Course Summary - Effective Leadership Skills for Managers

In today’s highly competitive and changing energy sector, organizations need employees to be ready and able to perform to the fullest! Effective Leadership Skills for Managers is specifically designed to deliver the key skills Managers need to succeed. Managing from the middle requires an array of skills that are uniquely suited to meeting the demands of a broad range of stakeholders. The program is designed as a highly interactive working session. Significant discussion focuses on each participant’s issues and the challenges they face within their own organizations. Participants will leave the workshop with a specific workplace application plan which helps ensure the effective integration of these newly acquired skills and techniques.

The following topics will be covered with practical hands-on exercises specific to both the Energy Sector and the particular concerns and interests of each participant.

1. Introduction to Managing in the 21st Century

Issues and challenges within the Ontario Energy Sector
Understanding the evolution of management
Using the “system” model of organization planning to diagnose, isolate and manage problems

2. Self-management, the First Principle of Effectiveness

Personality and self-knowledge
The new science of managing stress, emotion and influencing others

3. Leadership, the Second Principle of Effectiveness

Managing “things”, leading people
Business Planning and Performance Management (a defined process)
Dialogue talk for engaging employees
Using “One Minute Manager” to focus employee performance
Techniques for handling difficult people (includes optional role play)

4. Change and Transformation

Using the S.P.I.N. technique to link action priorities to key issues.
Overcoming resistance and locking in new habits for optimum performance
Process Mapping

5. Workplace Action Plan

Final S.P.I.N. discussion and documentation

This course starts at 8:30 AM and finishes at 4:30 PM each day. Voucher for the complementary breakfast will be available commencing at 7:30 AM daily. Please see the hotel Banquet Professionals for breakfast vouchers the day you arrive. Lunch and refreshments will be provided.

Early Bird pricing in effect up to 4 weeks in advance of the session date.

Full refund less a service fee of 20% of the registration fee (plus 13% HST) will be made on cancellations received in writing ten working days prior to the course dates, after which no refunds will be made. Substitution of registrants from the same company may be made up to the course date. The MEARIE Group reserves the right to postpone or cancel any activity in the event of low enrollment. If this occurs, a full refund will be provided or we can transfer the fee to the next scheduled class.

Coordinators:

MEARIE Training Department - training@mearie.ca

Address:

Novotel Vaughan, 200 Bass Pro Mills Drive, Vaughan, Ontario L4K 0B9

Parking at the Novotel Toronto Vaughan Center Hotel is complimentary. Accommodation is the responsibility of the individual registrant, and is not included in our course fees. To book your guest room reservation; please contact the Novotel Toronto Vaughan Centre's reservation department directly at 905.660.0212 or via email at reservations@novotelvaughan.com. When booking your stay, please mention you are with The MEARIE Group to receive our preferred corporate.