The Ten Secrets to Becoming a Dynamic Leader: A two-day workshop for new managers and supervisors

Sharpen and develop your skills with fresh, new insights and innovative tools! As a manager or supervisor, you never know what new challenges each day will bring. You have to counsel employees, manage conflicts, deal with problem workers, delegate assignments and much more. This exciting two-day conference puts your professional development at the forefront with field-proven strategies and techniques in core areas absolutely essential to your success, including how to build high-performance teams, how to inspire and motivate people, how to be a more powerful leader, and many other essential strategies for success.

You’ll learn . . .
• New strategies for dealing with difficult employees and situations
• How to coach employees to elevate productivity and morale
• How to help employees navigate through the challenges of change
• Creative techniques for motivating and influencing others
• How to do less managing and more leading
• How to maximize your communication to get results
• And much more

WORKSHOP AGENDA

Day one: 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

A comprehensive look at leadership and management
• Leadership: What it is and isn’t
• The three (3) key roles of every leader and the value they bring to the organization
• An introduction to the ten (10) secrets of a dynamic leader
• Collaborative workshop strategies for maximizing training effectiveness

Secret #1: Developing your Influence with Others
• Understanding the five (5) levels of leadership and how to reach the highest levels
• Moving from the details to the big picture—a leadership must
• Four (4) strategies for developing your influence with others
• Boss vs. buddy: Which are you to employees?
• What great leaders do to get people to follow
• Nine (9) things every leader needs to know about people

 
Secret #2: Motivating Employees to High Performance
• What is motivation and who is responsible for it.
• Five things to know about motivation
• Why you can’t treat everyone the same
• How to develop an individualized motivation plan for each and every employee
• The three directions we develop employees
• Guidelines for maintaining and maximizing employee motivation

Secret #3: Managing and Fostering Change
• Understanding the nature of change and it’s affect on an organization
• A look at three (3) observations about change
• Discovering the three (3) reasons why people change
• How to determine your RQ (Risk Quotient), an essential ingredient for successful change
• Exploring the three (3) zones where success is discovered.
• Communicating about change – strategies to get employees on board

Secret #4: Maximizing the Strengths of Your Team
• A look at the differences between groups and teams
• The four (4) foundations for creating and empowering teams
• The two (2) fundamentals of making relationship work
• The two (2) rules and the one team’s live by
• The three (3) strategies for working together as a team
• A look at the strengths, limitations, motivations and communication needs of every team member
• Key strategies for engaging ALL team members and how to motivate them
• How to assess other teammate’s personalities and approach them for success

Secret #5: Managing Conflict and Other Unwanted Employee Behaviors
• Understanding the three (3) key causes of conflict
• A look at what makes people difficult
• Identifying the dynamics of team conflict and how to manage it
• Identifying six (6) difficult people problems and how to resolve them
• Stop butting heads with employees who challenge you, know everything or dominate
• The rules of managing people are changing—what you need to know and do now
• Dealing appropriately with drugs, alcohol and other sticky personnel issues

Day two: 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Secret #6: Communicate like a leader
• The most important attribute of successful communication
• How to build “instant rapport” with people
• How to mentally prepare for every communication encounter
• Overcoming listening blocks and biases in order to foster understanding and openness with others
• What to say and how to say it so that people pay attention
• Emotional balance: The key to consistent communication
• How to us our body’s language to gain respect and authority
• How to use humor to open lines of communication and build positive relationships

Secret #7: Employees: Getting Them, Keeping Them, and Maximizing Their Performance
• Hiring the right people the first time (Hiring for attitude and training for skill)
• Steps to conducting performance evaluations that improve behavior and morale
• What’s personality got to do with performance? Plenty!
• The hidden reasons behind why employees do what they do—performance problems solved!
• Ways bosses actually discourage employees from working harder
• How to avoid performance punishment
• Discover what employees need and expect from you

Secret #8: Organizing Daily Operations and Work Design
• Identifying and creating appropriate job descriptions and work procedures
• Plugging the right people into the right job
• Effective delegating and the reasons you are working too hard as a supervisor
• On the job training and how to do it so the job gets done RIGHT
• Giving authority while retaining responsibility
• Managing meetings and for effective communication

Secret #9: Presentations: The Key Ingredient for Career Advancement
• The five (5) essentials for becoming a dynamic presenter
• The twenty (20) to connect with any audience
• How to make your presentation S.C.O.R.R.E
• How to overcome your fear of making presentations

Secret #10: Personal Leadership: Essentials for Self-Mastery
• Essentials to staying positive and focused on success
• Mastering My Mind: How to change my life and work overnight
• Principles and practices for managing my time and life

• You Take The High Road: A Discussion in Business Ethics
• Setting goals and defining your personal significance
• Strategies for overcoming stress and burnout

This session is excellent for first time managers and supervisors!  Yet, there is no doubt that seasoned leaders can benefit as well.  Call today to talk about special pricing for this two-day workshop! 


Rest assured that Chip will always customize his content to match the unique needs of your industry and work site.
Whether your business is healthcare, manufacturing, education, retail sales and service, etc. Chip will partner with you, the meeting planner, to make your development event one that will sustain lasting impact and positive outcomes - guaranteed!

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