Understanding
and Using Leadership Styles
(One-day
Workshop)
Introduction
This
workshop will cover the concepts and model of Situational
Leadership®.
Participants will complete the instrument to determine
their preferred leadership style and will gain
a better understanding of their leadership capabilities.
We will explore how to utilize Situational Leadership® in
teambuilding, coaching and dealing with special situations.
We will also cover how to develop specific skills that will
assist in matching the leadership style to the needs of the
people.
WHAT
YOU WILL COVER:
Management and Leadership
- Understand
historical perspectives on management
- Management
and leadership and the differences
- How
power, and the perception of power, affects your ability
to positively influence others
Assessing Criteria for Performance
- Task
and relationship behaviour
- Follower
readiness
- Ability
- knowledge, experience and demonstrated skill
- Willingness
- confidence, commitment and motivation
Leadership Styles
- The
Model of Situational Leadership®
- Know
which leadership styles have the highest probability
of success in various situations
- Choose
leadership styles that match the readiness level
of followers
- The
difference between the various levels of follower
readiness and basic leadership
styles
- The
four different leadership styles from which to
choose - know when to use
them: direct, supportive,
combination and empowering
Adapting Your Management Approach Based on Willingness and
Ability
- Willingness
and ability - perceptions
- Evaluating
willingness and ability
Increasing Productivity and Solving Performance Problems
- How
to diagnose different situations and prescribe which
leadership style will have the highest
probability of success
- The
readiness level that followers demonstrate in performing
a specific task or and the
leadership style that matches
that readiness level
- Leveraging
performance
• This workshop uses an external instrument Dimensions
of Leadership Profile that cost about $20 per participant. |
