Leadership Development Training

In difficult economic times, it makes sense to invest in leadership training to support and develop present employees. Over time, we can help your company retain, develop and improve your work force, for less than the cost of recruiting new key employees, supervisors, managers or directors.

Supervisory Skill Enrichment: Learning the people tools necessary to lead, leadership styles, and leadership and followership methods to effectively direct others.

• Approaches to leadership-new styles and paradigms
• Situational Leadership theory
• Applied Leadership and emotional intelligence
• Followership

Motivation and Incentives:Learning how to create a climate to let others motivate themselves.

• What motivates others & creating a motivational climate
• The importance of building relationships and listening
• The role of communication in motivation
• Listening to people’s needs
• Consistency
• Discussion of what motivates members of new generations entering the workplace

Performance Appraisal: Learning how to set goals, coach, and conduct the appraisal interview.

• Making sure that your performance expectations are measurable
• Taking time to help your employees improve performance through coaching
• The do’s and don’ts of the appraisal meeting

Interviewing Skills: Learning the legal aspects of interviewing, interviewing techniques, and behavioral interviewing skills.

• How to prepare to select a person
• Preparing the job spec’s template
• Legal considerations
• Preparing interview questions
• Interviewing techniques
• Behavior based interviewing

Relationship Building/Communication: Learning how to help people communicate more effectively and work together.

• Identifying what prevents communication from taking place
• Understanding how people work on a team
• Stages of team development
• Effective written communication
• Managing your meetings effectively
• Communication in each style of leadership

Positive Discipline: Learning steps to taking corrective action with people

• Behavioral approaches
• Reinforcing the behaviors you seek
• Oral counseling, written warnings, terminations
• Improving performance

Strategic Planning:

• SWOT Analysis
• Key result areas identification
• Setting goals in key areas
• Action steps
• Tying strategic plans to operational plans