The Power of Leaders

1. Distinguish between management and leadership.
2. Identify their strengths and leadership styles through self-assessments.
3. Examine various leadership theories with emphasis on situational leadership.
4. Identify the major competencies of Emotional Intelligence (EI).
5. Define the role of the leader as delegator and change agent. 

Individuals in middle and senior positions who wish to better understand themselves in order to improve their leadership skills. Employees whose responsibilities require delegation, leading and managing change will also benefit from the program.

Leaders Not Managers:

• Definitions, Similarities and Differences
• Myths about Leadership
• Practices of Exemplary Leaders
• The Perennial Question: Nature or Nurture

Personal Style and Leadership Qualities:

• Self-Assessment
• Administration and Scoring
• Linking Style with Leadership Qualities
• Characteristics of Admired Leaders
• The Leadership Journey and Situational Leadership
• Review of Major Theories: Trait and Behavioral 
• The Leadership Grid
• Situational Leadership: Theory and Simulation

The Emotionally Intelligent Leader:

• An Overview of Emotional Intelligence (EI)
• Intrapersonal and Interpersonal Intelligence
• Emotional Quotient (EQ) versus Intelligence Quotient (IQ)
• The EI Competency Framework
• The 18 EI Competencies in Practice
• Brainstorming Real Life Examples

Leadership, Delegation and Empowerment:

• Delegation: Definition, Objectives and Rules 
• Delegation Levels 
• Why Delegation is Not Popular
• Guidelines  for Delegation
• Decision Making Styles in the Gulf 
• Empowerment: Definition 
• Ten Ways to Empower Workers
• Is Your Organization Ready for Empowerment? 

The Leader as Change Catalyst:

• The Nature of Change
• Kotter’s Eight-Step Change Process Model
• Understanding and Dealing with Resistance to Change

• The Training lectures.
• The Group discussions.
• The Training Workshops.