Leadership Development & Strategy Courses

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This course is designed to help leaders identify their leadership style and engage colleagues with the confidence, care, and commitment to lead.  At the end of this course, participants will be able to:

1. Distinguish between 4 types of leadership styles,

2. Identify one's own individual leadership style, and

3. Practice leading from one’s strengths.

Duration:  1 day - 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Many leaders say that leading people is 50% of their job.  At the end of this course, participants will be able to:

1. Explain the difference between managing, developing, and leading individuals,

2. Identify essential behavioral competencies for leading others,

3. Practice leading people through change, conflict, and crucial conversations, and

4. Identify opportunities to reward and recognize individual success.

Duration:  1 day - 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Team dynamics can be complicated, but when properly navigated, leading teams leads to great rewards.  At the end of this course, participants will be able to:

1. Define different types of teams and the leader’s role on each team,

2. Identify the stages of team development,

3. Explain how differing leadership styles can impact team dynamics, and

4. Practice leading teams through the stages of development.

Duration:  2 days - 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Foundational knowledge of strategic human resources core concepts, principles, and practices is key to effective leadership.  At the end of this course participants will be able to:

1. Define the HR strategy and identify key elements of the strategic plan,

2. Align the strategic plan to the organization’s mission, vision, values, and goals, and

3. Utilize KPIs to measure performance against organizational goals.

Duration:  2 days - 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

This course will explore the HR transformation process and the role of the strategic leader within the organization.  At the end of this course, participants will be able to:

1. Define the change management process,

2. Identify various change management models used to implement change within the organization,

3. Discuss various types of transformation taking place within human resources, and

4. Explain the role of the leader in the change and transformation process.

Duration:  1 day - 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

This course is designed to enhance participant’s ability to identify, analyze, and evaluate problems with a strategic mindset.  At the end of this course, participants will be able to:

1. Define strategic thinking, its benefits, and uses in the human resources organization,

2. Identify, analyze, and evaluate information using qualitative and quantitative methods, and

3. Utilize information to make strategic decisions that result in positive outcomes.

Duration:  1 day - 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Developing strategic thinking is the beginning of achieving organizational success.  At the end of this advanced course, participants will be able to:

1. Define various business strategies used to achieve specific outcomes,

2. Align business strategies to scenarios and forecast results,

3. Write a strategic business case and explain the organizational benefits and expected outcomes, and 

4. Implement specific strategies to overcome business challenges and achieve organizational success.

Duration:  2 days - 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.