Sheep Herding vs. Shepherding Leadership is a Concept

Course details

Outline of the Training

Module One/Sticky Situations and how to Lead Professionally

• Leadership is an attitude not a managerial level
• Cultural leadership, managerial leadership and operation leadership
• Leading a newly hired staff and the art of directing them
• Leading a trained staff and the art of coaching them
• Staff needs supporting, what is the professional steps to follow in supporting
• How to delegate, when and who?

Module Two/Empowerment and Motivation

• Six steps to empower your staff
• Five stages of implementing empowerment
• Difference between empowerment and motivation
• Criticism is the chore of leadership attitude
• How to give and receive criticism professionally
• How to speak in confidence to get the job done
• Speak positively, powerfully, precisely, and persuasively, the power of the 4Ps

Module Three/Professional Keys of Leadership

• Key characteristics of effective leadership skills
• Leadership and management is an attitude not a professional post
• Recognition, redirect, reprimand and regression: leadership effective 4Rs
• Staff needs ARIA (authority, resources, information & accountability)

Module Four/SDWT (Self Directed Work Team)

• SDWT is a scientific management
• Weaknesses and strength of SDWT
• Problems of SDWT
• Cycle of SDWT maturity
• Five stages of SDWT implementation
• Challenges of SDWT
• Difference between SDWT and Traditional leadership
• Sheep herding vs. Shepherding

Target Audience

• Middle management
• Branch managers
• Leaders and supervisors
• Senior Professionals at the work place
• Training group is not to exceed fifteen

Methodology

• Group exercise
• Games
• Group discussion
• Video tapes