Inspirational Leadership: Motivation & Leadership Tips

Overview

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Chris Croft is an international speaker, and widely published author, who's been teaching Leadership Skills to companies for over 20 years. He's taught all over the world, as well as online, and has an entertaining and practical teaching style. This course is guaranteed to keep you engaged and amused, and teach you life-changing skills for home and work. Inspirational Leadership is often seen as an elusive or complex skill, but with this practical course, you'll soon have mastered the skills. Whether you're managing a small team or an entire business this course will build essential skills for your time management, team motivation, and personal happiness. Becoming an Inspirational Leader will level up your entire team in every stage of your career, and make you stand out for promotion. This Inspirational Leadership Skills course is structured around 25 Practical things you can do to become a truly inspirational leader instead of just a manager. It covers everything you need to know from delegating and motivating, communication, dealing with difficult people, and planning the future of your business. It looks at many different real-life leadership examples from multiple industries (some of which will definitely get you laughing) and gives you practical tools you can use right away to get better results.

Syllabus

Introduction to Inspirational Leadership: What is an Inspirational Leader?

In this first section we will cover the foundations of leadership - how it differs to management, what the essence of it is, and how to become a role model for your team.

Effective Leadership Communication

In this section we will look at communication in detail - a cornerstone of inspirational leadership! How to hold effective meetings, how to listen well, and share ideas effectively.

Creating a Culture of Security

If your team don't feel secure then you cannot truly be an inspirational leader - managing with fear or uncertainty is not a viable style in my opinion. So here we look at how to create a culture of trust, consistency and fairness.

Build Them Up

Treating your team with respect, energy and kindness will go a long way to growing your profit line. So spend this section learning how to inspire by thanking effectively, giving interesting work, and understanding how humans tick.

Delegation - The Untapped Goldmine

Delegating is the key to freeing up your calendar and brain space, but also the key to a motivated and engaged workforce. So here let's learn how to be a highly effective motivator.

Focus on People - Not Tasks

The true value of a business is the people, and your job as a leader is to motivate and inspire the people who report to you. So let's look at some ideas of how you can motivate individuals on their level, master appraisals, and ensure everyone has interesting tasks to work on.

Handling Problems

Inevitably you will face challenges as a leader - especially because the buck ultimately stops with you. So let's prpare for stress, negativity, emotional intelligence, and managing upwards to your boss.

Overcoming Difficult Situations

Finally, we cover practical solutions to difficult situations. Awkward things you may face as a new manager or if you find yourself managing difficult people.