Effective leadership is an important quality in any organization. The Drake team provides innovative programs designed to engage and enhance your employee's leadership skills. Each program is customized to fit your specific needs to ensure we maximize our effectiveness.


 





Creating a Shared Vision [2-3 days]
Building and retaining an enabled and skilled workforce is one of today's most challenging business issues. Employees seek out workplaces that have a firm vision in place that provides for on-going growth and development. Using a representative sample of employees from all levels of the organization, participants will draft the organization's mission and vision statements as well as its principles and values. These drafts will be shared with other organizational members for further suggestions before completion. This activity involves some pre- and post-activity work.

The Art and Science of Leadership - How to Become a SuperLeader [2 Days]
The purpose of this course is to distinguish between managing and leading and apply current practices of leadership to real-world workplace challenges. Using current examples from your workplace, this course focuses on interpersonal communication, organizational development, problem-solving and decision-making. Participants will learn a useful framework to help them better understand how to get followers to do what needs to be done artfully and skillfully.
The Authentic Leader [2 Days]
As the workplace changes and evolves due to accelerated technology, the one main constant at the center of the business environment is the leader. Do you know what employees are looking for in leaders? Research shows that the leader for the new millennium is focused on how to develop character and foster mindsets in employees to deal with increasing competition and ever-changing demographics. This skill-based course focuses on interpersonal skill development and strategies that leaders need in order to retain and motivate the brightest talent during this competitive labor market.
  Effective Supervisory Practices (ESP) [3 Days]
  Yes, it does take ESP to know how to plan performance, coach employees to success, give constructive and descriptive feedback and use discipline as a positive tool, rather than punishment. However, effective supervision does require basic skills in effective communication and using the performance management process. This course uses a Coaching Model to identify and correct performance and behavioral problems that negatively impact productivity. Also, using skill-practices, participants learn how to better plan employee discussions that yield positive and constructive results.
  Stepping Up to Supervision [1 day]
  So, you want to be a supervisor, great! But, how do you go from being "one of the guys/gals" to being the supervisor of your friends? This course introduces participants to the demands of effective supervision and the necessary skills to be successful from day one. It is not just about technical skill and knowledge (hard skills), effective supervision is about planning, working, coaching and giving constructive feedback, appraising performance and how to use the disciplinary process when needed (soft skills). Supervision is not as "easy" as some might think. Be educated and skilled, not blind-sided when you move from being one of the gang to the "leader of the gang."
 

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