Creative Leadership Agenda

Seminar: ID# 1003636

This course is available in both in-person and video conference formats.

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Agenda

• Learn to avoid common self-sabotaging behaviors that often plague both new and seasoned leaders
• Your "leadership quotient" — why it's absolutely critical to your success as a leader!
• What do employees really want from you as a leader? The answers are guaranteed to surprise you!
• Find out why traditional management models just don't measure up in today's workplace...and what to use instead
• Your Personal Action Plan — a super tool to build character, strengthen leadership skills, and boost your overall effectiveness
• Create an atmosphere of trust and respect that values employees and promotes loyalty among coworkers

• What to say and how to say it —...leadership language...that supports synergy and encourages others to agree with you
• Strong leaders are strong communicators — how to infuse your communication style with confidence and power
• Fresh strategies and exciting techniques to open up the communication pipeline and keep ideas flowing freely
• Words, phrases, and gestures to help you come across as poised, intelligent, and trustworthy every time you speak

• Clever ways to reward those who stretch their mental muscles, think outside the box, and share their great ideas
• Kick the attitude of "that's the way we've always done it" out the door and approach old tasks from a fresh perspective
• Ways to work around establishment restrictions that can stifle creativity and crush employee morale
• Why it is important to always support your employees in public — how not following this management edict can destroy your leadership effectiveness

• Strategies and techniques to encourage teammates to collaborate, cooperate, and turn to one another for help and inspiration
• Fantastic ideas to encourage and support team creativity and growth, including team-base activities
• How to create a team culture based on trusting relationships and an "all for one" mentality

• The 80/20 principle: Use it to encourage employees to move beyond their defined jobs to deliver breakthrough ideas and exceptional performance
• How to use goal-setting as an incredible empowerment tool and reap the benefits of increased productivity
• Why poor morale occurs even when benefits and pay are good
• Poor attitudes? Negativity? Innovative techniques to make these problems a thing of the past

• Strategies to flex your creative muscles and arrive at workable solutions from a different perspective
• The warning signs of stress and burnout in yourself and your team
• Why creating an atmosphere of laughter and humor can be more valuable than a pay raise
• Low-cost and no-cost ways to build morale and create a fun, positive work environment
• Clever techniques for using stressful situations to positively challenge and stretch employees