Is your leadership team missing these vital skills?
How long has it been since your leadership team levelled up their skills? When it comes to professional development in the workplace, it’s vital that all members of staff are constantly upskilling, not just newer recruits.
Improving the skills and capability of your workplace starts with the leadership team. Our leadership programs will equip your team with the key skills they need to become effective leaders that provide support to your team.
Ready to develop the skills of your leadership team? Keep reading to find out more.
Key skills your leadership team needs.
To quote an article from Forbes, “without leadership, everyone in the boat will be rowing haphazardly in a variety of directions, ultimately getting nowhere”.
Behind every great team is a great leader. But how do you become one?
Here are some key skills needed to excel at leadership.
Time management
Good leaders are those who have strong time management skills. They set reasonable and realistic goals with achievable time frames. They effectively prioritise which includes making time for their people and use delegation to not only help manage their time but also to inspire and develop their people.
If you feel that you are not in control of your day and always rushing to get to a meeting, complete a task or are putting things off, you may want to consider brushing up on your time management skills.
Decision making and problem-solving skills
Being committed to a vision is a driving force for all great leaders. All confident leaders should be capable decision makers to the benefit of their team and external stakeholders.
As a leader within a business, being a problem-solver not only benefits your clients and customers, but also your colleagues. Problem-solving coincides with decision making. Being a problem-solver allows you to remove barriers internally and externally within the business, and to come up with solutions that benefits everyone at hand.
Relationship building
A good leader should be approachable, personable, and able to converse with anyone.
This doesn’t necessarily mean you need to be best friends with everyone; however, it is important that a leader gets on well with their colleagues.
Want to further develop your leadership team’s skills? After leadership development for your team? Contact us today to find out more about how we can help develop them.
Seeking Feedback for self-development.
Personal growth and professional development are an important part of developing your leadership skills. 360 feedback from you Manager, Direct Reports and other stakeholders enables leaders develop productive relationships, improve strategic focus, and provide professional development goals for the leader.
How to develop your leadership team’s skills
Strengthening your leadership team’s skills and capability can help create a positive workplace.
As an employer, it’s important to inspire your employees to deliver your organisations’ vision and values.
We offer a range of leadership programs that are designed to strengthen leadership in the workplace. Ranging from one-day training programs, to our five-day-long training programs, our experienced team can provide you with practical tools to improve leadership of your team. Furthermore, we are accredited to use a number of profiling tools such as DISC, MBTI, MLQ360, HBDI, LSI and Full Circle 360
Our programs are delivered to each team uniquely, as we understand that no two workplaces are the same. Depending on your teams’ situation, we will tailor the delivery of our courses to ensure your leadership team get the most out of each session.
