Action Centred Leadership

Short description

You are a leader aren't you?

This course consists of 3 modules.
Each module may be offered separately in a tailor-made set-up.   

Target group
As a participant, you should be relatively new to the role of leader or manager, but will have at least three months experience in this role. You wish to master the basic knowledge and skills required for leadership and management. You seek to find out the meaning of being in a management position, and what to learn and which habits to let go of. You will learn to deal constructively with your first triumphs and disappointments. To participate in this training, you should be operating at senior secondary vocational/higher professional educational level.

Course Content

Module 1
Orientation on leadership (optional)

In this training, you will be dealing actively with questions that are associated with a management position, and with your personal ambitions and potential. During the training, we will use the Myers­Briggs Type Indicator® (MBTI®), which helps to indicate your personal preferences. 

The MBTI is a unique method to concretise your personal value orientation and emotional preferences.  You will gain an insight into managerial roles and corresponding competences. You will learn to assess your own position with respect to these roles and competences – in fact, your own ‘management ability’. 

By discussing and practicing tangible situations, you will be able to develop your Personal Plan of Action. In this plan, you will substantiate your ultimate decision regarding a possible management position: Can I work in management? Do I Need to make an action planning? Yes! 

Module 2: Action Centred Leadership

How to deal effectively with employees, colleagues and others? How to behave in your new position, taking responsibilities and keeping self-confidence? 

This training deals with the following topics: 

• New expectations
• Becoming attuned, readjusting after disappointments and pleasant surprises
• The tasks, roles and responsibilities of a manager relating to other staff members
• Establishing authority, credibility and commitment
• Giving feedback to staff, motivating staff and making result-oriented agreements
• Delegating to other staff
• Case studies from your own professional circumstances

Module 3: Active leadership
Main models: Spotlights for leadership and Situational Leadership (Blanchard).

Short introductions and much practise on active leadership: the task, the person, the team, yourself and the market. Personal tests and practise, reflection and feedback in Situational leadership: The model rests on two fundamental concepts; the leadership style and development level of employees. 
Participants practise by outdoor training four leadership styles in terms of the amount of direction and  support that the leader provides to their followers (directing, coaching, supporting and delegate)  You will receive quick and objective feedback and learn how to provide others with feedback.  Each day, the training course covers various aspects of motivational leadership including:

• Results  orientated supervision 
• Delegation of tasks
• Instruction of staff
• Behavioural management 
• Result  orientated delegation
• Applicable intervention
• Creating a pleasant work environment
• Solving staff  problems