The Power of Leaders

Overview:

Introduction

The enduring distinctions between management and leadership are covered in the course. It seeks to give participants a general understanding of emotional intelligence and analyzes some important ideas and methods of leadership with a focus on situational leadership. The function of the leader as a delegator and change agent is also covered in the training.

Course Objectives

At the end of this course, participants will be able to:

• Differentiate between leadership and management
• Through self-evaluations, they can pinpoint their leadership philosophies and strengths.
• Analyze different leadership theories with a situational leadership focus.
• List the core skills of emotional intelligence (EI)
• Explain the delegator and change agent functions of a leader.

Targeted Audience

• middle- and senior-level corporate employees who want to develop their self-awareness in order to become better leaders. This course will also be useful for any other employees whose jobs involve leading, delegating, and managing change.

Course Outline

Unit 1: Leaders, not managers

• Definitions, similarities, and differences
  • Some classical differences
  • Modern-day differences
• Myths about leadership
• Practices of exemplary leaders
  • Challenge the process
  • Inspire a vision
  • Model the way
  • Enable others to act
  • Encourage the heart
• The perennial question: nature or nurture
• The ten truths about leadership

Unit 2: Personal style and leadership qualities

• Self-assessment
  • Administration and scoring
• Linking style with leadership qualities
• Characteristics of admired leaders

Unit 3: The leadership journey and situational leadership

• Review of major theories
  • Trait theories
  • Behavioral theories
• The leadership grid
• Situational leadership: theory and simulation
  • Situation’s maturity level
  • Levels of development
• Maturity levels and leadership styles

Unit 4: The emotionally intelligent leader

• An overview of EI
• Intrapersonal and interpersonal intelligence
• Emotional Quotient (EQ) versus Intelligence Quotient (IQ)
• The EI competency framework
• The 18 EI competencies in practice
  • Brainstorming real-life examples

Unit 5: Leadership, delegation, and empowerment

• Delegation: definition, objectives, and rules
• Delegation levels
• Why delegation is not popular
• Guidelines for delegation
• Decision making styles in the Gulf
• Empowerment: Definition
• Ten ways to empower employees
• Is your organization ready for empowerment?

Unit 5: The leader as a change catalyst

• The nature of change
• Kotter’s eight step change process model
• Understanding and dealing with resistance to change