Personal Leadership & Motivational Skills

Course details

At the end of the workshop the participants will be able to:

• Outline a number of key techniques for leading effectively at work
• Outline the strengths and potential shortcomings of their behavioural style profile and list strategies for dealing effectively with the different styles in others
• Determine how to satisfy their own career drivers and recognise how to motivate people with any of the other nine drivers
• Determine key communication and influencing strategies
• Define success and to devise strategies for achieving success

Programme Outline

• Importance of Emotional Intelligence
• Emotion Centric Leadership
• Effective Communication
• Listening vs. Hearing
• Giving Feedback
• Behavioural Style Profile/Motivating different styles
• Influencing Skills - Hidden and Open influence
• Process for Influencing
• Applying Cialdini's Principles of Influence at work
• Informing or Speaking to Persuade
• Inspiring Others
• Career Drivers/Motivating the different drivers
• Discover your Compelling Purpose
• Engaging the emotions of others
• Good Day/Bad Day Model
• Managing your State
• Accept, Avoid, Alter
• Determining What is Success
• Setting Goals & Targets
• Visualise for Success
• Absolute Personal Responsibility (A.P.R.)
• Effective Habits
• Continuous Action Technique (C.A.T.)

Programme Methodology

Experiential based workshops facilitated in a practical and supportive way. Use a combination of group discussion, group & individual exercises, questionnaires and reference to the latest research. Customised role plays and case studies are used where appropriate.

Programme Tutor

Tom Sharry, Managing Director of Sharry People Development Ltd.

Target Audience

For anyone who believes that enhancing leadership skills has a real impact on the bottom line profitability and growth of a business. For everyone in a leadership role who needs to lead people successfully in changing times. For anyone who wants to feel self motivated and satisfied that they are reaching their full potential and are helping those who work for them to reach their potential .

Note: Workshop applies to all levels of supervisory or management roles