Developing Technical Managers into Leadership Roles Overview: Two-Day Workshop Good technical skills and management competencies, you have them. Technical skills that are "Detailed, To-the Point, Results Oriented, Get-it-Done-Right-the First-Time skills." But when the role calls for strong leadership and people skills to motivate, support, train, give feedback, reward, or in short, lead your group or team to achieve objectives, the tactical day-to-day technical management style jumps to the forefront. Although transitioning from Technical Manager to Leadership Role takes a dedicated effort on your part, you can make the move successfully. Being passed over for internal promotions from perceptions that technical managers can't be strong leaders? This workshop will help you prepare for the transition to leadership role, sharpen your leadership skills and competencies and help you develop a better leadership-teaming model. Workshop Objectives: 1. Discover the difference of the technical manager functions Vs leadership role in guiding an organization,     operation and/or group and how and when to apply each. 2. Develop valuable ideas and insights for taking the strength of your technical management abilities and     refining them into Leadership capabilities. 3. Develop the skills and competencies you need to get things done through the empowerment of others. 4. Learn the cycle of Right Leadership, Right Results. 5. Learn the leadership path of Empowerment through: Influence, Vision, Laws of Listening, Developing Trust,     Law of Respect, Using Intuition, Connecting with People, Relationships, Developing your Inner Circle,     Reproducing Yourself, Getting Buy-In, Law of Sacrifice, and the Law of Priorities. Workshop Techniques: Open session lecture with material presentations. Participant discussion and group interaction. Games, role-playing, breakout sessions, exercises and what ifs. Group, team and individual learning activities. Workshop Content: Segment - 1 Technical Manager Vs Leadership Role       The Basics Leaders have Developed Critical       Qualities and Skills       Development of a Good Technical Manager       Basic Characteristics of Technical Managers       Principles for Setting SMART Goals       Technical Manager Self-Assessment       Four Stages in a Technical Person's Career       Development         The Technical Manager's               Achievement and Drive               Achievement Vs Relationships               Day-to-Day Tactical               Surviving in the Political Culture                I Can Do It Better Style               Decisions, Accountability and               Responsibility               Measurement of Assignment Success               Managing the Technical Team               Motivating the Technical Team to Action               Managing the Management of Technical               Functions               The "Pleasing People" Guidelines               Learning Activity Segment - 3 The Sixteen Key Principles of Leadership         Identifying the Sixteen Principles                 1. The Law of Influence                          Leadership - Influence, Nothing Less                          Three Myths of Leadership                          Five Levels of Leadership Influence                 2. The Law of Process                          Leaders are Learners                          Four Stages of Process in Leadership                          Growth                 3. The Law of Vision                          The Mission                          The Map                          Leadership Vision                 4. The Law of Listening                          Leaders Listen, People Follow                          Leaders Earn the Right to be Heard                 5. The Law of Trust                         Measuring Trust                          Leaders Breaking Trust                          Learning from Mistakes                 6. The Law of Respect                          People Follow Leaders They Respect                          Personal Assessment - Respect                          Highest level of Leadership                          A Matter of Leadership not Position                 7. The Law of Intuition                          Three Levels of Leadership Intuition                           Intuitive Leaders are Readers of                           Situations                           Intuitive Leaders Add Value                           Increasing Intuitive Leadership                 8. The Law of Connection                           Is the Leaders Responsibility                           Starts with the Heart                           Requires Intentional Effort Segment - 2 The Transitioning Paths of Leadership       The Maturing Technical Manager       Developing a list of Leadership Qualities       Leadership Characteristics and Behavior       The New Workplace - People Centric       Influencing the Performance of Personnel       Leadership Self-Assessment       Developing the Individual Styles of Leadership                     Reading People Differently                     Determining Another Persons Style                     Communicating with Different Styles        Transitioning Pathway Diagram        What Makes a Good Leader                     Three Basic Faces of Leadership                     Plan - Monitor - Review        Seven "Rights" for Achieving Great Results        Diagram        Learning Activity Segment - 4 The Sixteen Key Principles of Leadership        Identifying the Sixteen Principles (cont)                9. The Law of the Inner Circle                         Building Your Inner Circle                         Selecting the Best Inner Circle                         Qualities of the Leader                         Determine Inner Circle              10. The Law of Empowerment                         Empowering People                         Living a Life of Empowerment                         Creating an Environment of Empowerment                         Leaders Violating the Law of Empowerment              11. The Law of Reproduction                         It takes a Leader to Raise up a Leader                         Reproducing Leaders is a Parenting Process                         Emerging Leaders Need Four Things              12. The Law of Buy-In                         Leader + Vision = Results = Buy-In                         Confident Leader, People, Vision                         Buy-In is an On-going Process                         Leadership Attraction Qualities              13. The Law of Momentum                         Creating Momentum                         Momentum, Looking & Performing Better                         Increasing Momentum              14. The Law of Priorities                         Priorities and the 80 / 20 Rule                         Priorities and the Three R's                         Seeing Everything, Focus on Important                         Things                         Investing for Greatest Results                         Positioning People so Everyone Wins              15. The Law of Sacrifice                         Leaders Know the Value of Sacrifice                         You Gain - You Lose              16. The Law of Timing                         Timing is Learning to Take the Initiative                         Timing Seasons Segment - 5, The Transition - Leading Groups that Work          Group Dynamics                     What is a Group                     Why a Group                      Group Development                                  Forming                                  Storming                                  Norming                                  Performing         Accelerating Development         Leading Groups and the Human Factors                      Behavior                      Motivation                      Achievement                      Recognition           The Work Itself                      Responsibility                      Advancement                      Problems                      Seeking Solutions          Leadership Through 122-Innovative Paths          Learning Activity Click here for printer friendly version of this page.

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