Situational leadership

Programme

Module 1. Managers' responsibility

• Defining the results of the work of the organisation, the unit and employees
• Skills a manager needs
• Communication skills
• The 360-degree assessment method
• Test assessing the management skills of programme participants
• Positive personal attitudes
• Awareness and acceptance of one's role

Module 2. Leadership in the management system

• Defining leadership. The concept of leadership in the organisation
• Management effectiveness. One-off success or long-term effectiveness
• The manager's authority
  • The power of position
  • The power of personal influence
  • The leadership formula
• Tannenbaum's theory. The theory of classifying management styles

Module 3. The modern Situational Leadership model

• Task-oriented behaviour
• Relationship-oriented behaviour
• Leadership styles
  • Directing
  • Coaching
  • Supporting
  • Delegating
• Choosing the most productive management style depending on the situation
• The subordinate's degree of readiness to perform the assigned task
• Ability to perform the task. Knowledge, education, experience, skills, awareness of one's own role
• Motivation. Confidence and willingness
• Over-management. Under-management

Module 4. Motivating subordinates

• Effective management. Analysis, flexibility, adaptation
• Employee development. The process of developing subordinates
• Herzberg's theory. Motivators and hygiene factors

Module 5. Practising the application of the Situational Leadership Model

Analysing the test results

• Assessing one's own management style
• Developing an individual development plan for training participants

Business game «Situational leadership»

• Analysing real business situations
• Working out decisions for the future
• Presenting prizes to the winners

Analysing leadership styles using the training film «The Bricklayer»

• Visualising managers' leadership styles and subordinates' degree of readiness
• Analysing behaviour models: match, under-management, waste of resources
• Determining the leadership styles and degrees of readiness to perform assigned tasks of the film's characters in real situations
• Analysing situations
• Determining the model of successful behaviour for the situations proposed

Assessing the degree of readiness of one's direct reports to perform assigned tasks

The training is organised in a mixed format

• Information blocks alternate with practical exercises (20/80), with the emphasis largely on practising the skill

Methods used in the training

• Test assessing participants' management skills
• Business cases
• Analysis of individual management styles
• Business game «Motivational leadership»
• Business game «Effective leadership»
• Assessing the degree of readiness of training participants' real subordinates to perform assigned tasks

Training participants interact actively both with each other and with the trainer. The trainer demonstrates techniques and skills, answers all questions and helps solve specific work situations