Leadership Training

Why is Leadership Training Important at the Organizational Level?

What makes a great leader? Although there is no one single answer to this question, there are some crucial qualities that ideal leaders should have in common. Great leaders should be secure in their role and in their ability to inspire others and do their jobs. They must be able to play the roles of not only advocates but also mentors and coaches. How can leaders get to this point? Leadership Training is the answer! Leadership training not only benefits team members, but it is also essential to the organization. When you decide to promote someone to a leadership role, you’re probably already well aware of their abilities, work ethic, and their drive for success, but how much do you know about their leadership skills and preparedness to lead a team? It’s really difficult to tell if they haven’t been in a leadership position ever before. Your team members that excel in their current roles may fail when it comes to leadership. Even the team members that have the best intentions and all the potential to succeed as a leader are going to struggle in their transition and question themselves of whether they have what it takes to be a good leader. This doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t promote new leaders, but that you need to ensure you do everything you can to prepare them for their leadership roles and give them guidance through the transition. This is where leadership training at the organizational level is crucial. You must equip your new leaders with the knowledge and experience to start them off on the right foot, and this can be achieved with training. Leadership training will help them understand the role of a leader, let them become accustomed to the responsibilities and duties of being a leader, and identify what truly makes a great leader. Even more great reasons why leadership training is vital in today’s organizations: To Increase Productivity If you train your leaders in practical leadership skills, it will enhance the productivity of your workforce. Transitioning to a leadership role can come with a steep learning curve, but leadership training can significantly diminish this curve. A leader that comes into their role with knowledge and confidence will have a positive influence on the efficiency and effectiveness of their team. Empowered leaders can provide direction to team members and ensure they are performing at or above expectations. Leadership training also sharpens problem-solving skills which means your trained leaders will be able to better handle assessing the problems that arise, managing conflicts, and providing practical solutions. To Nurture Future Leaders Leadership training is crucial at the organizational level to develop future leaders. . Ideal leaders are meant to be the powerhouse to which team members and associates turn for advice and direction. The abilities of leaders to communicate well and inspire and encourage team members increase their productivity while providing people with a more enjoyable environment to work in. So, it’s important to train and nurture future leaders with progressive leadership training. You want to provide adequate training to your people so that they develop the skills they need to fit the leadership roles that become available and take on those positions effectively. To Improve Risk Management Organizations worldwide know that an element of risk is always present in every business. So, it’s a smart idea to train future and current leaders in risk management so that they are able to tackle the demanding situations that come unexpectedly. . Critical situations require quick action and strategic thinking. A leader that has training and preparation on how to handle these circumstances will know how to approach the issue and take it step by step, resulting in a much better outcome than a leader with no or very little training in risk management. To Develop Better Emotional Intelligence Emotional intelligence is one of the crucial personality traits that make a truly great leader. . The right understanding of how emotions affect others ensures people lead in an efficient and considerate way. So, it is recommended to put a strong emphasis on the element of emotional intelligence while conducting leadership training programs because it directly influences the performance of team members and leaders. To Foster Project Leadership The sufficient level of project leadership skills is crucial because without that, leaders will likely struggle to handle the different aspects of a project and its overall success of implementation. It’s easy for a project to get off course, over budget and miss deadline after deadline without the proper training or experience in project management. This could result in a substantial loss to the business. And it will also affect the morale of team members because of misguidance and magnified stress. Don’t underestimate the importance of empowering your leaders with the development of project leadership skills. ; It will help them better manage their teams and close projects efficiently on time. On the organizational level, the increased efficiency will lead to an enhancement of the company’s overall productivity, resulting in higher profits. To Improve Team Members’ Retention Today’s organizations can improve the retention rate of their people by providing leadership training that focuses on developing great leaders. And great leaders are those who team members want to follow. If your people don’t feel connected, recognized, or appreciated at their workplace, they will eventually move on. These negative perceptions are directly related to the leadership around your people. According to Forbes, a Harvard Business Review survey reveals 58 percent of people say they trust strangers more than their own boss. Moreover, Global studies revealed that 79 percent of people who quit their jobs cite ‘lack of appreciation’ as their reason for leaving. In addition, Forbes has further put forward that according to The Conference Board, 53 percent of Americans are currently unhappy at work.” These alarming statistics clearly reveal where organizations are failing when it comes to retaining their people. So, it is the responsibility of employers to develop leaders who know how to communicate with and

