Leadership

Leadership

 

The challenge has never been greater! In today’s business environment of accelerating change and increasing uncertainty, only leaders who know who they are and where they are going will succeed. Today’s leaders must do more than manage change. They must thrive on it!

A leader combines the vision and curiosity of a dreamer with the practical building skills of an architect. A leader is goal directed, looking forward with anticipation toward the attainment of measurable outcome goals. Goals give an effective leader meaning and purpose and serve as a continuous source of motivation in pursuit of organizational and individual success.

To most effectively lead others, consider mastering the art of self-leadership. Understanding who you are and what gives your life value will help you to establish your life’s purpose and pursue it with confidence, skill, and commitment. Know where you are going and how you are going to get there!

The Process

This Leadership Development process is a structured, open-ended, and pragmatic approach to leadership growth. The process is designed to help individuals develop the attitudes, skills, and qualities necessary for personal and organizational leadership.

Three Essential Elements

Attitude Development:
In order to create an environment of positive attitudes and possibility thinking, it is important for a leader to understand where and how attitudes are formed and how those attitudes can be developed.

Interpersonal Skills:
Much of what a leader is involved in, and therefore accomplishes, involves other people. To be effective in this continuous challenge, it is important to learn, understand, and use interpersonal skills effectively.

Goal Setting:
Leadership, among other things, is the process of providing organizational direction and accomplishing necessary
objectives. The goal accomplishment model provides the tools and process necessary to achieve more goals, more often, in order to maximize results and outcomes.

Critical Issues Covered Within this Process

•     Leadership Comes from Within
•     Authority and Power
•     Types of Formal Leadership
•     Directing Change
•     Behavior and Conditioning
•     The Value of Mistakes   
•     Criteria for Effective Goal Setting
•     Obstacles to Your Success
•     Overcoming Obstacles to Change
•     Courage
•     Planning with a Purpose
•     Delegation and Management
•     Communication and Human Relations
•     Motivation
•     Decision Making and Problem Solving

The Results Are Measurable

•     More Control of Your Future
•     Increased Revenue
•     Increased Profitability
•     More Personal Time and Freedom
•     A Clear, Focused Direction
•     Enhanced Leadership Ability
•     Results-Oriented Attitudes
•     Developing Your Team
•     Creating a Vision for Personal    
•     Direction and Decision Making
•     Living Your Purpose

“A leader creates his or her own future and drives the
future success of an organization.”

 

 

©2012 Resource Associates Corporation & Elevations Unlimited, LLC

 


Leadership Mastery Process Syllabus

Length: 10 weeks, 2 hours/week

Week 1
  • Kickoff
  • Pre-Workshop Evaluation
Week 2
  • You Possess the Ability to Lead
    -Leaders: Born or Made?
    -Leadership and You
    -Personal Rewards and Benefits
    -Leadership Comes from Within
  • Preparation for Leadership
    -Tapping Your Hidden Potential
    -Developing a Positive Self-Image
    -Motivating Yourself
    -The Choice is Yours
Week 3
  • A Product of the Past
    -Behavior and Conditioning
    -Influence from Family
    -Social Acceptance
    -Reliving Past Mistakes
    -Mistakes Help You Achieve Your Goals
  • Formal Leadership
    -A Concept of Leadership
    -Authority and Power
    -Leader and Follower
    - Leadership Types
Week 4
  • Goal Setting for Success
    -Criteria for Personal Goal Setting
    -Different Types of Goals
    -Short-Range Goals
    -Long-Range Goals
    -Tangible and Intangible Goals
  • Building Success Attitudes and Habits
    -Attitudes
    -Building Attitudes for Positive Results
Week 5
  • Developing Your Personal Goals Program
    -Benefits of Written Goals and Plans
    -Roadblocks to Success
    -A Solution for Every Obstacle
  • Turning Solutions Into Action
    -Self-Motivation and the Courage to Act
    -Frustration
    - Courage Erases Fear
Week 6
  • Understanding and Affirming Your “Self”
    -Positive Growth
    -Techniques of Reinforcement
    -Belief Through Affirmation
  • Managing Your Time
    -Concepts of Time
    -Common Enemies of Time -Designing a Time Program that Works
    -Planning with a Purpose
    -Making the Most of Your Time
    - Management and Delegation
Week 7
  • Communication and Human Relations
    -Active Listening
  • Decision Making and Problem Solving
    -dentifying the Problem or Question
    -Gathering and Analyzing Information
    -Develop and Choose Alternative Solutions
    -Take Action
    - Review and Evaluate Decisions
Week 8
  • Motivation
    -Guidelines for Understanding
    -Human Needs
    -Emotion and Logic
    -An Equitable Exchange
    -Methods of Motivation
    -Personal Development/Attitude  Development
  • Continuing Your Leadership Growth
    -Re-Evaluation
    -The Habit of Goal Setting
    -Guidelines for Growth
    -Be an Individual
    -Is There an Age for Achievement?
Week 9
  • Review goals and action plan I
Week 10
  • Review goals and action plan II
  • Post-Workshop Evaluation
  • Program critique