Leadership 201 Course Description – 24 Hours – 2.4 CEUs Leadership 201 is Learning and Development course, good for high-level managers, emerging leaders, and even followers. There is an optional tech-based focus, and/or public agency focus. We cover all the basics of leadership before quickly moving into higher material. A foundation in “Self-Awareness and Professional Effectiveness” serves as a pivotal foundation for the entire rest of the class, helping participants to shape their own leadership style. It differs from “trainings” in that there is a steady stream of concepts and ideas, blended together with class exercises, discussions, and reflective exercises that participants can apply to their respective situations. Participants will walk away from the class:
✓ Understand much better why people do the things they do, and how leaders can harness this. ✓ Knowing all the most salient points from the top leadership books. ✓ Ready to practice many more related skills not typically included in “trainings.” (E.g., transformational leadership theories, EQ applications, striking the right balance.) Modules
1. Self-Awareness and Professional Effectiveness
1.1. Who Are You? – Understanding your foundation and what you can build upon.
1.2. Character - The most widely discussed topic in leadership books.
1.3. Self-Agency - Understanding your responsibility and levels of growing your autonomy.
1.4. Response-ability - Pushing the limits of behavior modification.
1.5. Productivity with Proactivity - Learning better how to think ahead and act.
1.6. Professional Development - Best practices toward increasing capacity.
2. CInterpersonal Relations
2.1. Interdependence - Harnessing the power of company culture.
2.2. Emotional Intelligence - Biggest complaint about leaders?
2.3. Conflict Management - Listening skills and strategic approaches.
2.4. Win-Win-Win – The ultimate goal.
3. The Art of Management
3.1. Talent Acquisition - The hardest and most important thing you ever do?
3.2. Supervisory Skills - How to support and nurture.
3.3. Personnel Evaluations - Growing talent, while moving away from terroristic practices.
3.4. Running Effective Meetings - Maybe all companies’ biggest time waster?
3.5. Effective Decision-Making – Wisdom, expediency, effectiveness.
3.6. The Art of Delegation - How to “delegate authority with responsibility.”
4. Visionary and Inspirational Leadership
4.1. “Great Leaders…” - Inspirational and provocative listing of quotes.
4.2. Leadership Styles - Fine-tuning your own situational style. Most transformational?
4.3. Leaders as Visionaries - Perhaps the most defining difference between a leader and a manager.
4.4. The Responsibility to Inspire - Not as hard as you might think. Or maybe harder?
4.5. Building Trust - Most common word in leadership literature.
4.6. Teamwork - Starting to tie everything together.
4.7. Creating Synergy! - The ultimate prize. The collective zone.
Professor’s Credentials: Dr. Gary Martin completed a Bachelor’s, Master’s, and Doctorate in Psychology, Counseling, and Education Management, all foundational for leadership. His leadership experience is vast, including serving in the Dean’s Office at UOP for 23 years, followed by directing L&D at Clark Pacific for three years.
His research and teaching areas included Professional Practice and Professional Ethics. [email protected]
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