Engaging Leadership

Dates:

29-30 November 2010 (a two-day course)

Price:

£719+VAT (a number of discounts are available)

Venue:

The Publishing Training Centre in Wandsworth, London (see a map and a list of local hotels)

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"Very engaging and friendly tutor. Superb!"

Nelson Thornes delegate

Engaging staff is increasingly being recognised as crucial to business success, especially as pressures increase and ways of working become more complex. Engaging Leadership will help you make a powerful positive impact on the performance and attitudes of your staff and your team(s).

Through this programme you will learn how to:

engage and inspire your staff to raise their performance and achieve exceptional results
build commitment and enable people to take pride in their work
encourage each person to be and give their best
embed the values that are important to you
quickly resolve tensions and conflict that undermine success
build a sense of 'team spirit' that exceeds teamwork.

Programme

Day one

How to create a high performance environment
Engaging people: understanding the myths and knowing the practicalities
Engaging leadership: the key attributes required for success
Your leadership style and how you impact on people
Practical task to experience employeeengagement
Developing the core skills for effectively engaging people
Reflecting on and planning changes in your leadership style

Day two

Engaging in shared learning
Building commitment: how to motivate people to go the extra mile
Common problems experienced with people who are disengaged and how to overcome them
Techniques for handling tensions and conflict between staff
How to engage temporary and virtual teams to optimise their performance
Engaging people to drive continuous improvements
Finalising your Leadership Plan to improve performance.

Your tutor

Dr John Marrin specialises in how directors and managers effectively engage with each other and their staff to drive improvements in individual, team and organisational performance. He has almost 20 years' experience in developing managers and transforming most types of organisation throughout the UK. John is a Fellow of the Institute of Personnel and Development and a member of the Association of Management Development. He is continuing his research on 'Engaging People' via a DPhil.

Note that most of our short courses can also be run as in-company events.

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Dates: 29-30 November 2010

Price: £719+VAT (a number of discounts are available).

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