Course Overview

The concept of leadership has been around for ages. Organisational systems are getting complex and dynamic which has created space for leading, high-powered individuals who excel in exerting influence. They have the ability to guide their followers or members of the organisation. Leadership calls for making sound- many times difficult- decisions, bearing foresight. This will help forage through market threats, developing a vision for the team, establishing goals and equipping followers with the knowledge necessary to achieve these goals. The requirement of leadership is now prominent in the organisation as the leader motivates the team members towards better performance and facilitates organisational success.

What are leadership skills?

The ability to lead demands a wide-ranging skill set which includes but is not limited to communication skills, strategic thinking skills, people management, change management, innovative thinking, etc.

How does one efficiently delegate responsibility among the team or organisation members? What different leadership styles would suit different business scenarios? How does one monitor and measure the performance of the followers or the team? Leadership is an ongoing process and is riddled with numerous questions such as those above. What makes it convoluted is that it involves a versatile range of people each with their persona and opinion. A leader has to carefully tread keeping in mind the nature of the human being and simultaneously has to be authoritative enough to command agreement. To create a peaceful balance among all calls for separate training focused on developing leaders.

Which style of leadership works best?

Zoe has introduced an Advanced Leadership Program for developing budding leaders, transforming managers looking to shape themselves into leaders and for established leaders to get in touch with updated approaches and trends. The program is based upon practical learning and aims to guide those seeking effective solutions to growing challenges. The course discusses all essential skills needed to grow the participants’ leader persona through proven practices delivered by industry experts.

Course Objectives

The Advanced Leadership Program is aimed at achieving the following objectives:

• To discuss practices that will help the prospective leader bring the diverse group of members together towards the attainment of a common goal
• To inculcate motivating skills necessary to encourage followers or employees towards better performance
• To broaden the mindset of participants to seek and explore innovative as well as creative solutions
• To develop necessary communication and negotiation skills that will aid in conflict resolution
• To help the participants develop stronger connections with followers, members and employees and encourage the feeling of cooperation

Training Methodology

This collaborative Advanced Leadership Program will comprise the following training methods:

• Interactive sessions and lectures
• Presentations
• Management games
• Roleplaying/modelling
• Case studies
• Group discussions
• Problem-solving sessions

Like all our acclaimed courses, this Zoe program also follows the ‘Do-Review-Learn-Apply’ model.

Organisational Benefits

The Advanced Leadership Program will benefit an organisation in the following ways:

• Increased organisational cohesiveness as a trained leader will bind a diverse group of employees together
• Application of effective change management will enable an organisation to not only survive the changes but also thrive through those changes
• Talented leaders will promote a culture of cooperation and develop effective teams that are capable of enhancing productivity
• Insightful leaders will be trained to spot opportunities with their ability to look at the bigger picture and gain first mover advantage
• Along with developing healthy business culture, Advanced leaders will be able to ensure a smooth flow of communication within the organisation

Personal Benefits

The Advanced Leadership Program will benefit the participant at a personal level in the following ways:

• Enhanced awareness of personal leadership capabilities
• Enhanced work and peer relationships in the workplace
• Identify leadership style and understand the impact it has on the team’s performance as well as learn to modify leadership style based on the situation
• Develop a wide skill set related to decision making, communication, negotiation
• Lead projects and teams in a more efficient manner which will enhance productivity
• Improved career prospects as advanced leadership skills will be a bonus to the resume

Who Should Attend?

• General managers
• Departmental heads, project heads
• Strategic managers
• Senior officers, Executives
• Professional mentors and coaches
• Policymakers
• Start-up founders, entrepreneurs

Course Outline

Module 1: Concepts of Leadership

• Understanding the need for leadership in an organisational context
• Leaders are born not made vs. leaders are made not born
• Factors of leadership
• Principles of leadership
• Leadership vs. management

Module 2: Leadership Framework

• Attributes of leadership
• Developing goals and values
• Identify roles and relationships
• Organisational culture
• Leading the organisation: implementing business strategy, system fairness, workforce capability
• Leading the people: providing a productive work environment, recognising and rewarding

Module 3: Theories of Leadership

• Trait theory
• Behavioral theory
• Ohio State Studies: initiating structure, consideration
• University of Michigan Studies: employee-oriented and production oriented

Module 4: Common Leadership Styles

• Coach, visionary, autocratic
• Laissez-faire, democratic, bureaucratic
• Developing the leadership style

Module 5: Trust and Leadership

• Trust dimensions
• Types of trust: deterrence-based, knowledge-based, identification based

Module 6: Contingency Theories

• Fielder Model: identifying leadership style, least preferred co-worker, contingency dimensions
• LPC score
• Matching leaders with a situation
• Situational theory: the readiness of followers
• path-goal theories

Module 7: Assessing Leadership Strengths and Weaknesses

• Self-assessment
• 360-degree assessment
• Identifying gaps in leadership skills and managerial competencies
• Meyers Briggs Indicator Test

Module 8: Charismatic Leadership

• Developing an appealing vision
• Ability to take personal risk
• Being sensitive to follower’s needs
• Case study: Famous charismatic leaders and their characteristics- Jack Welch, Steve Jobs

Module 9: Transformational Leadership

• Transactional vs. transformational leaders
• Full range of leadership model
• Idealized influence
• Inspirational motivation
• Intellectual stimulation
• Individualized consideration

Module 10: Leadership Skills: Communication and Negotiation

• Developing leadership presence
• Interpersonal communication
• Active listening
• Transparency and empathy
• Conflict resolution
• Best practices of leader communication

Module 11: Leadership Skills: Change Management and People Management

• Types of organisational changes
• Understanding and implementing change
• Overcoming resistance to change
• Seven R’s of change management
• Five C’s of people management

Module 12: Contemporary Leadership Roles

• Mentoring
• Career and psychological functions of a mentor
• Self-leadership
• Challenges to leadership construct