The Apprentice 101: Business & Leadership Lessons With "The Boardroom" Coach
 65% of HR people rank leadership development as their top issue. CEOs rank developing teams as their number one concern. Using the NBC Series The Apprentice to provide relevant examples (mostly as the non example of what can go wrong!), this fun and engaging skills based program consists of 9 leadership and team performance modules.
Employees will be engaged in this training! They will learn practical skills in project management, facilitation and conflict resolution (not commonly taught in most MBA programs) today that they can take into your workplace tomorrow. These skills will enable them to work more effectively on teams, leading teams and as leaders in the workplace.
» Do scenes from The Apprentice ever remind you of your workplace?
» How do your employees handle emotions in your workplace?
» Are meetings run effectively with clear objectives, accountability and plans people are bought into?
» Do your teams operate at their highest potential?
» Is conflict out in the open and effectively resolved in your teams?
Who Should Attend:
- Executives
- Senior Management
- High Potential and Recently Promoted Managers and Supervisors
- Managers or Leaders Needing People Skill Development
- Employees Serving on Workplace Teams
- Leaders of Workplace Teams
Format: 9 Modules (this program can be customized for specific client needs), each module is designed to be a one to two hour session. These modules will include instruction and experiential hands on practice and learning.
Topic Menu:
Module 1- Can I Trust You as the Leader?
- What followers expect from leaders to build and earn trust
Module 2- There's No Crying in the Boardroom
- Emotional Intelligence: Personal authority, self-awareness, empathy, self-management strategies and relationship building skills.
Module 3- There Is No "I" in Team - High Performing Team Basics
- How a team works together and maintains good relationships, effective group process techniques and how to limit dysfunctional team behaviors.
Module 4- What's The Vision and Where's The Plan?
- Project Management/Team Planning Skills to include SMART Goals and effective team project management planning skills.
Module 5 - Who Makes The Decision?
- Six decision making processes to enhance decision making on teams
Module 6 -Facilitation Skills to Lead High Performing Teams
- Techniques: brainstorming, prioritizing, open-space technology, ground rules, force-field analysis, & other facilitation methods
Module 7- Stop Managing, Start Coaching
- The power and role of coaching in management, skill development including: active listening, giving effective behaviorally specific feedback, empathy, & asking powerful questions
Module 8- Conflict Will Happen
- Simple, practical conflict resolution models and strategies
Module 9- Communication Skills for the Water Cooler & The Boardroom
- Interpersonal gap, dialogue, giving and receiving of behaviorally specific feedback, thinking vs. feeling, owning judgments, the power of intent
Results:
- Increased Leadership Competencies and Skills
- Better Decision Making
- Higher Performing and Productive Workforce
- Higher Leadership Retention (and those high talent people you value)
- Improved Bottom-line
- Increased Communication Skills
- Increased Ability to Empower and Influence
- Increased Ability to Successfully Face Complex Challenges & Change Initiatives
Follow up coaching sessions with participants including supervised coaching of participants with employees, in-person or on the telephone. Call 425 837 9297 to arrange for The Apprentice Training Program for your workplace!
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