LEAD 7101 - Applied Leadership Program

Course Description

This is not a typical leadership course. Learners will be coached by industry experts across a variety of disciplines, in real-time, to gain practical experience and develop an individual leadership philosophy and style. Participants will be challenged to inspire action in others by practicing hands-on tactics and acquiring the necessary skills to lead resilient teams to successful outcomes, culminating in an industry sponsored capstone project.

Course Outline

Program Introduction

Intro to Project Management

• Phases of a Project Framework
• Successful Project Criteria
• Triple Constraints
• Developing a Project Charter and Schedule
• Risk Management Identification
• Best Practices to Communicate to a Group
• Managing Costs, Schedule and Scope
• Ethically Managing Projects
• Closing the Project
• Traits of a Good PM

Communication Skills for Leaders

• Communication Frameworks
• Ways Communications Can Fail
• Using Non-Verbal Communication
• Key Role of Inclusiveness
• Improving Listening Skills
• Using Business Storytelling to Influence
• A communications formula for Clear and Effective Writing
• Three level of trusts to Develop Rapport
• A Million Ways to Die in a Presentation

Leading Self and Leading Others

• Defining Leadership
• Self-Reflection on your Leadership Skills
• Growth Mindset
• Emotional Intelligence
• Qualities of a Good Leader
• Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership
• Understanding your Followers and Adapting your Leadership Style
• Determining your Leadership Philosophy
• Creating a Leadership Development Plan

Supervision and Coaching for High Performance

• Role of a Supervisor
• Supervisor vs. Coach
• Delegation
• Handling Complaints
• Coaching Guidelines
• Managing Performance
• Setting performance objectives
• Conducting performance reviews
• Giving constructive feedback
• Begin to develop a coaching plan for an individual

Effective Teams

• Why good teamwork matters
• Defining a Team vs. Group
• 6 Keys to a Resilient Team
• How to Build a Resilient Team
• Pros and cons of Team Conflict
• Stages of Teamwork and when conflict happens
• Using various Conflict Management Styles
• Setting S.M.A.R.T. goals
• Begin your plan to build a resilient team

Managing Organizational Change

• Understand the factors affecting organizational change
• Organizational Culture
• Communicating
• Employee Empowerment and Buy-in
• Strategies to Lead Successful Change
• Creating a Vision
• Organizational Strategies to implement change
• Strategies to reinforce the new changes
• Begin to develop a plan to manage organizational change
• Strategies to Support Employees
• Managing employee expectations
• Recognizing and managing the various employee reactions to change
• Handling Emotions and Rational Problem-Solving
• Handling employee resistance
• Coping with Change
• Recognize your own reaction to change
• Self-care during change

Capstone Presentations

Your Capstone Project Experience

Your industry guided capstone project allows you to practice communication, leadership, teamwork and planning skills learned throughout the program. Working with a small team, you will strategize and develop a solution to a common leadership challenge.

Time Commitment: 3 hours of virtual instructional time per week for 8 weeks, 2-3 hours per week of work outside of the virtual meetings

Learning Activities:

• Live Virtual Instructional Time
• Learning Teams
• Capstone Project
• Action Planning Workbook

Learner Outcomes

• Develop communication strategies and leadership plans in support of organizational strategy
• Recognize the project lifecycle and best practices in change management for teams
• Incorporate leadership tactics to manage teams, conflict, coach others and meet goals
• Build the foundations of a personal leadership mantra and understand the tools to implement
• Develop a growth mindset and an appreciation for lifelong learning

Notes

Who should attend?

• Individuals interested in progressing into, or are currently in, a supervisory or leadership role
• Newly appointed team leaders or supervisors
• Organizations invested in succession planning and /or developing current supervisors

In order to successfully complete the program, learners must attend live virtual instructional sessions, submit an action planning workbook and complete the capstone project presentation requirements.