Becoming a Focused Leader Part 1

Effective leadership encompasses a myriad of activities but may be thought of as being primarily about directing staff to achieve company goals. Providing that successful direction can be accomplished by targeting leadership focus on the most critical areas. Although focus can be defined as a central point of attention or activity, to be an efficiently focused leader, you must develop the ability to shift attention to the right target at the right time, sense current trends, and growth opportunities. The result will be that the people who follow you will shift their attention to the things you focus on. The urgently focused leader will develop the ability to: Focus on yourself Focus on others Focus on the outer world As Daniel Goleman quoted, “Leaders guide attention. But a single-minded focus on goals can run roughshod over human concerns.” Therefore, you need to be alert not to focus on one area and neglect the others. The challenge is in finding the balance that yields results based on organizational structure. In part 1 of this discussion, we will dig deeper into the first focus point. Focus on Yourself Focusing on yourself does not mean being selfish and working to advance only your personal agenda at every meeting, it means practicing emotional intelligence. You can read more about emotional intelligence here. It begins with being self-aware and in touch with your inner voice. As you develop self-awareness, your gut feelings can simplify your decision-making process by guiding your attention toward the best option. The more you listen to those gut feelings, the more comprehensively you will understand them, leading to better use of your intuition. As a word of cautionary balance however, you should not make all of your decisions solely based on gut feelings only. This process also requires open awareness, meaning that you take note of everything going on around you while at the same time maintaining attention on the critical tasks at hand. Self-control follows self-awareness and includes the cognitive control of your attention where you want it and keeping it there no matter what happens. For example, if you were working on your quarterly sales report and then a colleague calls to chat, you would ask to call them back later. You continue to pursue your goal despite setbacks and distractions. The same self-control helps you keep calm during a crisis to think objectively about the situation and make solid decisions. Self-control is also about exercising your will power. It influences how you act when you exercise self-restraint versus self-gratification and voluntarily disengage your focus from any minor disruptions. You must develop the discipline to resist distractions and concentrate on critical goals. Focused leadership is a balancing act that starts with introspection and evolves to impact the people around you. When you are self-aware and practice self-control, your team will take note and work collaboratively to reach your business goals. Part 2 of the Focused Leader discussion will be coming soon. This blog was first published on LinkedIn

3 Tips on How to Build a Lasting Business Relationship on Linkedin

LinkedIn is the largest professional networking platform in the world. That means it is the perfect place to connect with the who’s who in business. I have been using LinkedIn for a long time and I know its benefits firsthand. However, there is one thing that has really got me thinking (after it annoyed me beyond words), and that is my overflowing inbox with spam messages. Maybe you have gone through this, maybe not, but I will share my experience here; I recently accepted a connection invite and the next thing I see is this. **Hi Jim, Thanks for the connect!! Hope you are doing well, I just had a look through your company portfolio and I must say I’m very impressed, I would like to take this opportunity to share our company profile and our expertise in IT services. So I am inviting you for an online presentation, just to showcase our abilities in various IT services. We are not looking for any immediate requirement, in future if you have any requirement you can consider us. Please let me know your leisure time so that I can schedule the online presentation. Once again I like to remain you that, this online presentation is just to introduce my company and to build a healthy rapport with you. Kindly revert me if you have any clarification. My response: I sent it to our SR director of Development – if he is interested he will reach out to you Thanks, Jim, I am just sharing my contact details below. If I want to contact your SR director also, I can do that with your permission. Again I need to thank you for spending your precious time. Thanks, My response: – if he is interested he will reach out to you, I have nothing to do with IT (Trying to be nice) **Hi Jim, if you could give me about 20 min time slot in your schedule? I can arrange a meeting to discuss our company profile. Kindly share your email Id, so that I can send you a calendar invite. Thanks, My response: I have nothing to do with IT (Expecting that they got my “not interested” message and will keep their word…wait for it… another inbox that was even longer) Hi Jim, Thanks for your candid response !! This corporate presentation is just to introduce my company profile, IT services & our projects for about 15 min, so in the future, if you have any requirements you can consider us. So if you have any leisure time, please let me know. I will not text anymore and disturb you until you text me. Have a great day !! Thanks, My response: Thanks – Not interested though. Have a great week Now you get it, using the above example let’s look at three lessons we can learn on how to do effective sales pitches on LinkedIn, 1. Do your due diligence – Before sending a generic sales pitch, research properly. You can look through the person’s profile and take a further step by visiting their website for more information. If the above “connection” looked through my profile and company, they would know that we did not need the services they had to offer. 2. Listen – active listening is one of the most important skills a sales representative should embody. It is not limited to the actual hearing, and in this case, it meant following and understanding what I wrote. I was kind enough to tell the person I was not interested, but they just ignored me and continued to push their sales agenda. How rude! 3. Develop a relationship – LinkedIn is a networking platform, meant for making meaningful connections and learning from each other. Believe me, marketing will happen automatically after developing a direct relationship with your connections. The connection may not buy from you but could be a credible referral source in the future. LinkedIn will continue being a great business-to-business networking platform that could be an invaluable marketing asset when used well. Change your strategy with these three tips and experience better results with a bigger meaningful network. Don’t get me wrong I get tons of great connections who understand it, here is one I recently got over the weekend. I am actually excited to learn more about this person below and see if we can work together someday. Hello Jim, Thank you for connecting with me on LinkedIn. I look forward to communicating with you and learning more about your business. If I can be of any assistance in introducing you to people in my network please do not hesitate to let me know. Best Regards, XXX Have you been through a bad LinkedIn experience? I would like to know how you handled it. This blog was first published on LinkedIn

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