Leading a team without formal personnel responsibility requires specific skills and strategies. This two-day course provides you as a participant with concrete, practical tools to become more confident and aware in your leadership role. With good tools, you as a team leader are steadier and better equipped to be a motivating leader who creates results through your team members.
What you will learn on the course
- Understand what it takes to master the leadership role without personnel responsibility
- Communicate clearly and effectively with your team
- Handle challenging situations in a constructive way
- Build and motivate effective teams
- Inspire ownership, accountability, and engagement in your team members
The course combines theory with practical exercises and discussions, where you will have the opportunity to reflect on your own leadership challenges and share experiences. You will be encouraged to set specific goals and receive guidance in methodology that will help you establish new habits and achieve your goals.
Through the course, you will get updated research, established facts and relevant examples adapted to your and the other participants' situation. You will also learn practical tools and techniques that you can use immediately in your everyday work.
Program content:
- The leadership role without personnel responsibility: Explore how you can exercise effective leadership and influence in a leadership role without formal authority. Learn what characterizes a good team leader and how you can be a confident leader in different situations.
- Communication skills: Learn to communicate clearly and confidently, both verbally and non-verbally (incl. body language, gaze and mimicry). Get tools to communicate effectively, as well as how to give and receive constructive feedback in different contexts.
- Uphill communication: Be better equipped to handle difficult conversations, conflicting interests, and intersecting priorities. You will also gain insight into ethical communication principles that create a positive and productive work environment.
- Building effective teams: Gain insight into how to create a strong and close-knit team through clear goal setting, good role and expectation clarification, and how to promote unity and team spirit. Get good tips and tools for good meeting management with a focus on creating a good meeting culture, both analogue and digital.
- Motivation and self-management: Understand what drives you and your team, and how you can inspire others to take ownership of the tasks. Learn how to build a feedback culture and how to maintain motivation in both ups and downs.
