Leadership Skills
Course Specifications
Course Number: ELK88-843_rev2.1
Course length: ½ day
Course Description
Course Objective: You will develop critical leadership skills so that you are able to step forward with confidence as a leader in your organization. You will develop practical, necessary skills such as managing your time well, communicating effectively, and delegating work to others. You will also learn what great leaders know: how to hire the right people, how to facilitate productive meetings and handle conflict among team members, and how to coach people to give their best job performance.
Target Student: This course is intended for a wide range of senior managers and supervisors who seek advanced training in organizational leadership.
Prerequisites: To ensure your success, we recommend you first take the following Element K course or have equivalent knowledge:
- What Good Managers Do: The First 100 Days
Hardware Requirements
- At least 512 MB of RAM.
- A Pentium® III with 500 MHz (or better), or Macintosh® Intel-based or PowerPC G4 (or better) processor.
- A monitor capable of 1024 x 768 screen resolution and 32-bit color display.
Software Requirements
Each computer requires the following software:
- Microsoft® Windows Vista®, Windows® XP (Professional or Home Edition), Windows 2000, or Apple® Mac OS® X 10.4 (or higher).
- Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 7 (or higher), Mozilla® Firefox® 2 (or higher), or Apple® Safari® 2 (or higher), with pop-up blocking turned off.
- Adobe® Flash® Player 8 (current version recommended).
Performance–Based Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Learn to position yourself to lead.
- Learn to build a winning team.
- Learn to lead with confidence.
Course Content
Lesson 1: Position Yourself to Lead
Lesson 2: Build a Winning Team
Lesson 3: Lead with Confidence