Effective Management and Leadership Styles

Are you aware of the impact your management leadership style has on others? Is it the most appropriate for enabling others to perform and achieve results? This one day course will provide delegates with a range of management leadership styles and the ability to judge when best to use each.

Course Overview

Defining Your role
Defining and differentiating between management and leadership
Understanding the skills and qualities required of managers and leaders in the 21 century
Identifying what your organisation needs, wants and expects of you
Meeting the demands of both your manager and your team
Developing an Effective Management Style
Reviewing your role - how do others see you?
Projecting a professional and credible image
Leading by example - being a role model
Identifying your strengths and weaknesses
Different Management and Leadership Styles
Hands on or hands off? - advantages and disadvantages
Leading - from the front and from a distance
Empowering - letting others lead
Consultative - supporting and directing others
Motivating - leading positive thinking
Challenging - leading new thinking
Adapting Your Style
Understanding the individual and team needs
Adapting to the situation and different individuals
Persuading and influencing others by using the most appropriate style
Reading the signs - understanding the impact of your style on others
Developing an effective leadership style
Personal Development
Practical solutions immediately transferable to the workplace
Creating a personal action plan

Objectives
By the end of this course you will be able to:
Identify your current preferred management and leadership style.
Choose the most appropriate management or leadership style for any given situation.
Understand the impact of different styles on others.
Increase your ability to motivate others.
Empower others to perform.

Designed For
Middle managers looking to enhance their understanding of the range of management and leadership styles so that they can build teams and improve individual effectiveness.