Developing Yourself as a Leader
You have transitioned from an individual contributor to a manager, or as an individual contributor, you've acquired practical skills to enhance your leadership abilities.
When you want to take your leadership skills to the next level, you assess your leadership traits, develop your communication skills, and build your reputation. These strategies can increase your ability to effectively influence others and get results.
In this course, you will acquire strategies to develop your leadership skills.
You will:
- Define leadership.
- Assess your own leadership traits.
- Establish your leadership development plan.
- Develop your communication skills.
- Build your reputation.
This course is intended for managers, team leads, and individual contributors on techniques and best practices for continual improvement of themselves as leaders.
For this course, you will need one computer for the instructor. The computer will need the following minimum hardware configurations:
- 1 GHz or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor
- 1 gigabyte (GB) RAM (32-bit) or 2 GB RAM (64-bit)
- 16 GB available hard disk space (32-bit) or 20 GB (64-bit)
- CD-ROM drive (if installing any software from a CD-ROM)
- Keyboard and mouse (or other pointing device)
- 1,024 x 768 resolution monitor recommended
- Network cards and cabling for local network access
- Internet access (contact your local network administrator)
- Printer (optional) or an installed printer driver
- Projection system to display the instructor's computer screen
Lesson 1: Defining
Leadership
Topic A: Identify
Leadership Attributes
Topic B: Identify
Leadership Responsibilities
Lesson 2: Assessing Your
Leadership Traits
Topic A: Assess
Your Leadership Characteristics
Topic B: Determine
How Colleagues View Your Leadership
Topic C: Evaluate
Factors that Affect Your Leadership
Lesson 3: Establishing
Your Leadership Development Plan
Topic A: Identify
Your Destination
Topic B: Establish
Your Map
Topic C: Build a
Leadership Development Plan
Lesson 4: Developing Your
Communication Skills
Topic A: Upgrade
Your Listening Skills
Topic B: Improve
Your Communication Effectiveness
Lesson 5: Building Your
Reputation
Topic A: Establish
Your Credibility
Topic B: Use
Influence to Get Results