Introduction to Leadership

Module 1: Course Introduction 

• Instructor and student introductions 
• Course Objectives 
• Action plans and personal objectives 

Module 2: The Evolution of Leadership 

• Defining Leadership 
• Characteristics of a Leader 
• Leadership Principles 
• A Brief History of Leadership 
• Three Theories of Leadership 

Module 3: Situational Leadership 

• Telling 
• Selling 
• Participating 
• Delegating 

Module 4: A Personal Inventory 

• An Introduction to Kouzes and Posner 
• A Personal Inventory 
• Creating an Action Plan 

Module 5: Modeling the Way 

• Determining Your Way 
• Being an Inspirational Role Model 
• Influencing Others’ Perspectives 

Module 6: Inspiring a Shared Vision 

• Choosing Your Vision 
• Communicating Your Vision 
• Identifying the Benefit for Others 

Module 7: Challenging the Process 

• Think Outside the Box 
• Developing Your Inner Innovator 
• Seeing Room for Improvement 
• Lobbying for Change 

Module 8: Enabling Others to Act 

• Encouraging Growth in Others 
• Creating Mutual Respect 
• The Importance of Trust 

Module 9: Encouraging the Heart 

• Sharing Rewards 
• Celebrating Accomplishments 
• Making Celebration Part of Your Culture 

Module 10: Basic Influencing Skills 

• The Art of Persuasion 
• The Principles of Influence 
• Creating an Impact 

Module 11: Emotional Intelligence Defined 

• Definitions and Thoughts 
• Making Connections 

Module 12: Validating Emotions in Others  

Module 13: Understanding Diversity 

• A Brief History 
• Diversity Now 
• Discussion:  

Module 14: Understanding Stereotypes 

• Stereotypes vs. Biases 
• Identifying Your Baggage 
• Activity: Unpack Your Stereotypical Baggage 

Module 15: Breaking Down the Barriers 

• Changing Your Personal Approach 
• Encouraging Workplace Changes 
• Encouraging Social Changes 
• Activity: Encourage Inclusion 

Module 16: Being Proactive 

• Encouraging Diversity in the Workplace 
• Preventing Discrimination 
• Ways to Discourage Discrimination 
• Activity: Preventing Discrimination 

Module 17: Setting Goals 

• Setting SMART Goals 
• Creating a Long-Term Plan 
• Creating a Support System 

Day 3

Module 1: Course Introduction 

• Instructor and student introductions 
• Course Objectives 
• Action plans and personal objectives 

Module 2: Defining Teams 

• Participants define what a team is  
• Identify different kinds of teams 
• Demonstrate synergy through a simple exercise 

Module 3: Establishing Team Norms 

• Advantages and disadvantages of teams 
• Ground rules and team contracts 

Module 4: Working as a Team 

• Degrees of Support to help a team work through controversial issues 

Module 5: Your Team Player Type  

• Identify team player type 
• Small groups discuss the strengths and weaknesses of their type  
• How to use this information to their advantage 

Module 6: Building Team Trust 

• Ways to establish and build trust on their team 

Module 7: The Stages of Team Development 

• Tuckman and Jensen’s five stages of team development: forming, storming, norming, performing, and adjourning. 

Module 8: Team Building with TORI 

• The TORI model, developed by Jack and Lorraine Gibb 

Module 9: Communication 

• Basic principles of communication 

Module 10: Emotional Intelligence Defined 

• Definitions and Thoughts 
• Making Connections 

Module 11: Understanding Diversity 

• A Brief History 
• Diversity Now 

Module 12: Breaking Down the Barriers 

• Changing Your Personal Approach 
• Encouraging Workplace Changes 
• Encouraging Social Changes 

Module 13: Being Proactive 

• Encouraging Diversity in the Workplace 
• Preventing Discrimination 
• Ways to Discourage Discrimination 

Module 14: Becoming a Good Team Player 

• Ways to increase interaction among their team and build trust 

Day 4

Module 1: What leaders do? 

• As a leader, what is your job? 
• Management Vs Leadership 
• The three essential roles of a leader 
• People motivation 

Module 2: What leaders know? 

• What employees want from their leader? 
• Catch them doing something right! 
• What defines a leader? 
• Leadership and perspectives 

Module 3: What are leaders like? 

• Find out your leadership style 
• Balance team, task and individual functions 
• Role model strong leadership 
• The leadership critical success factors 

Module 4: Enabling Other to Act 

• Encouraging Others to Act 
• Creating Mutual Respect 
• The Importance of Trust 

Module 5: Emotional Intelligence Defined 

• Definitions and Thoughts 
• Making Connections 

Module 6: Understanding Diversity 

• A Brief History 
• Diversity Now 

Module 7: Breaking Down the Barriers 

• Changing Your Personal Approach 
• Encouraging Workplace Changes 
• Encouraging Social Changes 

Module 8: Being Proactive 

• Encouraging Diversity in the Workplace 
• Preventing Discrimination 
• Ways to Discourage Discrimination 

Day 5

Module 1: Introduction 

• Introduction of instructor and participants 
• Course Objectives 
• Personal Objectives and Action Plans 

Module 2: About the Learning Organization 

• Explore Peter Senge’s vision of a learning organization. Is your company one where all employees are committed to lifelong learning? How can it encourage continual growth and development? 

Module 3: Achieving Personal Mastery 

• Strategies for understanding what our own strengths are, as well as where we want to go 

Module 4: Analyzing Our Mental Models 

• Ways to explore and change mental models 

Module 5: Achieving a Shared Vision 

• Building commitment within a team using shared vision 
• Explore a model that will help them move the team to greater independence 

 Module 6: Team Learning 

• The leader’s role is in a team 
• How to lead them through a discussion to reach an agreement point 

 Module 7: Systems Thinking 

• Participants will look at some different cycles and what impact they may play in team efficiency. 

 Module 8: Understanding Leadership 

• Participants will study Paul Hersey and Ken Blanchard’s Situational Leadership II® model 
• Four leadership profiles 
• Servant leadership 
• Leadership in the organization: practices like onboarding, orientation, and performance management 

 Module 9: Five Practices 

• Five essential leadership practices that experts James Kouzes and Barry Posner have identified 

 Module 10: Managers vs. Leaders 

• Differences between management and leadership 

Module 11: Influence Strategies 

• Ways to persuade individuals to change 
• Robert Cialdini’s influence strategies will also be covered 

 Module 12: Managing Relationships 

• Different aspects of relationships, including the relationship cycle, leading a team through conflict, and managing stress 

 Module 13: Strategic Planning 

• SWOT technique, which helps to identify the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats of any person, organization, product, service, or process.