Training Course on Leadership and People Management
Course Overview
Leadership is a method of communicative power which enhances the efforts of individuals to achieve goals and essential skills for business professionals. Our course is specially designed to provide participants with skills required to lead any team in the organization successfully. The course will help in acquiring characteristics that are important for any outstanding leader. Our leadership skills experts have plentiful knowledge of the industry and know how to make the topics engaging in order to create memorable and valuable learning experience.
Course objectives:
By attending the leadership and people management training course you will be able to:
- Understand the difference between leadership and management
- Apply different range of leadership approaches in different situations
- Be able to use the knowledge to monitor and improve the team
- Examine ethical aspects of leadership and values that drive lasting results
- Understand Important management skills such as communication skills and negotiation skills
- Know how to motivate and handle difficult individuals
Who can attend the course?
- Board members, senior executives and valuable leaders in organizations or teams undergoing change
- Managers, supervisors and team leaders responsible for working through others to achieve company goals.
- Those looking for business gains and benefits for managing teams effectively
Benefits to the organisation:
- The organization will be capable of focusing on the long term organisational needs
- Motivated to deal effectively with the operational tasks
- Increase self-awareness, flexibility and confidence in their team
- Secure in the knowledge that their team is truly capable of producing results
Personal benefits:
- Have ability to select leadership and management approaches most suitable for their situation and personal style
- Gain self-assurance to move beyond traditional assumptions about the ‘right’ way to manage
- Get confidence through the opportunity to experiment with key techniques before applying them in the work place
Course Duration: 5 days
Course Outline
Module 1: Introduction to leadership and leadership styles
By the end of the session the participant should be able to:
- Define and differentiate between leadership and management.
- Analyze the characteristics of a leader
- Understand what skills are required to be an effective leader
- Explain the principles of leadership
- Analyse different leadership styles as they have evolved over time
- Contrast between past leaders and modern leaders
- Analyse different types of leadership styles;
– Great man theory
– The trait theory
– Transformational leadership
Module 2: Emotional intelligence in business
By the end of the session the participant should be able to:
- Define what is emotional intelligence
- Understand the characteristics of emotional intelligence in leaders
- Understand importance of emotional intelligence to leaders
- Learn how to perceive emotions accurately
- Use emotions in order to facilitate thinking of the team members
- Learn how to manage personal and team emotions by understanding emotional meanings
- Understand how to apply emotional intelligence in the work place
- Deal with constructive disagreement
Module 3: Coaching and mentoring
By the end of the session the participant should be able to:
- Know the difference between coaching and mentoring
- Understand the benefits of coaching and mentoring at all levels of the organisation
- Identify the right mentors and coach and ensure a valuable mentor-mentee and coach-coachee relationship
- Competencies of an effective coach or mentor
- Effective and powerful communication techniques to deliver results
- Understand how to create the coaching culture and important concepts in coaching
- Understand key components of mentoring and the various techniques and models used
- Understand various mistakes/ pitfalls to avoid in coaching and mentoring
- Measure and evaluate mentoring/ coaching program success
Module 4: Conflict management and resolution
By the end of the session the participant should be able to:
- Understand the sources and levels of conflict and difficult situations
- Respond to conflict situations
- Apply advanced interpersonal skills for conflict management
- Determine the techniques and tactics for managing conflict
- Master the art of persuasion, influence and negotiation
- Apply strategies to handle challenging or difficult conversations
- Manage organizational conflict and culture
- Move difficult situations forward
Module 5 Motivation, inspiration and empowerment
By the end of the session the participant should be able to:
- Understand the key concepts of motivation, inspiration and empowerment
- Identify individual and organizational motivators
- Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the changing context for employee empowerment
- Analyse problems caused by power imbalances in employment relations and recommend solutions
- Influence others in their thinking about the effects of technological changes and globalisation on contemporary employment
- Draw up a practical plan for motivating, inspiring and empowering the team in the work place
- Create a perfect balance of delegating and know how successful delegation can lead to empowerment
Note: This outline provides a general structure for the training. The specific content, activities, and duration of each session may be adjusted based on the target audience, learning objectives, and available time.
Classroom Training Schedule
Start Date | End Date | Location | Cost | Apply |
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Feb 17, 2025 | Feb 21, 2025 | Nairobi | $ 1050 | Register |
Mar 24, 2025 | Mar 28, 2025 | Nairobi | $ 1050 | Register |
Apr 28, 2025 | May 02, 2025 | Nairobi | $ 1050 | Register |
Jun 02, 2025 | Jun 06, 2025 | Nairobi | $ 1050 | Register |
Jul 07, 2025 | Jul 11, 2025 | Nairobi | $ 1050 | Register |
Aug 11, 2025 | Aug 15, 2025 | Nairobi | $ 1050 | Register |
Sep 15, 2025 | Sep 19, 2025 | Nairobi | $ 1050 | Register |
Oct 20, 2025 | Oct 24, 2025 | Nairobi | $ 1050 | Register |
Nov 24, 2025 | Nov 28, 2025 | Nairobi | $ 1050 | Register |
Virtual Training Schedule
Start Date | End Date | Location | Cost | Apply | |||
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Dec 09, 2024 | Dec 13, 2024 | Online | $ 350 | Register | |||
Feb 03, 2025 | Feb 07, 2025 | Online | $ 400 | Register | |||
Mar 10, 2025 | Mar 14, 2025 | Online | $ 400 | Register | |||
Apr 14, 2025 | Apr 18, 2025 | Online | $ 400 | Register | |||
May 19, 2025 | May 23, 2025 | Online | $ 400 | Register | |||
Jun 23, 2025 | Jun 27, 2025 | Online | $ 400 | Register | |||
Jul 28, 2025 | Aug 01, 2025 | Online | $ 400 | Register | |||
Sep 01, 2025 | Sep 05, 2025 | Online | $ 400 | Register | |||
Oct 06, 2025 | Oct 10, 2025 | Online | $ 400 | Register | |||
Nov 10, 2025 | Nov 14, 2025 | Online | $ 400 | Register | |||
Dec 15, 2025 | Dec 19, 2025 | Online | $ 400 | Register |
Course Language
This Training course is offered in ENGLISH . Please indicate the language of choice during registration.
Course Delivery
Presentations are well guided, practical exercise, a plenary presentation, and group work. Participants are encouraged to bring any data relevant to their job responsibilities. This is hands-on, product-oriented training and will mostly involve practical exercises. Each participant MUST bring along their own working laptop and android phone.
Certification
Upon completion of training, the participant will be issued with a certificate of Completion.
Tailor-Made Course
3 months post-training support, consultation, and coaching is a guarantee from us and will be available after the course.We can also do this as a tailor-made course to meet organization-wide needs. Contact us to find out more: training@perk-gafrica.com.