Leadership Skills Training

Facilitation Skills

Training for facilitators of team or organizational meeting environments such as planning sessions, decision making, or problem solving. Principles taught include facilitative leadership, observation skills, listening techniques, and effective inquiry. This training helps create an understanding of various roles and behaviors of facilitators. It builds knowledge of group dynamics and adult learner characteristics and their influence on change and learning environments.

Includes lecture/discussion, self-assessment, and group exercises, along with role-play and formalized feedback from other group members.

Presentations with Impact

Whether communicating the results of a study, conducting training, or selling ideas and products, the ability to organize and deliver the message with impact is vital. The focus of this training provides skills in:

Preparation - assessing the situation and the audience, development and compilation of the material to be presented, and personal preparedness.

Organization - Developing the content in an ordered, logical fashion, including the introduction, body, and conclusion. Setting objectives and preparation of support material to emphasize key points.

Delivery - Personal delivery skills, managing anxiety, using visual aids, and handling the question/answer segments.

Includes lecture, discussion, self-assessment, group exercises, videotaped simulations, and feedback. Can be adapted for a train-the-trainer environment.

Developing Leaders for the Future

Broad spectrum of training for managers and supervisors. Builds learning around assessments of personal leadership styles and management effectiveness.

Includes concepts of situational leadership, motivation, empowerment, delegation, communications skills (including facilitative behaviors), conflict resolution, performance management and progressive discipline.

Application and action planning is incorporated from the outset. Can be delivered in a four hour modular format over a period of several weeks or in sequential days (e.g. Monday through Friday)

Situational Leadership

Follows Ken Blanchard's Situational Leadership to teach the principles of leading though empowerment to collaboratively maximize employee development. Includes basic concepts of Directing, Coaching, Supporting, and Delegating. Dovetails with Performance Management training and other basic leadership skills.