This course covers it all, including how to:

• Understand and successfully lead people from all generations – no matter what your age is!
• Overcome resistance to change
• Get underachievers to pull their own weight
• Project a credible leadership image that commands respect
• Establish priorities when everything is important
• Light fires with rewards and motivators that really work
• Avoid the top 10 mistakes leaders make
• Get your diverse team members to cooperate and collaborate
• Avoid the legal land mines of managing people
• And much more!

Your Leadership Style: How It Impacts Your Team’s Success

• Essential competencies highly effective leaders share: how many do you possess?
• Understanding the leader’s role in the team development and teambuilding process
• What the Leadership Style Analysis Assessment® says about you
• Avoiding the top 10 mistakes leaders make
• Self-sabotaging leadership behaviors that could stall your career
• Lessons from the real-world: leaders who were masters at teambuilding

Establishing Yourself as a Leader

• How to project credibility and confidence ... even when you don’t feel 100 percent confident
• Why “making friends” with your people is overrated, and earning their respect is far more important
• Defining — and communicating — your team’s specific purpose and goals
• Keys to holding employees accountable for their individual performance and responsible for overall team results

Strategies for Understanding and Motivating People

• How-to’s for getting a “read” on people – a crucial first step to motivating anyone
• Identifying common personality types and techniques for getting the best from them
• Strategies for motivating Boomers, Gen Xs, Gen Ys, and Millenials
• Listening musts that will significantly improve your ability to lead and motivate
• Leadership habits and behaviors proven to inspire and motivate others

Strengthening the Team by Valuing Individuals and Their Talents

• A step-by-step guide for taking team members’ talents to the next level
• How to spot “high potentials” and grow their skills
• Effective employee engagement tactics: moving employees from “moderately motivated” to “enthusiastic and results-focused”
• Why there’s no substitute for giving employees your undivided attention

Creating a Positive Team Culture

• What to do when teammates aren’t getting along
• Collaboration and communication techniques that build mutual respect
• Are you having any fun? Tips for making sure your people are having fun at work (and not having fun instead of working!)
• How your leadership communication style contributes to a positive team culture

Identifying and Overcoming Obstacles to Team Success

• When your team structure isn’t working: recognizing your options
• Skill gaps? Approaches for improving skill sets to meet your needs
• Strategies for uncovering potential when the talent pool is shallow and you can’t hire
• How to handle a team member who’s got to go ... without disrupting the team
• Do team members lack your drive and ambition? What you can — and can’t — do about it

Sustaining a High-Performance Team

• Proven strategies for instilling the desire for continued improvement
• Are you really open to new ideas and processes that aren’t your own? How to know
• Establishing priorities and handling changing priorities
• The importance of believing in team members and communicating it often
• Ideas for recognizing and rewarding individual and team achievement

“This training opened my eyes, not only to the needs of my team, but also to the potential of what we can accomplish. Thank you for this new perspective!”
P. James
Team Leader

"It was wonderful ... I’ll really be able to use what I learned to strengthen my team."
K. Robinson
Senior Property Manager

“This seminar was very helpful and informative. It was also very lively and interesting ... definitely enjoyable.”
A. Joseph
Trade Management Supervisor

“Today’s training gave me some valuable tools and excellent ideas to use with my team. And I had a blast! Thanks!”
R. Kartbaush
Trainer/Developer