Senior Leadership in Action Overview/Description Target Audience Expected Duration Lesson Objectives Course Number Overview/Description
This second course in the series "Leadership in Senior Management", covers the practicalities that allow senior leaders adhere to the principles set out in the first course, "Senior Leadership Principles".
Target Audience
Managers in senior positions with supervisory, managerial, professional or senior non-managerial technical staff, or those about to enter such a position.
Expected Duration (hours)
3.5
Lesson Objectives Developing Staff
recognise the benefits of effective staff development for himself or herself, to the organisation and to the developed employee.
recognise when and how to delegate responsibility and empower staff.
identify the role of training and coaching in the development of staff.
identify the purpose of succession planning and its implementation process.
Motivating Staff
recognise the powerful benefits of identifying people's motivation as this provides the vehicle for achieving improved performance.
identify the principles which govern the motivation of people at work.
identify opportunities for satisfaction of staff needs.
given practical, real-life case study situations, determine which need(s) will have to be satisfied and how best to provide satisfaction.
Appraising Staff
recognise how using performance appraisals can have a positive impact on employee effectiveness and performance.
identify appropriate standards of performance for work activities.
identify the nature of a performance problem and guide the manager to the best course of action to solve it.
identify the most effective methods of preparing for and conducting appraisal interviews.
Building and Leading Teams
recognise the basic nature of a team.
identify the nature of team members and how to optimise their contribution to teamwork.
recognise the human, organisational and managerial factors which make a team work effectively.
identify the different styles of decision making appropriate to teams and when each is most likely to be effective.
Course Number: LEAD8202