Senior Leadership Principles


Overview/Description
Target Audience
Expected Duration
Lesson Objectives
Course Number


Overview/Description
Very often senior management can be a lonely position, especially in small businesses where the buck always stops on your desk, there is no one else to consult or help and you are under constant results, time and resource pressures. Your greatest asset is usually your people--but they can also present the biggest headaches. So your leadership is of paramount importance in ensuring that your business achieves the results you want. This program is designed to help you in this most critical area.

Target Audience
Anyone involved in managing other managers or senior staff. It will be especially beneficial for directors of smaller businesses who have received little formal training.

Expected Duration (hours)
3.0

Lesson Objectives

The Make-up of a Good Leader

  • recognise the improvements to be gained by improving personal leadership attributes.
  • identify the key characteristics of leadership.
  • determine the areas of knowledge that are important for success as a leader.
  • identify the personal qualities that affect leadership.
  • identify the skills which support leadership in action.
  • identify and select appropriate techniques for specific management/leadership activities.
  • recognise the actions every successful leader has to take in order to achieve their objectives.

    • Using Authority

  • identify the nature of authority, particularly as it applies to leadership.
  • determine the nature and scope of structural authority.
  • determine the attributes of sapiential authority and when to apply it in leadership situations.
  • identify the nature and scope of moral authority.
  • determine the nature of charismatic authority and when to use it effectively in leadership.

    • Communication Skills

  • identify the key attributes of good communication.
  • recognise when failure to communicate is valid and when it is dangerous.
  • identify the major barriers to effective communication in order to avoid them or minimise their effect.
  • identify effective communication methods and practices as they relate to leadership.

    • Management Styles

  • identify the attributes of both leadership and employee styles.
  • identify the attributes and uses of the various leadership styles.
  • identify attributes and characteristics of the employee styles.
  • choose leadership styles most appropriate for specific employee styles.

    • Course Number:
    LEAD8201