COURSE OBJECTIVE

To strengthen and enhance the leadership skills of senior executives and leaders within all organisations

“Totally informed and very easy to relate to. The presentation of material was excellent and appealing to all. The material was relevant to our issues and what we want to achieve now. This course totally exceeds the write up and ‘blurb’ advertising the course.”

- Mandi Buswell, Solutions Architect, Openwave

“It was useful learning the principles and procedures of leadership and using it as a double check against existing skills.”

- Steve Shearer, Director of Sales & Marketing, Scenic Circle Hotels

BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING THIS COURSE:

• Identify and understand the varying approaches available to lead others

• Polish your communication skills to gain the respect of associates across the organisation

• Learn to sustain energy, focus, interpersonal support and individual value of your team members

• Engage and motivate others to perform at their best

• Master the art of persuasion and influence to motivate others to attain higher levels of goal achievement

• Discover and understand the drivers for effective team performance

Leaders are not born, they are made. Leadership is a skill that you can cultivate, not an exclusive quality that some people are born with.

Today’s organisations increasingly expect performance, innovation, self-knowledge and entrepreneurial principles from their leaders. As a leader you are also expected to inspire vision, develop commitment, retain staff and lead your organisation to better productivity and profitability. Having said that, so much about leadership has been said and beaten to death that any other course on leadership would come across as run-of-the-mill, theoretical or just things you’ve “already heard before”. So what is going to make this Executive Leadership programme better and worth your investment of time and resources?

Executive Leaderhip: Inspiring, Influencing and Achieving Results as a Highly Effective Leader is not just any leadership course (and we’ve got references to back that claim). It takes an orbital, holistic approach to cultivating your appeal and finesse as a steady yet dynamic and diplomatic leader. To win the respect and trust from others requires introspection, realisation and action on your part. But not many of us know how or where to begin in a structured way - this is when a programme with practical application of leadership styles will put your potential and vision into perspective. This programme recognises that to be a great leader, you need to know how to get the best out of yourself and those whom you are leading.

Attend this interactive and practical leadership course and return to your organisation with renewed focus, energy and vision as a highly effective leader.

SEVEN GREAT REASONS TO ATTEND

1. Analyse and build on your leadership strengths

2. Develop your influencing and persuasion ability to gain support throughout your organisation

3. Think, act, manage and solve problems/conflicts proactively

4. Understand how your thought process impact your leadership results

5. Improve your leadership thinking, attitude and behaviour to achieve better results

6. Overcome challenges and leveraging your leadership opportunities

7. Learn to create a resourceful personal state to enhance your leadership credibility 

Darryl Carpenter is a Strategic Business Advisor working alongside business owners and leaders as an independent, objective catalyst for change.

Darryl’s work experience began with a number of hands-on management roles in forestry, timber processing and transportation. He then began to specialise in people and leadership development through adventure based learning and counselling, coaching and group facilitation.

Attending university later in his career enabled Darryl to work as a senior management and organisation development consultant for two New Zealand owned consultancy organisations. He has recently established his own strategic business advisory consultancy and is enjoying the challenges that this brings. 

Darryl has extensive, practical leadership experience and a proven business and consultancy track record. He enjoys facilitating, supporting and enabling business owners and leaders to think and lead strategically from a more holistic perspective and approach.

Day One

Introduction to Leadership

• The difference between leadership and management

• Exploring different leadership styles

• Identifying and understanding the varying approaches available to lead others

• Introducing the critical factors for effective leadership

Laying Down the Leadership Foundation

• Building a strong personal foundation for leadership

• Understanding how your thought processes impact your leadership results

• Creating a resourceful personal state to enhance your leadership credibility

• Developing the ability to remain calm and control disruptive emotions

• Improving your leadership thinking, attitude and behaviour to achieve better results

Mastering Effective Leadership Communication Skills

• Using your communication skills to gain the respect of associates across the organisation

• Working with and adapting to different perspectives in the workplace

• Avoiding words and phrases that rob your message of credibility

• Ensuring your messages are received well with key communication skills

Building Effective Relationships to Enhance Your Leadership

• Understanding the essential elements of good business relationships

• Mastering the art of developing rapport

• Recognising and developing trust and openness within business relationships

• Cultivating successful networking techniques

Engaging and Motivating Others to Perform at Their Best

• Reviewing and understanding motivation traits

• Recognising motivational issues and address the challenges that come with them

• Uncovering your key motivators and those of others on your team

• Using your knowledge of your peoples’ motivators to mobilise them towards their goals

Day Two

Successful Conflict Management

• Addressing and resolving difficult issues effectively

• Using reflective listening skills to get an informed understanding of the conflict

• Strategies to quickly shift the focus from “problem” to “solution”

• Practical guidelines for successful conflict management

Influencing and Persuasion Skills for Leaders

• Influencing and persuading using carefully constructed language

• Mastering the art of influencing and persuasion to motivate others to attain higher levels of goal achievement

• Understanding and using different styles of communication to good effect

• Developing the ability to work with different types of people to influence positive change

• Identifying and overcoming challenges to optimise opportunities

Coaching to Create Breakthroughs

• The role of leaders as coaches

• Recognising coaching opportunities to develop others

• Enhancing your ability to improve the effectiveness of others in your organisation with the right coaching methods

• Creating productive and fulfilling relationships in the coaching role

Getting Better Results by Getting Ahead in Leadership - What Does This Mean?

• Defining your critical leadership objectives and goals

• Establishing your leadership objectives and goals

• Clarifying and ensuring that your team understands your goals and objectives

• Overcoming challenges and leveraging your leadership opportunities

Practical exercise

Leading Successful Teams

• Understanding the drivers for effective team performance

• Uncovering the key drivers for your team’s success

• Understanding the key detractors to team success

• Working with your team members’ motivators to drive success

• Sustaining energy, focus, interpersonal support and individual value of your team members