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Group Discount
When 3 enroll from your organization, a 4th attends FREE!
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Words of Praise
for National Seminars Group and Padgett-Thompson Seminars
"The trainer was exceptional – lots of
energy and enthusiasm. He made
the training fun."
— J. CARTER, TEAM LEADER
"This training opened my eyes to a
number of issues. I’m certain it will
make me a better leader."
— S. ROTHWELL, COO
"This course was great. I know that it
will benefit me in my career and the
organization I work for."
— D. RAMON, INVENTORY MANAGER
"This training will help me
immediately at work."
— J. HADLAND, VP OF SALES AND MARKETING
"The trainer did a great job of
captivating his audience … it was
interesting and gave me a whole
new perspective about my role."
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Leadership Skills for Managers & Supervisors
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| A course in STRATEGY,CRITICAL THINKING,CREATIVITY, and INFLUENCE for Leaders |
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Program Description:
Success in today’s world doesn’t come from doing “business as usual.” You’re either moving forward or you’re in danger of becoming obsolete. That’s why exceptional managers are always refining and expanding their leadership skills. Now you have the incredible opportunity to join fellow exceptional leaders in your area at our most advanced management training course ever: Leadership Skills for Managers& Supervisors. It’s two days of world-class training guaranteed to provide you with the ingenuity and insight of today’s most successful and dynamic business leaders.
 What You'll Learn:
Attend this highly advanced training event and you’ll learn how to:
- Deliver unmatched results that get noticed!
- Make more effective, business decisions more quickly
- Move from being a simple “role player” within your organization to a
respected mover, shaker, and decision maker
- Deal with counterproductive employee attitudes quickly and decisively
- Empower employees to think and troubleshoot problems on their own
- Cultivate an energetic “can-do” spirit throughout your organization and
foster unbreakable loyalty from your strongest employees
This innovative management workshop is packed with skills, tips, and
techniques guaranteed to make you a more persuasive communicator and a more powerful leader. And you’ll be learning it all in an
energetic, fast-paced training environment that you won’t soon forget!
Who Should Attend?
Managers, supervisors and anyone who wants to improve their own skills
Workshop Agenda:
Leadership and Influence
- The difference between managing and
leading
- The components of good leadership
- Best practices of good leaders
- Harness the power of influence/persuasive
communication
- Self-sabotaging behaviors that damage your
leadership
- Nurture strong leadership at every level –
within the ranks as well as in management –
to increase productivity
- Create an atmosphere of trust and respect
between yourself and employees and among
employees
- Walk, talk, and breathe ethical behavior –
and expect the same of your employees
Build a Positive Environment
and Eliminate Negativity
- Foster open communication where every
contribution counts
- Reduce employee absenteeism and turnover
by creating a positive, pleasant work
environment
- Overcome counterproductive attitudes and
stop negativity from infecting the workplace
- Find out what employees want from you as a
leader – and deliver
Continually Coach for
Commitment
- Tap into employees’ natural competitiveness– internal or external – to improve
performance
- Be demanding without squashing morale
- Lead employees to their own performance solutions
- Criticize and correct without causing
defensiveness
- Train employees with adult-learning
techniques that will get your point across in half the time
Foster Creativity
- Open the communication pipeline and keep ideas flowing
- Identify practices that promote creativity and
innovation
- Implement tools and techniques for generating
ideas and solutions
- Practices and guidelines for creating an
innovative work environment
- Spot opportunities and generate solutions
- Turn problems into opportunities for growth
- Work around roadblocks that stifle creativity and
bruise morale
- Reward those who think outside the box
Critical Thinking, Decision-Making
and Project Management Tools
- Formulate vital questions and problems
- Use abstract ideas to interpret information
effectively
- Test conclusions against relevant criteria and
standards
- Use Pareto Analysis, Paired Comparison, Grid Analysis, Decision Trees, PMI, Force-Field
Analysis, Thinking Hats, and Cost/Benefit Analysis
to make effective decisions
- Use critical thinking and decision-making
techniques to set your business priorities
- Use GANTT Charts, Critical Path Analysis, PERT
Charts, The Planning Cycle, Stakeholder
Analysis, and Stakeholder Management to make
managing even the most complex projects easier
Strategic Planning
- Move from operational to strategic management
- Develop a strategic plan to serve as a framework
for business decisions or for securing
support/approval
- Use your strategic plan to explain the business to others in order to inform, motivate, and involve
- Use your strategic plan to assist benchmarking
and performance monitoring
- See how the strategic plan can stimulate change
and become a building block for the next plan
Manage Change
- Assess your department’s readiness for change
- Work with upper management to ensure success
of the plan for change
- Manage the emotional and intellectual challenges
of change
- Positively move employees from fear to
commitment
- Assess results achieved from change
New Challenges for Today’s
Managers
Build Top Employees
- How to recognize, groom, motivate, and maintain
your top performers
- Mentor without creating resentment among the
ranks
- Manage an age-diverse work force, building top
performers of all ages
Manage a Multicultural Workplace
- How culture impacts everyday business
interactions
- Manage culture-related conflict
- Handle communication breakdowns and
misinterpretations
- How cultures vary regarding employee-manager
interactions, time management, teamwork,
decision making and more
Manage Organizational Culture/Subculture
- Overcome your organization’s cultural norms
that might be hindering creativity and
productivity
- Explore the assumptions that impact
your thinking and your team’s thinking
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100% Guarantee:
At National Seminars Group, our #1 goal is to give you the tools you need to succeed. That's why every seminar, conference and training resource we offer is 100% guaranteed. Every time.
Continuing Education:
Continuing education credits may be recognized by your professional board. Contact your own board to find what's required.
If you have any specific questions concerning our CEU/CPE programs, please e-mail our CEU/CPE representative.
Cancellation Policy:
If you cannot attend a workshop for which you are registered, you may send a substitute or receive a credit memo toward a future workshop. If you cancel your registration up to five business days before the workshop, your registration fee will be refunded less a $10 enrollment charge.
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