We do not
build management ability—this is already done very
well by university schools of business.
Management
and technologists can be found anywhere—but leaders must
be home grown since leadership cannot be learned from courses
offered in universities.
Consequently, many in management cannot build teams or lead
the charge for change.
The Focus is On
Management
There
is a common misperception that leadership is all about making speeches
that inspire the masses. This misses the most common aspects of business
leadership: what to say and how to act during face-to-face conversation
or when in a meeting. The focus is on Moments of Truth—how
to positively influence a person or a group.
Also see our transformational philosophy and transformational leadership programs
The Managment Leadership Training Curriculum
Modularized
Content
When it comes to leadership training, we don't believe
that in the one size fits all approach. We have modularized our content
to allow selection. Management
can choose between 30 different leadership modules.
Leadership Training Articles From the Popular
Press
A list of freeleadership
training articles from
on-line magazines, newspapers, press releases and quality articles
from top-notch leadership websites.
This section
presents some good articles, interesting press releases, or
summaries of recent research on leadership from the wire services
or the business press.
Management
Issues, 03 Nov 2006. Six out of 10 executives believe that
leadership training
would
be of most use to them according to recent survey. Unfortunately,
many may not know what the term "leadership development
really means.
Mintzberg, a professor at McGill University,
argues that the way business schools are teaching it has
unintended effects.
By focusing on the single person, he writes, “leadership
becomes part of the syndrome of individuality” that is “undermining
organisations”.
Management Issues, 03 Jan 2006. Jim Collins,
in the book Good To Great: Why Some Companies
Make the Leap…And Others Don't, came up with his leadership
theory called Level 5. He talks more about this leadership
approach in this article.
PR
Web,
September, 2005. Contrary to popular belief, technical
skills are not the primary reason why new hires fail; instead,
poor interpersonal skills dominate the list, flaws which
many of their managers admit were overlooked during the
interview process.
These
missing skills are typically addressed during leadership
training, which is not offered to these
types of employees. Download
,pdf
EMedia Wire, September 2005.This report is designed to help
you assess your leadership training needs and inform you of 187
formal
leadership
training
programs
that are available to help build great leaders at all levels
in your organization. Download .pdf
Independent,
London. Among the organisations offering training in leadership
and general
management development to apparently enthusiastic small
and medium-sized business clients.
Inc., New
York. SME use more informal processes of training. Eighty
perceont of the
HR
professionals surveyed used cross-functional training, while
71% used leadership
training
and 70% used developmental
planning programs.
Web
Sites With Quality Leadership Training Articles
