Improving Your Own Management and Leadership Performance
Why Attend
Course Objectives
Target Audience
Course Methodology
Why Attend
Participants will be able to:
- Realize the purpose of staff appraisals to:
- Understand the Purpose of performance appraisal
- Implement effective goal setting & how to use goal setting as an integral part of performance management
- Know how to set individual and group targets
- Know how to assess individual and group performance
- Know how to provide employee feedback
- Know how to identify training needs.
- Recognize different methods to evaluate work performance to:
- Understand the types of appraisal:
- Know how to apply self-assessment
- Know how to apply MBO management by objectives
- Know how to apply ratings scales
- Know how to apply 360° appraisal.
Course Objectives
- Examine how performance management works & the tools used to make it work
- Gain insight into the impact of effective motivation in the workplace
- Develop a performance journal & a performance plan
- Interpret Kolb’s Learning Cycle & discuss how to engage adults differently based on their position in the Learning Cycle.
Target Audience
Anyone who wants to enhance their management and leadership performance, regardless of their current role or level of experience, can find value in attending this training course.
Course Methodology
The methodology for this training course typically involves a combination of theoretical frameworks, practical exercises, case studies, and interactive discussions. Here’s an outline of the typical course methodology:
- Theoretical Frameworks.
- Interactive Workshops and Activities.
- Real-World Examples.
- Feedback and Coaching.
Course Outline
Day - 1
How to improve your own management & leadership skills in 2022?
- What is management and leadership skills in 2022?
- How can managers be effective and leaders?
- Ensure clarity and visibility of goals
- Facilitate accountability and responsibility
- Creating a culture of feedback
- Respecting differences and encourage inclusion
- Building trust
- Focusing on continuous performance management
- Building trust and transparency
- Fostering growth mindset
- Strengthen your decision-making
- Active listening
- Resolving conflict
- Providing work life balance
Day - 2
Principles of Leadership & Management Styles
- Admit your mistakes
- Be innovative
- Creating common values
- Embrace change
- Be effective communicator
- Leadership qualities “developing your own leadership style & Theories”
- Communication and feedback
- Adaptability and flexibility
- Passion and drive
- Ability to recognize others
- Decisiveness
- Leadership styles:
- Autocratic leadership
- Participative leadership (democratic)
- Delegative leadership
- Transitional leadership (Managerial)
- Transformational leadership (Visionary)
- Situational leadership
Day - 3
The Manager’s role to contribute to the achievement of an Organization’s Vision, Mission & Objectives.
- Definition of management
- Functions of management according to Henri Fayol’s Seven functions: Planning, organizing, leading, coordinating, controlling, staffing, monitoring.
- How can a manager contribute to the Organization’s vision?
- How can vision and mission contribute to the success of the Organization?
- Importance of Vision and Mission to the Organization
- How the managers can achieve Organization’s objectives?
- Tracking goals and progress
- Keeping your Eye on your Organization’s end goal.
- Building your organization support system
- Commitment to the Organizations goals.
- What are the consequences of not achieving your goals?
- What can happen to a business if they do not meet objectives?
- What is the disadvantage of ignoring Organizational goals?
- Reasons your business fails to meet strategic goals.
Day - 4
Developing Self-awareness as a Leader?
- What is self-awareness?
- Importance & benefits of self-awareness to leaders
- Characteristics of self-awareness
- How does self-awareness relate to leadership?
- Developing self-awareness
- Keeping an open minded
- What you want to do and monitor progress
- Your plans and priorities
- Getting regular feedback at work
- Performing daily self-reflection
- How can you improve self-awareness?
- Strategies for self-awareness
Day - 5
Creating a personal development plan and understanding the importance of assessing career and personal goals.