The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development

Short training courses

Practical Leadership Skills

Recommended for:

This course is designed for team leaders, project leaders, junior and middle managers who want a practical, rather than academic, approach to developing their leadership skills.

Course overview:

Whether you have a permanent team, a temporary project team or a virtual team, you’ve probably noticed that the performance demands on you are getting tougher. Far too often, individuals are asked to lead a team with little or no leadership training – the very thing that would enable them to inspire high performance. Find out how practical leadership skills enable you capitalise on individual motivation and team synergy, bring out people’s full potential and focus their efforts.

Course benefits:

By the end of the programme, you will be able to:

  • review the three parts of your job in relation to your comfort zones and identify the elements that need more attention
  • describe your practical leadership vision in detail
  • specify the leadership characteristics relevant to your goal
  • select those motivational ideas that will benefit your team
  • identify the pivotal moments during which your leadership credibility is on the line and determine how to handle them
  • produce a detailed implementation plan

 

Additional information:

If you have a group of people who require training, this course is particularly suited to in-house delivery.

For more information call our In-Company Solutions team on +44 (0)20 8612 6202