Leadership is not defined by a title—it's defined by action. It is the choices you make, the behaviors you model, and the influence you wield that inspire and drive your team toward success. Whether you're leading a small group or managing a large team, your leadership power, presence, and purpose will shape the outcomes you achieve. To truly lead, you must cultivate these qualities continuously and actively engage with your team to foster trust, collaboration, and commitment.
In a world that is constantly evolving, leadership requires more than just maintaining a position—it requires ongoing development and the ability to adapt to new challenges. It's about building relationships, nurturing your people, and empowering them to grow into leaders themselves. By focusing on these core leadership elements, you will not only increase productivity but will also ensure long-term success for both your team and your organization.
This Leadership Essentials training course is designed to equip you with the key skills necessary to become a more effective and influential leader. Through practical exercises and real-world applications, you will learn to enhance your leadership style, communicate with confidence, and lead your teams through change.
By the end of this training course, participants will learn to:
- Self-awareness for personal growth and development
- Understand how to build relationships based on integrity
- Techniques to communicate persuasively
- Project confidence to handle challenging situations
- Build highly productive and empowered teams
- Flexibility to adapt and lead others through challenge and change
Participants to this training course will receive a thorough training on the subjects covered by the seminar outline with the tutor utilizing a variety of proven adult learning teaching and facilitation techniques. Seminar methodology includes presentations with interactive practical exercises, supported by video materials, activities, and case studies. Delegates will be encouraged to participate actively in relating their growth and development to the requirements of their workplace.
The participant’s organisation will benefit as the following:
- Improved leadership skills
- Integrity through better communication
- Emotional connections that allow you to influence others
- Problem solving and solutions to their workplace challenges
- Confidence to handle challenging situations
- Build highly productive and empowered teams
The participants will have the following benefits:
- The ability to communicate with impact
- Confidence to handle challenging situations
- Flexibility to adapt and lead necessary change
- Develop deeper relationships with those around you
- Empowering team members to achieve greater productivity
- Attracting the right people to sustain business opportunities
This Leadership Essentials training course is suitable to a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:
- Supervisors
- Team Leaders
- Managers
- Those preparing for leadership roles
- Leaders wishing to update their skills
Day One: Essential Self
- The changing nature of leadership
- The role of leaders in today’s organization
- Self-Assessment: Leadership behaviours
- Know yourself, a guide to your inner strengths
- Understand how you think
- Leadership from within
Day Two: Essential Relationships
- Why is EQ so important?
- Raising your emotional intelligence
- Flexibility in dealing with other personality styles
- Credible communication for leadership
- Building and expanding your circle of trust
- Resilient leadership
Day Three: Essential Productivity
- Understanding the management cycle
- Planning, organizing & communicating
- Aligning objectives to strategy
- Developing SMART goals & beyond
- Critical success factors
- Delegation and empowerment
Day Four: Essential People
- Recruitment and positioning
- Equipping and resourcing
- Key performance indicators
- Mentoring and coaching
- Dealing with poor performance
- Delivering feedback
Day Five: Essential Success
- Problem solving and decision making
- Motivating the team
- Leading high-performance teams
- Leading team creativity and innovation
- Leading and managing change
- Action planning
