Middle Management Development Program

Ensure strategies are executed and become reality by leading the Organization, People and Self through strong Leadership

What you'll learn

Lecture1 Understand the role of Middle Management in a quick changing world and the need for Management and Leadership skills in organizations

Lecture2 Learn to lead the organization through critical competencies, including planning, decision making, effective execution, and managing performance

Lecture3 Be competent in leading people, through building trust, communication, empower employees, teambuilding, conflict management, and interpersonal skills

Lecture4 Motivate and engaging employees by creating an attractive Employee Value Proposition through applying critical success factors

Lecture5 Becoming competent through applying effective contemporary leadership skills and productiveuse of leadership Power

Lecture6 Be able to effectively lead yourself by knowing yourself, manage your body mind and emotions and be Emotional Intelligent.

Requirements

Normally have experience in leading people and teams, supply direction and solutions, required to make changes to ensure success.

Description

After completion of the program students will have the knowledge and skills to: Understand the qick chaninging world of VUCA, the need to be agile and adaptable. They will be aware of the difference between Management and Leadership as well the need for both in organizations. The role of Middle Managers in organizations will be clear.Students will realize they have to be competent in Leading the organization, Laeading people and Leading self. There will also be two sections, one focusing on building an attractive Employee Value Propositions (EVP)and effective leadership competenciesIn section two students will learn important technical competencies to lead the organization, including Effective Planning, Decison making, where they will become comfortable in using certain tools and techniques to help with decision making, including the process of prioritizing, Cause and Effect Diagram and Force fFeld analyzes. They will be competent in knowing the process for effective executing. managing productivity and performance. They will be able to set SMART objectives and measurement criteria. Giving constructive and regular feedback will be stressed.In section three students will become competent in Leading people, the essence of Management and Leadership, to achieve results through people. Competencies learned will include, the process of building high performance teams, constructive manageing conflict, steps in how to empower employees, taking into account the requirements of capbility and willingness and steps to build trust relationships. They will also have the knowledge and skills to ensure proper communication and interpersonal skills.In section 4, students will become competent in developing an effective Employee value Proposition to Motivate and make sure emplyees are engaged. Engaged employees are more productive and 87% less inclined to leave the organization. Certain critical dimensions will highlighted:Ensure a challening jobCreate growth and Development opportunitiesBuild a conducive cultureReward and recognition processessEffective management and Leadership (discussed in section 5)Section 5, Students will become competent in using different contempory leadership styles needed for success in the world of today, Transformational Leadership, Authentic Leadership and Servant Leadership. They will be able to effectively use their Leadership Power to improve effectiveness.Section 6 will empower students to lead themselves. The saying goes that you cannot lead others effectively if you cannot lead yourself. Self awarnes and buidling a positive self esteem is critical. knowing that we are body, mind and emotions and that all needs to be manage appropriately. Emotional intelligence is often more inportant than functional cometence for achieving results

Overview

Section 1: Introduction and setting the scene

Lecture 1 Introduction and setting the scene

Lecture 2 Agile organizations and hindering factors to become one.

Lecture 3 The difference between Management and Leadership, Middle Managers role

Section 2: Competent in Leading the Organization

Lecture 4 Be competent in doing effective planning

Lecture 5 Capable of making sound decisions using a proven rational process

Lecture 6 Have the necessary knowledge and skills to execute strategies and action plans

Lecture 7 Implement and manage productivity and performance improvement processes

Section 3: Students will have the knowledge and skills to efectively lead people

Lecture 8 Consrtuctive conflict management

Lecture 9 Building high performance teams

Lecture 10 Building trust

Lecture 11 Empowering employees to boost performance and employee satisfaction

Lecture 12 Effective communication-and superior interpersonal skills

Section 4: Motivate and engage employees through an attractive Employee Value Proposition

Lecture 13 Recognize the importance of an EVP for retention and engagement

Lecture 14 Ensure a challenging job for emploees.

Lecture 15 Create growth and development opportunities

Lecture 16 Develop a conducive organizational culture

Lecture 17 Reward and recognize your employees fairly

Section 5: Leadership and leadership skills

Lecture 18 Identification of Leadership potential and development

Lecture 19 Contemporary leadership theories

Lecture 20 Effective utilizing of Leadership Power

Section 6: Leading self

Lecture 21 Self awarness and self management

Lecture 22 Emotional intelligence

Normally functioning in a Middle Management level position in organizations or moving into a similar position in the future.Functional experts leading teams. Employees leading Projects will find it of great value. Participants have a strong motivation drive to lead othersinternal desire to