Especially for future and emerging leaders in Gen Y, come discover the key concepts of being a leader and the best strategies for developing your leadership skills and influence.  Learn the unspoken secrets that leaders know and the strategies they employ/exhibit in for influencing others. Leadership skills are acquired and learned.

   The action takes place in attending meetings, running meetings, interacting with others 1:1, and employing successful techniques to convince and influence others. You can become a leader if you know the do’s and don’ts; what to say, what not to say; what to do, what not to do.

 

One-month, William A. Draves, instructor

 

Agenda

 

Unit 1
Making Leadership Happen
-What leaders do, and don’t do
-What Leaders Believe
-Attributes of leaders: what characteristics leaders have that others don’t
-Making it happen: becoming a leader
-Leadership procedures and processes, how leaders work

 

Unit 2
 Attending Meetings: Where the Action Is
-How to attend a meeting when you are not the leader
-The dynamics of meetings
-Recognizing the players in a meeting
-How to study.  The unspoken cues of body language, silence, objections,
-Studying/Reading the leader in a meeting

 

Unit 3
The Secrets of Leading Successful Meetings
-Creating your meeting agenda and objective
-The 5 Secrets of leading an outcome oriented meeting
-Getting something passed
-Understanding meeting procedures: Bob’s Process Model

 

Unit 4

Change: How to Influence Others
-Creating the argument
-Delivering the case
-Gaining support, before, during, and after meetings
-Taking leadership

 

About online learning

Online learning is a fun, enjoyable and very productive way to learn. Millions of people are learning online each year. You will engage with the instructor and other participants. You will get to know your instructor and other participants. You may make friends.  It’s easy. It’s fun. 

How the Course Works

It is easy to participate in your online course. After you register, you will be given a web address to go to get into your online classroom.  You will have a password and use your email address and password to gain access.

Once inside the online classroom, here’s what you can expect.

Participate when you want

You can participate any time of day or evening. The online classroom is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
There are no live real-time requirements or meetings. You decide when you participate.
For the best learning, participants should log into the course on 2-3 different days of the week.

What you will do

For each Unit, you will:

• Read the print readings (about 20 pages a week)
• Have the option of accessing the online readings
• Listen to the audio presentation for the Unit and view the slides
• Have the option of taking a self-quiz to see how much you have learned
• Engage in written online discussion with your instructor and other participants

For best learning, you should make one or more comments at 2-3 different times each week.
The content (readings, audio lectures, slides) and self quizzes are accessible for the entire course, so you can work ahead, or go back and review again, at your convenience.

Discussion

The Discussion for each Unit lasts one week. All comments are made in writing and can be made at any time of the day or night.

Your instructor will log into the Discussion area at least once a day and answer questions, make comments, and respond to comments by you and the other participants.

We encourage you to make 2-3 comments each week to maximize your learning and enjoyment of the course.

It’s easy. It’s fun.

 

Next offering(s):

Developing Your Leadership Skills
March 3 - 28, 2025
May 5 - 30, 2025
July 7 - August 1, 2025
October 6 - 31, 2025

Developing Your Professional Career
April 7 - May 2, 2025
June 2 - 27, 2025
August 4 - 29, 2025
November 3 - 28, 2025

Leadership Principles
February 3 - 28, 2025
April 7 - May 2, 2025
June 2 - 27, 2025
September 2 - 26, 2025

$529.00 CAD

Ave. hours 16; 1.6 CEUs/ILUs

 

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