The Power of Leaders

Overview:

Introduction:

The "Power of Leaders" training program is a comprehensive initiative designed to empower participants with the knowledge, skills, and mindset necessary to become effective leaders in their respective domains. Through a combination of theoretical insights, practical exercises, and experiential learning, participants explore various aspects of leadership, including influence, decision-making, and team dynamics.

Program Objectives:

At the end of this program, participants will be able to:

• Differentiate between leadership and management.

• Pinpoint their leadership philosophies and strengths through self-evaluations.

• Analyze different leadership theories with a focus on situational leadership.

• List the core skills of emotional intelligence (EI).

• Explain the delegator and change agent functions of a leader.

Targeted Audience:

• Mid to Senior-level Managers.

• Aspiring Leaders and Emerging Leaders.

• Professionals seeking to enhance their leadership skills.

• Employees interested in personal and professional growth through leadership development.

Program Outline:

Unit 1:

Practices of Exemplary Leaders:

• Challenge the process.

• Inspire a vision.

• Model the way.

• Enable others to act.

• Encourage the heart.

• Explore the perennial question: nature or nurture.

Unit 2:

The Leadership Journey and Situational Leadership:

• Review major theories: Trait theories, Behavioral theories, The leadership grid.

• Understand situational leadership: theory and simulation.

• Assess situation maturity levels and levels of development.

• Identify the relationship between maturity levels and leadership styles.

Unit 3:

The Emotionally Intelligent Leader:

• Explore an overview of EI.

• Understand intrapersonal and interpersonal intelligence.

• Compare Emotional Quotient (EQ) versus Intelligence Quotient (IQ).

• Apply the EI competency framework.

• Analyze the 18 EI competencies in practice.

• Brainstorm real-life examples.

Unit 4:

Leadership, Delegation, and Empowerment:

• Define delegation, its objectives, and rules.

• Identify delegation levels.

• Discuss why delegation is not popular.

• Establish guidelines for delegation.

• Explore decision-making styles in the Gulf.

• Define empowerment and its significance.

Unit 5:

The Leader as a Change Catalyst:

• Understand the nature of change.

• Explore Kotter’s eight-step change process model.

• Recognize and address resistance to change.