Leadership Training and Development

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by Donald Clark

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Student Motivation and Active Leaning
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Rationale

Overview

Teaching and Learning Resources

Overview of Leadership
Concepts of Leadership
Human Behaviour
Leading
Direction
Communication
Motivation
Character
Leadership Styles
Teamwork - Part 1
Special Project Teams - Part 2
Diversity
Time Management
Change
Meetings
Organizational Behaviour
Presentations
Performance
Leadership Quotes
After Action Review (AAR)

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Leadership Training and Development

Managers are people who do things right, while leaders are people who do the right thing. - Warren Bennis, Ph.D. "On Becoming a Leader"

Rationale

In organizational development, Leadership Development is the strategic investment in, and utilization of, the human capital within the organization.

David Day (2000) distinguished between leader versus leadership development.

Leader development focuses on the development of the leader, such as the personal attributes desired in a leader, desired ways of behaving, ways of thinking or feeling.

In contrast, leadership development focuses on the development of leadership as a process. This will include the interpersonal relationships, social influence process, and the team dynamics between the leader and his/her team at the dyad level, the contextual factors surrounding the team such as the perception of the organizational climate and the social network linkages between the team and other groups in the organization.

Both forms of development may mutually influence each other, as exemplified in the concept of "Deep Change" in Robert E. Quinn's 1996 book of the same title.

Typically, leader development has focused on 3 main areas - providing the opportunities for development, stimulating the ability to develop (including motivation, skills and knowledge for change), and providing a supportive context for change to occur (see Cynthia D. McCauley, 2001).

Leadership development can build on the development of individuals (including followers) to become leaders. In addition, it also needs to focus on the interpersonal linkages between the individuals in the team.

In the belief that the most important resource that an organization possesses is the people that comprise the organization, some organizations address the development of these resources (even including the leadership).

Leadership development can encompass any number of developmental processes including:

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Overview of Leadership

Terminal Learning Objective - At the end of the training period, the supervisor candidate will be able to lead a department team composed of about 7 to 20 members.

Introduction

Interest device - Icebreaker and Warm-up Activities.

Introductions

Administrative duties:

	Complete class roster
	Location of facilities
	Announcements
	Learning Activity - Self Assessment (short version)
	Learning Activity - Self Assessment (long version)

I. Concepts of Leadership

	Learning Activity - Blake and Mouton Managerial Grid questioner
	Learning Activity - Bolman and Deal's Four Framework Approach
	Learning Activity - Culture and Climate
	Read and discuss - Soar with Your Strengths

II. Human Behavior

	Ice breaker - The Pig Personality Profile
	Learning Activity - Human Behaviour Models
	Read and discuss - First Impressions

III. Leading

	Read and discuss Felix
	Learning Activity Creating and implementing visions
	Learning Activity Coaching Activity

IV. Direction

Learning Activity - Asking the Right Questions

V. Communication

Learning activity - Johari Window of Opportunity

VI. Motivation

	Learning Activity What Do People Want From Their Jobs?
	Learning Activity Positive Reinforcement
	Read and discuss Mistakes and Blame
	Learning Activity Identifying Performance Problems
	Read and Discuss Confrontation Counseling
	Learning Activity Counseling Practice Session
	Learning Activity Performance Appraisals

VII. Character

Learning Activity Beliefs and Values

VIII. Leadership Styles

	Learning Activity Style Survey
	Learning Readings Leadership Styles

IX. Teamwork - Part 1

Read and discuss Lessons From Geese

6 Reasons: Why your business will benefit from great teamwork

Team work is work performed by a team towards a common goal.

In a business setting accounting techniques may be used to provide financial measures of the benefits of team work which are useful for justifying the concept.^[1]

In health care team work has been defined as:

a dynamic process involving two or more healthcare professionals with complementary backgrounds and skills, sharing common health goals and exercising concerted physical and mental effort in assessing, planning, or evaluating patient care.^[2]

Team work is increasingly advocated by health care policy makers as a means of assuring quality and safety in the delivery of services.^[3]

X. Special Project Teams - Part 2

Do the team survey

XI. Diversity

	Learning Activity (Self Survey) Working With Others
	Learning Activity Looksism and Diversity
	Learning Activity Typical Family
	Learning Activity ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) and Reasonable Accommodations
	Various Diversity Activities and Ice-Breakers

XII. Time Management

Learning Activity The Big Rocks of Time

Time management refers to a range of skills, tools, and techniques used to manage time when accomplishing specific tasks, projects and goals. This set encompasses a wide scope of activities, and these include planning, allocating, setting goals, delegation, analysis of time spent, monitoring, organizing, scheduling, and prioritizing. Initially, time management referred to just business or work activities, but eventually the term broadened to include personal activities as well.

A basic "Eisenhower box" to help evaluate urgency and importance.
Items may be placed at more precise points within each quadrant.

A time management system is a designed combination of processes, tools, techniques, and methods. Usually time management is a necessity in any project development as it determines the project completion time and scope.

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XIII. Change

	Learning Activity Learning Organization Survey
	Learning Activity - Read and Discuss Learning Organization
	Learning Activity Goals and Change
	Learning Activity Reflection on Change

XIV. Meetings

Learning Activity Recognizing successful meetings

XV. Organisational Behaviour

	Learning Activity Organizational Behaviour Survey
	Learning Activity Job Behaviour

XVI. Presentations

	Learning Activity World's Worst and Best Presentations
	Learning Activity Creating A Leadership Presentation From The Leadership Guide
	Learning Activity Creating A Leadership Presentation From A Leadership book

Workshop

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XVII. Performance

Perform one or more Case Studies

After Action Review (AAR)

Conduct an AAR for the leadership class. This exercise has a twofold purpose, to provide feedback for the class, and to instruct the use of an effective feedback tool.

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