Leading People

Things do not change; we change.
-Henry David Thoreau

Leading People: Leadership Skills Workshop (for Marketing Firms)

Why do some leaders succeed while others fail? How is credibility established and maintained? What’s an effective way to handle conflict in a turbulent organization? These questions, among many others are addressed in the Leading People: Leadership Skills Workshop.

This one-day workshop is designed for people who have direct reports, although they may have only one or two, or who are among the senior people in multi-discipline teams.

The learning objectives can be customized for a company’s specific needs. In general, the workshop is designed to improve the participants’ skills in four primary areas of leadership: leading within the organization, inspiring initiative in others, supervising others, and helping other people grow their skills.

This program is one very full day. An adjunct to the day can be an additional half-day coaching lab component, in which people learn about coaching and practice their skills, making the whole workshop a day and a half. The workshop can accommodate up to 40 people.

Workshop Content

Effective People Management

• What to look for in hiring people

• Understanding and inspiring motivation

• How to delegate effectively

• How to supervise without micromanaging or stifling people

• Encouraging initiative and an action-oriented attitude

• What managers owe the people who work for them

• Working with problem employees

Leadership

• How to get people to want to follow your lead

• The responsibilities of leadership

• How to foster creativity — in your department or team and in others

• Leadership when you don’t have the formal authority

• Inspiring people who don’t report to you