The Approach to Turning Mid-Level Functional Managers into Great Leaders

This is a course that gets every aspiring leader into three insights for leadership success, namely:

• Insight into a Big Goal that will define the leadership success in life, business or career
• Insight into the people and resources that will influence the achievement of the Big Goal 
• Insight into the cultural developments that will stimulate the people and the environment and make the Big Goal a reality.

Course Contents

Day One

The Leadership Mindset for Achieving Big Goals

• Defining and Developing Big Goal

• Pretty good isn't good enough
• Big Goal that touches the organization 
• Big Goal by which the organization touches everybody 
• The target for the Big Goal
• The People Map
• Powerful vs Limiting mindset
• Draw up your lifeline
• Know your stuff.

DAY TWO

Developing Plan and Alignment 

• Put Processes and Discipline Around What Matters Most

• Every detail matters
• Focus on operational excellence
• Share knowledge

• The Hotshot Tool

• A person of impressive skill 
• Daring in pursuit of successful
• Self-assurance
• Expertise

• Leadership Power Language

• Emotional word picture

• Team Leadership and Teamwork Skills.

Day Three

Execution and Follow Through

• Strategy

• Customer reality
• Team reality
• Competitive reality
• Financial reality
• "Know-how's" required

Culture - Winning Together

• Atmosphere being created

• Values projected - memorable moments

Understand the Mood Elevator

Understand Accountability Ladder.

Day Four

Defining Success for Yourself

• Professional success

• Career trajectory

• Personal success

Building Support Networks

Understanding and Managing Technology

Leadership Mindfulness

• Actively noticing new things

• Sensitivity to contexts.