Leadership and Leading – Understanding the Foundations of Leadership (1-1/2 days)

§         What is leadership?  Evolving models of leadership (top down to servant to distributed/dispersed leadership)

§         Role of context in leadership effectiveness/style (e.g., organizational culture, external factors, extant leadership, etc.) Situational Leadership

§         Managing various types of leadership/follower relationships

§         Leadership skill development: communication, vision, values and self-awareness

§         Aligning others: Importance of vision and mission to leaders and to their organizations

§         Role of leadership values and beliefs (importance of knowing, sharing)

§         Leadership practices – developing a set of flexible strategies aligned with context and situational needs

§         Understanding the relationship between leadership and strategy

Leadership Management (1/2 day)

§         Understanding the relationship between what you have been doing as a manager and the skills and behaviours of a leader

§         How they differ; how they are mutually supportive