What Leaders Do: Leadership Skills for New and Potential Managers

Rising to a leadership position is a pivotal juncture in anyone's career. Successfully navigating the difficult transition to the leadership spotlight can be a difficult, challenging, and stress-ful experience. In this workshop, learn how to handle that spotlight. Clarify what it takes to be a high-performing leader. Use the workshop's learning lab to test out the tools and techniques designed to improve your leadership capabilities on all fronts. Plan your continuing or upcoming transition into a leadership role. And emerge as a better leader - and with a new level of self-confidence - for today and into the future.

Who Should Attend

New or prospective managers and leaders from any organizational function.

What You Will Learn

• How to understand the myths and realities of leadership, as well as the critical distinctions between leadership and management
• How to utilize The Leadership Essential Model™, a model that captures the key elements of success for new and potential leaders
• How to cultivate a supportive network
• How to balance and prioritize among conflicting leadership demands
• How to forge a plan for your ongoing and continuing development as a leader

How You Will Benefit

• Incorporate best practices into your leadership practice
• Establish leadership credibility with your key stakeholders
• Use "language of influence" to build commitment and trust as a leader
• Hone your leadership style and agenda
• Identify your leadership success factors
• Define your own personalized leadership principles