Keys to Leadership & Supervision: The Dimensions of Leadership

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

• 2 day program

• Designed to provide managers, supervisors, and trainers an extensive guide to assist them in leadership development

• Basic supervisory skills are presented and explored

• The Twelve Dimensions Of Leadership are discussed and practiced

• Participants will understand key techniques and applications of leadership, which will serve to enhance employee performance and improve organizational effectiveness

COURSE OVERVIEW

This 2 day program is designed to provide managers, supervisors and trainers an extensive guide to assist them in supervision techniques from line to mid-management supervision. At the end of this course, participants will be able to effectively apply leadership principles, learned in the first day, towards supervisory competencies.

COURSE BENEFITS

Our Leadership Development Program helps people in your organization:

• Discover their management strengths and weaknesses
• Assess four broad aspects of leadership: Character, Analysis, Accomplishment, and Interaction
• Explores leadership from three points of view: self as leader, another person as leader, leadership needs in a given situation
• Identifying important leadership characteristics across twelve dimensions
• Helps the organization match leadership characteristics to organizational needs
• Respond to opportunities

COMMENTS FROM COURSE PARTICIPANTS

"Helped me to focus my priorities."

William Turner…LabTops Incorporated

"Your leadership with horses was a great change for the kids and really enhanced their learning."

Sheryl Nolan, Bell County 4H

PROGRAM OBJECTIVES

At the end of this program, " EFFECTIVE SUPERVISION SKILLS PROGRAM: LINKING LEADERSHIP TO SUPERVISION," the participants will:

• Define the relationship between leadership and supervision.
• List the 8 key facets of leadership.
• Discover and interpret your leadership style.
• Define high-performance supervision.
• Define the principles involved in supervision.
• Discover what it takes to become a supervisor.
• Discover how to properly leverage your leadership style to effective supervision.

COURSE LENGTH AND LOCATION

This program can be done in a 1 or 2 day format. The 2 day format program is recommended for the greatest impact on your organization, particularly if we are using horses. We can do the course at your location(without horses) or at an off site conference facility.

PROGRAM TOPICS

Section 1 - Leadership to Supervision Linkage

• Definition and Myths About Leadership
  
• Definition and Myths About Supervision
  
• The Linkage Between Leadership and Supervision

Section 2 - The Principles of Leadership

• Setting the Course- Direction
  
• Seeing Dreams- Realizing the Vision
  
• The Desire for Excellence
  
• Being Competent, Caring, and Challenging
  
• Earning Trust
  
• Motivating Those Around You
  
• Knowing How to Assess Justly
  
• Be an Inventor and Catalyst

Section 3 - The Dimensions of Leadership

• Your Point of View
  
• Interpretation Stage I - Focus of Attention
  
• Interpretation Stage II - Leadership Wheel Assessment
  
• Implications of High Emphasis Scores

Section 4 - The Supervisor

• The Definition of a Supervisor
  
• The Characteristics of a Supervisor
  
• The Advantages and Disadvantages of Supervision

Section 5 - Human Relations and Communication

• The Five Foundations of Human Relations
  
• Motivation Principles in Supervision
  
• The Working Climate
  
• Communicating with Employees
  
• Counseling and Appraisals of Performance
  
• Listening and Learning

Section 6 - Supervising Organizational Objectives

• Planning and Establishing Goals
  
• The Art of Delegation
  
• Setting Priorities
  
• Team-building
  
• Problem Solving Techniques
  
• Managing Time and Conflict Resolution
  
• Change- Is It a Good or Bad Thing?

Section 7 Pertinent Conclusions

• Common Mistakes You Don't Want to Make
  
• Placing Leadership in Your Supervisory Style (Tying It All Together)