:
You should possess experience working in an organization as an individual contributor or possibly as a manager. In addition to this course you may want to consider the following related courses: Business Communication, Effective Time Management.

Course Content

Module 1 – Leadership Defined
Describe what leadership is.
Discuss the characteristics and skills of effective leaders.
Understand the responsibilities of an effective leader.
Understand what creates leadership potential.
Explain the basic needs of a leader.
Understanding the difference between leadership and management.

Module 2 – Styles of Leadership
Discuss the transitionary nature of leadership.
Identify and explain leadership classes and styles.
Classify and explain various types of followers.
Demonstrate an understanding of Situational Leadership by choosing the best leadership style given varying leadership scenarios.

Module 3 – Vision, Mission, Goals
Define and explain the need for a clear vision.
Explain the role values play in determining a vision and a mission.
Develop a Vision plan.
Define and explain the need for a clear Mission.
Develop a Mission plan.
List the requirements for effective vision communication.

Module 4 – Effective Decision Making
Explain the need for effective decision making strategies.
Recommend problem identification & analysis guidelines.
Recommend problem resolution guidelines.
Understand the need for proper implementation.

Module 5 – Team Building
Explain the need for team building.
Understand the responsibilities of a team leader.
List and explain the benefits of building teams.
Identify the key criteria in team selection.
Describe the essentials of effective team communication.
Give recommendations for creating a motivating team environment.
Explain the concept of coaching.

Module 6 – Motivation
Define motivation.
Identify the basic needs and desires of team members.
Discuss recommendations that will encourage performance.
Define and classify team morale.
Explain what leaders can do to improve morale.
Recommend strategies for building loyalty in teams.