Certificate in Leadership, Influence & Creative Solutions
Enhance your leadership skills with creative problem-solving, transformational leadership, and strategies to inspire high-performing teams and drive innovation.
Description
The Certificate in Leadership, Influence & Creative Solutions is designed to equip leaders with the tools and strategies to navigate workplace challenges, foster innovation, and inspire high-performing teams. This program covers the creative problem-solving process, including key steps for defining and resolving issues effectively. Participants will learn how to gather relevant information, ask the right questions, and use problem-definition tools such as brainstorming and the six thinking hats to generate targeted solutions. The course also delves into the evaluation process, teaching leaders to balance fact and intuition in decision-making and evaluate potential solutions using cost/benefit analysis and group voting techniques.
In addition to problem-solving skills, the program explores core leadership concepts, including transformational leadership, which encourages motivation, inspiration, and performance improvement. Attendees will learn how to adapt their leadership styles to the needs of their teams, applying approaches such as Directing, Coaching, Participating, and Delegating. The course will also introduce the Kouzes and Posner leadership framework, helping leaders understand how to apply it for personal and team success. By conducting a personal leadership inventory and setting actionable goals for growth, participants will gain insights into their strengths and areas for improvement, ensuring continued leadership development.
Program Outcomes
- Understand the creative problem-solving process, including key steps and strategies for effectively approaching and resolving workplace challenges.
- Learn how to gather relevant information, ask key questions, and define problems accurately to ensure targeted and practical solutions.
- Explore various problem definition tools and techniques, such as brainstorming, affinity diagrams, and the six thinking hats, to clarify issues and generate potential solutions.
- Evaluate potential solutions using criteria like cost/benefit analysis, group voting, and final analysis, and understand the balance between fact and intuition in decision-making.
- Learn how to implement solutions by identifying necessary tasks and resources, adapting solutions to real-world conditions, and following up to ensure continued success and improvements.
- Define leadership and explore key theories, including the Great Man and Trait Theory, to understand their influence on leadership styles.
- Understand the concept of transformational leadership and how it can inspire and motivate teams to achieve higher levels of performance and innovation.
- Learn how to adapt your leadership style to effectively manage the diverse people you lead, applying different approaches such as Directorial, Coaching, Participation, and Delegation.
- Explore Kouzes and Posner's leadership framework and understand how it can guide your leadership development and impact team success.
- Conduct a personal leadership inventory to assess strengths and areas for growth, then create an actionable plan and establish personal leadership goals for continued improvement.
Who should register for this program?
- Managers and Team Leaders – to enhance leadership skills, inspire innovation, and address workplace challenges effectively.
- Aspiring Leaders – to develop core leadership competencies and gain the tools needed for career advancement.
- HR and Organizational Development Professionals – to better support leadership development initiatives and foster a culture of innovation.
- Project Managers – to learn creative problem-solving techniques and enhance their ability to lead teams toward successful outcomes.
Training Duration
Less than 3 Hours
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