Dates Sep 23, 2008 - Sep 24, 2008 Nov 05, 2008 - Nov 06, 2008 Feb 05, 2009 - Feb 06, 2009 May 06, 2009 - May 07, 2009 Aug 25, 2009 - Aug 26, 2009 Nov 16, 2009 - Nov 17, 2009
Cost (2008):
$1,795.00
Cost (2009):
$1,795.00
Leaders help create a common purpose and vision worthy of commitment; and then help people convert their vision into a reality that adds value to customers.
Achieving alignment requires different actions and roles on the part of the leader. Leadership: The People Challenge workshop is an executive development course which provides the tools and models to help you as a leader accurately assess the workers, the situation, and yourself. You will gain the leadership skills you need to take appropriate actions for the challenges you face.
Benefits
Contents
Who Should Attend
Instructor
Hours & Credits
Enhance trust and credibility as a leader
Utilize the skills, talents, and energies of each individual on your team and align them with customers’ needs and values
Provide positive direction for your team
Assess your leadership style and skills
Manage the culture—the beliefs and values of the organization to promote growth
Create a vision for yourself as a leader and instill your vision/direction into your team
Leadership: A Dynamic Developmental Relationship
Leadership as a learning process
Trust, the foundation of leadership
The leadership model
Leading and managing
Effective Leadership
Assessing your organization’s mission, core competencies, and vision
Identifying how your organizational culture builds trust
Determining your customers’ needs and values
Identifying unmet and unknown needs to grow the organization
Aligning and Engaging Competence and Commitment to Meet Customer Needs
Identifying aligned and misaligned symptoms of competence and commitment
Determining underlying needs and appropriate actions for reinforcing alignment and creating growth
Using tools to better align, engage, and grow
Identifying leadership actions to assess and align competence and commitment
Assessing Your Leadership Style and Challenges
Looking at how your strengths in excess become your weaknesses
Exploring how your ‘Learning Style’ preferences impact leadership
Identifying your ‘Influence Style’ and how it fits the organization
Assessing and defining options for your leadership challenges
Senior managers, project managers, and technical professionals wanting to improve their personal influence and effectiveness.
Ray Thorn Sep 23, 2008 - Sep 24, 2008
Nov 05, 2008 - Nov 06, 2008
Feb 05, 2009 - Feb 06, 2009
May 06, 2009 - May 07, 2009
Aug 25, 2009 - Aug 26, 2009
Nov 16, 2009 - Nov 17, 2009
Ray Thorn
Ray Thorn specializes in leadership, assertiveness, communication, teamwork, conflict management, change management, and interpersonal effectiveness. He has worked with Avery Dennison; CEMEX; Chevron; the Cities of Glendale, Long Beach, and Los Angeles; ExxonMobil; Hughes Aircraft; Jacobs Engineering; Mattel; Northrop; Pepsi-Cola; Rockwell; Sempra Energy; Silicon Systems; SMUD; Southern California Edison; Union Bank; and Walt Disney Imagineering.
Mr. Thorn coaches executives, managers, and specialists on their interpersonal and organizational skills. He assists them in assessing and enhancing their impact on others, helping them turn tensions into positive, productive working relationships. Mr. Thorn facilitates team building, conflict resolution, and large group interventions to develop alignment, and increase trust and commitment to working together successfully. His training provides participants with models and skills for leading, communicating, managing conflicts, and working together more productively. Mr. Thorn presents two courses at the Caltech Industrial Relations Center: Assertive Management, How to Influence Without Alienating, and Leadership: The People Challenge.
Mr. Thorn has a master's degree in organizational behavior.
Schedule
Day 1 - 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
Day 2 - 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
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Comments from Past Participants
"This Caltech IRC course is excellent. I found the information on how to evaluate the influence style of myself and my boss very helpful. I will use the methodology I learned for fairly assessing competence and evaluating employees."
Matt Barnett Vice President of Sales & Marketing AMAG Technology, Inc.“I give this course an A+ in terms of content, the instructor’s expertise and style, and the materials presented. Not only did I learn new models for working with and managing people, but I learned how to apply them to real situations.”