Building Task Leadership Skills

Day One: Creating a Confident and Credible ImageWhere does self confidence come fromThe comfort zone and its impact on business successBanishing the fear of speaking in publicSelf perception and its impact on confidenceHow being confident can help you raise your profileBody language and its impact on credibility Day Two: Confident Communication to GroupsHow to run efficient and effective meetingsHow to prepare for and structure a business presentationHow to get over the nerves of giving a business presentationDealing with questions from senior leadersHow to sell yourself and your organization and your ideasBuilding rapport in business presentations Day Three: Confident Communicating to Get ResultsThe power of using stories to get messages acrossUsing analogies effectivelyUsing evidence to win people over to your way of thinkingIncreasing your personal power and charismaWhen to be strong and when to play weakInclusive/exclusive language and its effect on people Day Four: Communicating PassionThe importance of passionDeveloping courage and confidence in conflict situationsBeating  your comfort zone and taking more risksUsing our full range of communicationPowerful closes that move people to actionBecome a magnetic personality Day Five: Enhancing your Profile within the BusinessHow to conduct yourself to senior peopleHow to sell change to people who don’t want to changeHow to sell unpopular policies to teamHow to make yourself memorableBe a radiator, not a drainThe speaking challenge Module 2: Managing Multiple Tasks, Priorities & DeadlinesDay Six: Introduction of Work Task ConceptsUnderstanding the role of self-management in managing tasksOverview and context of task managementIdentifying reasons for the current focus in business on managing tasksUnderstanding how work is accomplished in organizationsIdentifying the role of strategic management in leadership of tasksUnderstanding the role of organization type in task management Day Seven: Importance of Planning in Management of TasksClarifying goals, objectives, assumptions and constraints in workIntegrating a scope, work structure and management plan in assignmentsLearning to identify and manage stakeholdersIdentifying risk techniques that affect tasks, priorities and deadlinesUnderstanding how to develop clarity in purpose and objectives in task assignmentsIdentifying the skills necessary to lead and manage work tasks Day Eight: Setting Priorities & Deadlines in our Time ManagementUsing the manner we approach work as an initial time management planPlanning for time management, scheduling and meeting deadlinesIntegrating time management into development of prioritiesMaking the most from meetings, e-mails, interruptions and transition time Developing a personal plan, with a ‘to do’ list and prioritiesDealing with time wasters, procrastination and bosses Day Nine: Skills Required to Deal with People in our Work AssignmentsIdentifying skills required to obtain the help of others on tasksThe importance of understanding our ways of working with othersThe importance of interpersonal skill in accomplishment of tasksIdentifying interpersonal work styles of self and otherUnderstanding task flexibility and versatility in people leadershipLearning how to work better with others to have productive work Day Ten: Personally Managing Tasks to Implement ChangeLearning techniques to use communication for success in tasksUnderstand the characteristics of proper communicationIdentifying methods to deal with human change patternsDeveloping a personal plan to become more effective with self-managementDealing with some people who struggle with changePracticing techniques to help colleagues with change