Workshop on Essentials of Leadership Skills for Technical Professionals

Program Overview:

Skillful and competent technical leadership is extremely important for safety, productivity, and asset management. The 21st century brings new emphasis on leaders, new communication technologies, increased focus on safety, information overload, workforce dynamics, asset integrity, and many other concerns which challenge even the most proficient leader/manager. How do we blend these new challenges with trend and true wisdom of success? There are skills to learn that will help you be more effective, with less stress. In this workshop you will explore your internal drivers and learn how to combine them with new skills for greater effectiveness. This course will help you unleash natural motivation in your team. Your stress level can be lowered by working more efficiently and effectively by tapping the emotional intelligence of your team and coworkers.

For whom:

This program is designed for those in technical professionals in leadership positions such as Supervisors, team leaders, managers, and others interested in becoming a better leader with responsibilities to lead a team to greater performance.  Those who are aspiring to leadership position and need to develop practical strategies for effective and efficient managerial performance in the work place will also benefit from this program.

Learning objectives:

At the end of the program, participants will be able to:

• become better effective leader by overcoming the “tyranny of the urgent” with better time management;
• make better decisions by assessing when to make and what kind of decisions;
• motivate subordinates for better performance;
• effectively communicate with technical and non-technical teams by developing the patience for feedback;
• recognize and resolve conflicts effectively;
• lead an empowered team of technical professionals through effective delegation; and
• walk your talk by getting buy-in for your ideas and vision and leading by example.

Course outline:

Day 1: Managerial Leadership: An Overview

            – The Manager as a Leader / Competencies Required

*          Strategic Planning:

            –           Mission and Vision

            –           Objectives and Strategies;

*          Leadership Development;

             Principles, Concepts and Core competencies

• Leadership Types and Styles
  • Visionary Leadership
  • Trans-formational Leadership
  • Situational Leadership

Day 2: Leading Self and Others

• Leading Yourself
  • Self-Knowledge
  • Self-Management
• Leading Others
  • Effective Delegation;
• Problem Solving and Decision-Making
• Building Quality Relationship
  • Developing Interpersonal Skills
  • Team Building and Team Leadership

Day 3: Developing People Management Skills

      for Improved Productivity

• Developing Listening Skills
• Motivating Subordinates for better Performance
• Conflict management
• Effective Communication
• Productivity improvement techniques
• Action Plan

Training Methodology

Lectures, discussions, exercises, case studies, audio-visual aids will be used to reinforce these teaching/learning methods.