LEADERSHIP COMMUNICATIONS
1/2 DAY LECTURE COURSE
COURSE DESCRIPTION
Today’s business leaders must be flexible and able to adapt to the numerous challenges presented to them daily. With hectic schedules which include personal interactions in different mediums,
constant meetings and the ever-present need for selling ideas to others, today’s leaders must be effective communicators as well. Defining, interpreting and applying good communication skills are essential for success as a leader.
This comprehensive communications skills course will review the essentials of good leadership and discuss how excellent communications can affect its application. You will learn how to listen better, create a vision that others can buy into and motivate your team or organization to greater productivity and profit. Assess your leadership abilities and refresh or learn the essential communication skills required to become and stay a good leader
Leadership is the principal focus of this course, but the skills learned here are equally applicable to managers and responsible individuals within an organization or company. This course combined with our other specific communication skills modules will be enable you to customize your communication’s learning to fit your current needs.
Today’s competitive environment requires managers and leaders to be innovative, productive and efficient. Practiced communication skills are the key differentiator for success. Leadership Communications is a course designed to maximize your existing communication skills as well as learn new techniques for applying those skills in a real-world situation in your organization.
Course Outline
- What is Leadership?
- Differences between a Leader and a Manager
- Leadership Theories & Current Trends
- Attributes of a Leader
- Basic Styles & Attributes of Leadership
- Exercise
- Leadership and Communication
- Types of Leadership Communication
- Effects of communication on Leadership
- Payoff for Effective Communications As a leader
- Leadership Communication Essentials
- Visioning
- Asking Effective Questions
- Listening
- Influencing & Motivating
- Effective Speaking and Writing
- Conflict Management & Collaboration
- Developing as a Leader- Tying it all together with Communication
- Measuring Results & Celebration
- Payoff for Effective Communication
- Course Summary
TARGET AUDIENCE
Leadership Communications is an essential course for any leader, manager or executive who must consistently interact, meet and sell ideas to others within and without their organization. This is a career-enhancing learning course that will help you understand the principles of leadership and communication and how to apply them effectively in any medium. Through the combination of instructor-led discussions and practical application exercises, participants will master both the art and essential techniques of communicating completely.
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
- To apply communication essentials to other specific organizational tasks that will aid your career advancement and acceptance as an effective employee, manager or leader
- Secrets to becoming an effective listener
- The principles practices and commitments of exemplary leadership
- How to use communication skills to become a credible leader
- To develop good interviewing skills
- How to ask the right question to get information or motivate individuals
- To strengthen others by effective sharing of information
- To practice what you preach
- How to celebrate accomplishments and keep your vision alive
PREREQUISITES
Communication Essentials Course