Leadership, Communication & Interpersonal Skills: Leadership through Self-Mastery

Leadership, Communications & Interpersonal Skills:

Leadership through Self Mastery

INTRODUCTION

Self-mastery is not achieved by accident – it is a process that occurs as we interact effectively with the events and circumstances of our lives. Each moment of our lives provides an opportunity to practise self-mastery by expanding our visions, awakening the faculties of our minds and our hearts, and assuming full responsibility for living, growing, and contributing.  As we master our own emotions, so we can enhance our ability to lead others, acting as a role model and someone others would truly wish to follow.  Through this programme you will learn a great deal about yourself – how you think, how you perceive the world and how others perceive you, how you communicate and how you can enrich your communication skills – and through that process you will learn how to lead others with great skill.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

This course is designed for professionals who truly wish to grow in personal power, authenticity and integrity and through this enhance their ability to lead.

COURSE OUTLINE

Day 1 – Who do you think you are?

Towards self-mastery

• The process of self-mastery
• Inherent flaws in the common symbols of success
• Redefining success based on your personal paradigm
• Respond to key moments in your life
• The emotional loop – exploring the consequences of your behaviour
• Changing weak beliefs and doubt to empowering beliefs

Reality and responsibility

• Learn the meaning and nature of personal responsibility
• Understand how you avoid taking responsibility for yourself
• Assess your willingness to accept personal responsibility
• Personal choices
• Understand the power and freedom that comes from accepting responsibility

Day 2 – Vision and Integrity

Vision

• The meaning and power of vision
• Creating a vision
• Affirming your personal purpose
• Visualisation to achieve your vision

Integrity and self-esteem

• What do you mean by integrity?
• Recognise when you are and are not
• Accept your imperfections
• Learn to make time for self-renewal
• Acknowledge and build upon your strengths

Day 3 – Advanced communication skills

Communication skills for leaders

• The communication process – understanding others’ subjective experience
• Verbal and nonverbal communication techniques
• Identify your own and others’ preferred ways of communicating
• Understand
• The fine arts of listening and questioning
• Alternative ways of communicating/influencing others
• Learning to use time as any other resource

Day 4 – Leadership

Emotionally intelligent leadership

• Myths of leadership
• Interactive and institutional leadership
• Emotional intelligence
• Leadership and management
• Understanding your own leadership style – the 6 styles of leadership
• A charter for effective leadership
• Being a flexible leader

Empowerment and delegation

• Motivation
• Understanding empowerment
• Leadership for commitment not compliance
• Learn a model of situational leadership
• Effective feedback

Day 5 – The public face of the mature leader

Presentation

• Profiling your audience
• Focusing on key themes
• Inspiring and influencing your audience
• Making a presentation memorable
• Professionalism in public speaking
• Controlling nerves

Meetings 

• The characteristics of effective meetings
• Comprehensive steps for organising a meeting
• How to create and utilise an agenda and minutes
• Leading a meeting – from the chair or from the floor

Conclusion:   Personal planning and actions

• Course review and personal planning