Leadership & Management Bootcamp: Practical Skills & Tools

Leadership and management training that will increase knowledge, confidence and provide resources for the future

What you'll learn

Understand the principles and practices of leadership and management

Understand the military's utilisation of leadership and management and how it can assist you

Learn various ways to plan and execute tasks in your organisation

You will understand and build effective teams

Understand the people that work for you and the measures that can help you improve an individual within a work context

Understand your responsibilities as a leader

Learn how to make well-rounded leadership decisions

Learn how to problem solve using various methodologies

Understand evaluation and feedback and why they are important in an organisation

You will understand the core principles of motivation

You will learn various concepts and practices to take your leadership to the next level

Learn the key principles and elements that are commonly found in successful organisations

You will develop your understanding of how you can build cohesion in your team or department

Understand why trust is vital for effective leadership

Learn how change can manifest in an organisation and how to manage it

Understand the fundamentals of Project Management

Requirements

No leadership or management experience needed. You will learn everything you need to know to start or continue your managerial journey with confidence

Description

This course has been designed to provide new managers with the confidence to understand and facilitate reliable and proven leadership and management fundamentals and methodologies. Furthermore, the package has been designed for experienced and confident middle managers to use the content as part of a reliable and regularly referenced toolkit, that can be utilised in broadly transferrable and relatable organisational and business contexts.The course will develop your leadership and management potential. Also, expand your character, intellect and professional competence levels, so you are able to cope with the enjoyable and challenging demands of a leadership and management role.The course includes industry standard and peer reviewed academic theory and is designed to provide you with the foundations necessary to exercise effective leadership and management in your work place or for future employment in a leadership and management role. The syllabus starts with the basics and will incrementally work towards more advanced ideas by the end of the course. The course will provide you with a comprehensive and intellectual understanding of leadership and management, but essentially, it will also develop your practical capability within the workplace.Presented by a qualified manager and instructor, the course has been scripted using knowledge gained from a variety of respected organisations and institutions, but also experience gained in managerial roles. Furthermore, the course contains material used in a variety of industries and business contexts. The content focuses on broad leadership and management skills that you may need as a first-time manager. However, the content and links will remain relevant and can be referenced throughout your career in a wide variety of industries.

Overview

Section 1: ABOUT THE COURSE

Lecture 1 Introduction

Lecture 2 Military Leadership And Course Elements

Section 2: LEADER RESPONSIBILITIES

Lecture 3 Responsibilities As A Leader

Lecture 4 What Is Leadership And Management

Section 3: MAKING LEADERSHIP DECISIONS

Lecture 5 Making Leadership Decisions

Lecture 6 The Strategy Pyramid

Lecture 7 The S.M.A.R.T Principles

Lecture 8 Courses Of Action

Lecture 9 The Decision Making Cycle

Lecture 10 The OODA Loop

Section 4: PROBLEM SOLVING

Lecture 11 What Is A Problem?

Lecture 12 Fishbone Diagrams

Lecture 13 Pareto's Law

Lecture 14 The 7 Questions Estimate

Lecture 15 Mind Mapping

Section 5: MANAGEMENT BASICS

Lecture 16 Management Basics

Lecture 17 Management Fundamentals

Lecture 18 Organisation Fundamentals

Lecture 19 Delegation Fundamentals

Lecture 20 Control Fundamentals

Lecture 21 Motivation Fundamentals

Lecture 22 Time Management Fundamentals

Section 6: EVALUATION AND FEEDBACK

Lecture 23 Evaluation & Feedback

Lecture 24 Why And Who Should Evaluate?

Lecture 25 The Evaluation Loop

Lecture 26 Failure To Meet The Objectives

Section 7: MOTIVATION

Lecture 27 Motivation

Lecture 28 Maslow's Hierarchy Of Needs

Lecture 29 Herzberg's Motivators And Hygiene Factors

Lecture 30 McGregor's X And Y Theories

Lecture 31 Morale

Section 8: NEXT LEVEL LEADERSHIP

Lecture 32 Next Level Leadership

Lecture 33 Leadership Traits

Lecture 34 Leadership Styles

Lecture 35 Adair's Action-Centred Leadership

Lecture 36 Leadership In The British Army

Lecture 37 Lewin's Classification of Leadership Styles

Lecture 38 Daniel Goleman's Six Leadership Styles

Lecture 39 Contingency Theory

Lecture 40 The Tannenbaum And Schmidt Continuum

Lecture 41 Situational Leadership

Section 9: ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURES

Lecture 42 Organisational Structures

Lecture 43 Organisational Functions

Lecture 44 Mechanistic Structures

Lecture 45 Organic Structures

Lecture 46 Organisational Culture

Lecture 47 The Sources Of Power In Organisations

Section 10: COHESION

Lecture 48 The Principles Of Cohesion

Lecture 49 Effective Teams

Lecture 50 Building An Effective Team

Lecture 51 Understanding Team Roles

Lecture 52 Setting An Individual’s Objectives

Lecture 53 Working With Your Line Manager

Section 11: TRUST

Lecture 54 Why Is Trust Vital?

Lecture 55 Generating Trust

Lecture 56 Recognising Trust

Lecture 57 The Spirals Of Trust

Section 12: CHANGE

Lecture 58 Introduction To Change

Lecture 59 Managing Change

Lecture 60 The Causes Of Change

Lecture 61 Organisational Change

Lecture 62 Incremental Change

Lecture 63 Transformational Change

Lecture 64 Change And Its Effects On An Organisation

Lecture 65 Leadership And The Management Of Change

Lecture 66 The Human Barrier To Change

Lecture 67 Overcoming Resistance To Change

Lecture 68 Adair’s Situational Leadership And Change

Lecture 69 The Lewin Change Management Model

Lecture 70 The Action Research Change Management Model

Section 13: PROJECT MANAGEMENT FUNDAMENTALS

Lecture 71 Introduction To Project Management

Lecture 72 Project Scope And Objectives

Lecture 73 Project Planning

Lecture 74 Project Evaluation And Control

Lecture 75 Project Risk Management

Lecture 76 Project After Action Review

Section 14: CLOSING STATEMENT

Lecture 77 Closing Statement

New and junior managers with little experience.,Middle managers wishing to expand their knowledge or managerial toolkit