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Leadership Development Solutions Improve Employee Learning with Online Management and Leadership Training Programs  Join us for a webinar on May 23, 2018 at 3:00 PM EDT. LEARN TO IMPROVE & SIMPLIFY YOUR LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT RESPONSIBILITIES
This session is best suited: - Learning & Development Specialists
- Human Resources
- Business Owners
- Consultants
- Managers/Supervisors
Our Leadership Development solutions provide your management team with the skills they need to become complete, effective leaders in today's complex work environments. Our classes and online courses are practical not overly intellectual, supplying new and experienced leaders with down-to-earth, how-to techniques and strategies to improve team performance.
All courses include pre- and post-tests and skill practices. Each can be customized to reflect your specific business or industry. Videos represent modern workplace environments and scenarios. Delivery options are designed to fit your complex work environment and include classroom, eLearning, or blended. The Virtual Learning curriculum is relevant, flexible, results-oriented and value-driven.
Todd Macey, President of Vital Learning will be on the call along with Greg Smith
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| Leaders Excel With These Different Leadership Styles |
 Drive, along with effective leadership, allows you to develop a strong robust team and grow your business. Make sure your decisions meet challenges head-on with these 6 effective leadership styles: 1. Action-Oriented This leadership style will feel very comfortable to high potentials on your team. "Getting the job done" is critical for action focus team members facing tight deadlines and specific project guidelines. Quick decision making is imperative and often there is no time to test and tweak to deliver results needed in your organization. 2. Transformative Encourage transformative style team members to bring new ideas to the table frequently. As a leader, you need to ask qualifying questions and give time to process and offer options. When transformative style leaders feel their ideas affect the team positively, it encourages them to keep pushing forward. 3. Encouraging Giving your team the confidence to produce ideas will help take the organization to the next level. Providing them with constructive feedback and reflecting on past successes, will encourage them toward future success. Often team members lack the confidence to speak up even though they have the right information. Provide an encouraging environment and keep everyone focused. 4. Empowerment Build your team's authority by allowing them to make decisions and execute their ideas. A team that has the ability to make effective decisions will reduce turnover and increase engagement and ultimately can contribute to bottom-line effectiveness. 5. Reflective Self-reflection is the key for this leadership style. Analyzing past events, actions, and results will help generate new ideas & solutions. This allows you to experience insights that may result in better opportunities for the future. This style is powerful, but it can be difficult at time as it requires you to put aside your vision and inspirations to let the team discover its own path forward. 6. Idealistic For some, this style comes naturally and for others, it takes work. As an idealistic thinker, it is important to demonstrate the desired outcomes. Paint a detailed and vivid picture of the desired results. While this style is highly persuasive, use it sparingly; as its power comes in with infrequent and strategic use. Great leaders know how to leverage natural skills and work on developing individual weaknesses. It is essential to know which approach is best to use in specific circumstances and know when to avoid overusing one just because you excel at it. v ~ Written for us by our associate Gary Sorrell, Sorrell Associates, LLC. Copyright protected. All rights reserved |
| A Leader's Ability To Judge And Think Critically Is Important |
 Believe it or not, a leader that has the ability to think and judge critically is more important than a resume full of accolades. If you want to hire a dynamic individual, then you need to focus on selecting a high-level thinker. While looking for the next top talent for your company, be sure to place the capacity for judgment and critical thinking as part of the criteria as you make your hiring decision. You'll make a better and better-rounded hire. Good, Sound Judgment One that has good judgment is able to be strategic in their thought processes. They are able to use critical thinking skills in order to make sound decisions as a leader. An individual that has good judgment is equipped to do the following: - Plan ahead and have forethought
- Organize information and provide it clearly to others
- Understand the power of cause and effect
Critical Thinking As a critical thinker, you want to be able to foresee the outcome, think about potential consequences and be able to change as needed. Emotions don't need to get involved here. The truth, facts, and matter at hand must be addressed and thought through. Strong leaders are able to curb emotion and act strategically. Another skill set that goes along with a critical thinker is that they can compare the past and current situations in a way that provides experience and impact to improve the current matter. With this, a leader should be able to set aside their own pride to bring up things that would help the given situation, even if it reveals past mistakes or room for improvement. Critical thinking requires the following: - The skill to take on a problem with an organized approach
- The ability to know what information is needed to be obtained
- The foresight to consider alternative options and ways to think about situations
Leadership Roles Leaders must be self-aware and must work to focus on critical thinking and sound judgment. If they miss this, they are not able to lead their team and be as sharp and ready to tackle projects. These two skills, critical thinking, and judgment are skills that set people apart. They are advanced and often a rare find. When times are difficult and stress is high, leaders will revert to a lower cognitive functioning because they are just human after all. The ability to have this higher level of thinking means that you will be an asset to your team, superiors, and company as a whole. v ~ Written for us by our associate Gary Sorrell, Sorrell Associates, LLC. Copyright protected. All rights reserved |
| Exceptional Leaders Have A Sense Of Humor |
Vision - Provides direction - a broad statement of end results Values - Determine rightness of the direction for... Decision making - Clearly defined values simplify decision making. The foundation for business today is provided through values and value-based decisions and behaviors. Business values define the beliefs, standards, and acceptable behaviors. Mission - Clearly states the steps needed to achieve your vision and how you're going to get there. Critical Goal Categories - What must happen to achieve your mission?. v ~ Written for us by our associate Gary Sorrell, Sorrell Associates, LLC. Copyright protected. All rights reserved |
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