Leadership Development

Leadership development refers to any activity that enhances the quality of leadership within an individual or organisation.

Are leaders born or made? Can you use management leadership training to give leadership skills to someone who isn't leadership material? How is it done?

teambuilding.ie offers quality leadership training but we explore many theories including discussion about:

• Concept of leadership behaviours
• What leadership is 
• Individual leadership qualities and strengths
• The difference between leadership and management
• A look at how people perceive, their perception is their reality
• Assumptions and their effect on how people see the world
• What are your terms of reference and seeing the bigger picture
• Personal patterns and beliefs
• A look at the elements that have influenced and shaped the participants
• Understanding how commitment works
• Leading by example
• Influencing skills
• Empowering and motivating others
• Thinking on your feet
• Handling yours and others' stress
• Establishing ownership of individual's leadership behaviours

Leadership Style - What makes a great leader?
Everyone can develop their capacity to lead. When someone is committed to becomming a good leader (and practises using their leadership capabilities) then they can and will develop their leadership capabilities.

Good leaders don't normally conform to "The Norm" and each leader is different. Not only that, leaders will be experienced differently by the individual people they lead. In addition, not every leader is going to be a great leader in the sense that the world around them acknowledges their leader status. Many leaders get no 'public' recognition, only their personal satisfaction of a job well done.

Leaders of Tomorrow:
Leadership requires innovative thinking; it requires people making positive and inspiring impacts; and it requires them to be able to motivate others. What is needed is an ability to think and act 'out of the box'; out of the accepted or 'right' ways of doing things.

The culture of tomorrow will be one where change and innovation are the order of the day. Out of the box thinking and identifying future needs go hand in hand.

We believe there is a real difference between management and leadership. You don't need to be a leader to be able to manage other people. However, to be an outstanding manager, you do have to have some of those essential skills and qualities that are necessary in developing as a leader.

Why teambuilding.ie?
There are many courses available calling themselves Leadership Training, Leadership Development, Leadership Skills, etc. We cannot judge just how good they are, but if you think about everything you've read so far and feel in synch with our sentiments, then we are for you.

In our view, really good leadership courses need to incorporate all of these elements to be truly effective. Equally important, a programme needs to be relevant to your specific leadership needs and not something off the shelf. 

Key Learning Points:

• The power of aligning personal motivation and business objectives
• The capacity of strong well expressed beliefs to motivate others
• Communication is far more than just words
• Leadership is not just about getting people to do what you ask
• It is far more about seeing what is needed and carrying people forward with your vision
• Being able to create the impact you want
• Being able to talk to people in terms they understand
• Using appropriate language
• The relevance, development and use of personal style
• Putting across concepts and ideas with ease and flair
• The value of creative risk-taking and "out of the box" thinking
• Making sure projects move forward without having to do all the work yourself