Leadership by Inspiration (While Getting Politics Out)

Unleash Your Team Energy, Cope with Internal Politics, and Have Fun

This course focuses on the typical transition of technical team members into management and leadership positions in a project environment, where leadership makes a difference and politics stands in the way. It develops the mindset, skills, and qualities of an inspirational leader who can lead and motivate teams to their maximum potential in a dynamic and uncertain world. It identifies the leader’s roles, strengths and weaknesses, and develops vital interpersonal, leadership, and motivational skills. It also guides people how to deal with the unavoidable political issues, both outside and inside their teams. Using different animal analogies, the course analyzes the “Political Jungle” in the company and shows how to live with it in peace, get it out of the way, and even leverage it.

What Will Your Learn

• Characterize the problems, dilemmas, and process of transitioning from team member to manager and leader
• Build a conceptual model of what is a manager/leader and identify your strengths and weakness, build the right team, and add the missing parts
• Focus on your role as an inspiring leader that attracts people to your team and creates the right excitement and fun
• Understand the political environment in your company and learn how to live with it, and more important, leverage it for your project and career
• Understand the critical elements of motivating people and learn what you can do to motivate everyone on your team
• Understand what great leaders do, decide what is right for you, and build a long-term plan for your career.

Style of Program

The program is highly interactive. It combines the theory and practice on leadership while presenting the latest research on leadership together with hands-on experience and lessons learned. The program uses discussions, individual and team exercises, cases of good and bad leadership, and simulations of situations.