This intensive two-day workshop helps you explore the many dimensions of effective leadership and develop the critical skills you need to lead your team to peak performance. It focuses on the nuts-and-bolts "how-to's" of leading and getting people to eagerly follow you to levels of productivity and achievement they never dreamed possible.

Filled with exercises, role plays and "what if" scenarios, this practical, hands-on program challenges you to create innovative solutions to the real-world problems you face every day. It offers you the rare opportunity to step back, reflect on where you and your team are at present, and make solid plans for getting where you want to be tomorrow. Prepare to work hard, think hard and return to your team an infinitely better leader!

The Fundamentals: Steps to Strengthening Your Leadership Skills

• How your leadership style can work "for" or "against" your team
• The 10 ingredients that MUST be present in successful teams
• Developing your credibility and earning respect
• The critical differences between managers and leaders
• The Leadership Style Analysis Survey —­ how do your skills measure up?
• People, projects and proficiency: managing the "3 Ps" of successful leaders

Habits and Traits of Highly Successful Leaders

• What traits set highly successful leaders apart from the rest?
• Understanding the critical role you play in driving your team's success
• Setting standards and goals and measuring progress
• Profile a strong leader: Lessons from the masters

Creating Your Vision and Planning the Path to Your Goals

• Where do you want to be tomorrow? Identifying what's really important
• How are you going to get there? The important stops you need to make on your way to your goals
• Answering the key questions: Does your team know WHO it is and WHY it exists?
• Establishing team-wide buy-in to goals
• What are the keys to results? Focusing your efforts on that which makes the greatest impact
• Setting priorities and keeping your team members on track

Valuing the Individual - Strengthening the Team

• How to develop talented followers who are empowered to work for team success
• How to ignite enthusiasm for accomplishing goals
• Ways to build relationships that enhance cooperation
• Keys to making every team member feel important
• Nurturing the strengths and celebrating the uniqueness of team members
• Qualities that team members have in common —­ and differences that may set them apart
• How to keep your team motivated —­ even if you don't have an extra nickel to spend
• Why your "people" skills will be the No. 1 driver of your success as a leader

Enhancing Team Communication Skills

• Communication skills that help you "connect" with your team
• The critical differences between productive and destructive feedback
• Your role in making sure team communication lines are open
• Creating an environment where everyone feels free to express themselves
• How to encourage good ideas ... and get more of them
• Tips for encouraging creativity from team members

Conflict Management Skills for Leaders

• What you should do when team members aren't getting along
• Steps you should take when individual goals conflict with team goals
• When it's best to confront a problem, and when it's best to let it blow over
• The how-to's of professional, productive confrontation
• Why team growth often arises from team conflict
• Identifying the underlying reasons and circumstances behind a conflict

Your Role in Making Change Happen

• Understanding why people oftentimes instinctively resist change
• Getting team members out of their comfort zone
• Top reasons why change in organizations often fails
• Covering your bases: What considerations should you make before introducing a change
• Coping with the stress and frustrations that often accompany significant changes
• What you must do as a leader when team members won't embrace critical changes
• How to project the confidence that inspires your team during change and adversity

Career Mapping Strategies for Team Leaders

• Fine-tuning your skills —­ why continuous learning is critical to ongoing success
• Where do you want to be in a year? In five years? Establishing a plan
• Why some leaders rise to the top while others flounder
• What's most important to you? Incorporating core values and beliefs into your career