Leadership Skills
Course Specifications
Course number: 088843
Course length: 0.5 day(s)
Course Description
Course Objective: You will develop critical leadership skills so that you are able to step forward with confidence as a leader in your organization. You will develop practical, necessary skills such as managing your time well, communicating effectively, and delegating work to others. You will also learn what great leaders know: how to hire the right people, how to facilitate productive meetings and handle conflict among team members, and how to coach people to give their best job performance.

Target Student: This course is intended for a wide range of senior managers and supervisors who seek advanced training in organizational leadership.

Prerequisites: To ensure your success, we recommend you first take the following Element K course or have equivalent knowledge: 
•	What Good Managers Do: The First 100 Days
Hardware Requirements
•	At least 512 MB of RAM.
•	A Pentium® III with 500 MHz (or better), or Macintosh® Intel-based or PowerPC G4 (or better) processor. 
•	A monitor capable of 1024 x 768 screen resolution and 32-bit color display. 
Software Requirements
Each computer requires the following software:
•	Microsoft® Windows Vista®, Windows® XP (Professional or Home Edition), Windows 2000, or Apple® Mac OS® X 10.4 (or higher). 
•	Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 7 (or higher), Mozilla® Firefox® 2 (or higher), or Apple® Safari® 2 (or higher), with pop-up blocking turned off. 
•	Adobe® Flash® Player 8 (current version recommended).
Course Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to: 
•	learn to position yourself to lead.
•	learn to build a winning team.
•	learn to lead with confidence.
Course Content
Lesson 1: Position Yourself to Lead

Topic 1A: Understand the Changing Role of Supervision 
Topic 1B: Build Your Confidence and Self-Esteem 
Topic 1C: Lead Organizational Change 
Topic 1D: Manage Your Time 
Topic 1E: Communicate Effectively 
Lesson 2: Build a Winning Team

Topic 2A: Delegate to Succeed Through Others 
Topic 2B: Coach to Improve Performance 
Topic 2C: Conduct Valuable Performance Reviews 
Topic 2D: Build a High-Performing Team 
Topic 2E: Select and Hire Winners 
Lesson 3: Lead with Confidence

Topic 3A: Facilitate Productive Meetings 
Topic 3B: Manage Conflict 
Topic 3C: Create a Motivating Environment 
Topic 3D: Establish Goals and Action Plans 
Topic 3E: Earn Followers in Your Leadership Role