High Performance Leadership: From Control to Empowerment
Overview
(Note: Each module represents approximately one half-day)
Program Objectives
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Recognize yourself as a leader
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Understand the practices of empowering leaders
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Commit to lead “from the balcony”
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Find balance among the 5 leadership roles
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Improve personal productivity and use of time
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Understand the fundamentals of teams and leadership within a team environment
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Establish clear performance expectations and develop the ability to confront poor performance
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Become a leader who empowers others
Module 1: Principles of Leadership
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The importance of leadership in achieving long-term organizational success
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The five myths of leadership
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The difference between leadership and management
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The difference between controlling and empowering leadership styles
Module 2: Practices of Empowering Leaders
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Empowering leaders have a driving passion to realize their vision
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Empowering leaders build and sustain trust with their followers
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Empowering leaders unleash the commitment and motivation of their followers
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Empowering leaders are social and organizational architects
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Empowering leaders act from positive beliefs about people and situations
Module 3: The Five Leadership Roles
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The three core elements of team effectiveness
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The five roles of leadership
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The appropriate balance among the five roles
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How to lead “from the balcony”
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How to use a set of diagnostic questions to lead “from the balcony”
Module 4: Leadership Practices: A Self-Assessment
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Understanding your strengths and weaknesses as a leader
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Assessing yourself in the five leadership roles
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Knowing how you are viewed by others in your organization
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Developing personal improvement plans
Module 5: Personal Productivity
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How you currently use your time
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The barriers that keep you from managing your time more effectively
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The difference between the important and the urgent and how to schedule time for time for the important
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To set professional goals to guide your use of time
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A systematic approach to managing daily events
Module 6: Fundamentals of High Performance Teams
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The definition of a High Performance team and how it differs from traditional work groups
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The three elements of High Performance teams
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Four types of teams
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The stages of team development
Module 7: Performance Expectations
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Learn to confront behavior that fails to meet your expectations
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Understand the importance of discipline and conformity in building high performance
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Develop a set of non-negotiables for those whom you lead
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Practice the skill of harnessing harmful behavior
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Apply the skill to back-home situations
Module 8: Empowering Others For Success
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The difference between commitment and compliance motivation
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How leadership changes to create commitment
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The four principles of empowerment
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The elements of empowerment
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A matrix for identifying what people need in order to empowered
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A dialogue to transfer power to others
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A model of situational leadership
Why wait and increase your risk or delay needed productivity improvements?