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Bring this program to your organization. It can be customized to meet your specific needs. Call 877-337-7681 for details or e-mail Katrina.

• Basic Supervisory Skills

• Breaking the Birthday Code

• Coaching and Evaluating Performance

• Discipline & Corrective Action

• Equal Employment Opportunity

• Managing Employee "Attitude" Problems

• Performance Management

• Selection Interviewing: Hiring the Right One the First Time

• Is Supervision in Your Future?

• Supervisor's Academy

• Leading with Honor: Leadership Strategies that Achieve and Inspire

• Ethics and Ethical Decision Making

• Initiating and Managing Change

In this powerful workshop, you will learn about Kouzes and Posner’s groundbreaking work identifying five critical leadership practices used by successful leaders.  You’ll have the opportunity to assess yourself and get feedback from colleagues and direct reports on your use of these practices.  You and five others in your organization will complete the Leadership Practices Inventory (LPI).   A summary feedback report will be generated and shared with you.  Using the feedback, you will be able to capitalize on your strengths and develop an action plan for boosting practices needing development.

[The Leadership Practices Inventory (LPI) instrument © 2003, James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner. Published by Pfeiffer.  All right reserved.]

Length:  One 8-hour session

Instructor:  Drury

Who should attend: Managers, supervisors, team leaders, and members of self-directed teams.

Benefits:

• Greater confidence in your role as a leader/manager.

• Increased team effectiveness and morale.

• A more positive, productive workplace.

Learning Outcomes:

By the end of this program, you will be able to:

• Identify behaviors that characterize exemplary leadership.

• Identify your personal leadership strengths and weaknesses.

• Get feedback about how others in your organization view your leadership style.

• Identify areas to improve your leadership practices.

• Develop an action plan for becoming a better leader.

Program Outline:

I.          The five critical leadership practices

            A.         Qualities of the outstanding leader

            B.         The Kouzes and Posner research

II.          Exercises on each of the five critical leadership practices.

III.         The Leadership Practices Inventory

            A.         Discussion of the leadership practices areas

            B.         Plotting your results

            C.         Interpreting your results

            D.         Identifying leadership strengths and weaknesses

IV.        Action Planning

[The Leadership Practices Inventory (LPI) instrument © 2003, James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner. Published by Pfeiffer.  All right reserved.]