Business Leadership

Topics Covered:

• •Defining leadership vs. management
• •Importance of leadership in business success
• •Key leadership roles in modern organizations
• •Traits and behaviors of effective leaders
• •Leadership in the 21st-century business context

Practical Exercises:

Topics Covered:

• •Overview of leadership theories: Trait, Behavioral, Situational, Transformational, Servant Leadership
• •Leadership styles: Autocratic, Democratic, Laissez-faire, Coaching, Visionary, Transactional, etc.
• •Identifying your leadership style
• •Matching leadership styles with team needs

Practical Exercises:

• ✓Complete a leadership style assessment

Topics Covered:

• •Understanding Emotional Intelligence (Daniel Goleman model)
• •Self-awareness and self-regulation
• •Empathy and social skills
• •Managing emotions in leadership roles
• •Tools for improving EI

Practical Exercises:

• ✓Conduct an EI self-assessment and reflection

Topics Covered:

• •Developing a leadership vision and purpose
• •Strategic vs. tactical thinking
• •Setting goals and aligning vision with business strategy
• •Decision-making under uncertainty
• •Case studies on strategic leadership

Practical Exercises:

• ✓Create a personal leadership vision statement

Topics Covered:

• •Stages of team development (Tuckman's Model)
• •Building trust and psychological safety
• •Delegation and accountability
• •Motivating and empowering team members
• •Conflict resolution and negotiation skills

Practical Exercises:

• ✓Role-play a team conflict resolution scenario

Topics Covered:

• •Leadership communication styles and impact
• •Active listening and feedback
• •Storytelling for influence
• •Leading through persuasion and credibility
• •Stakeholder management and influence mapping

Practical Exercises:

• ✓Practice storytelling for a leadership scenario

Topics Covered:

• •Difference between change management and change leadership
• •Leading organizational transformation
• •Overcoming resistance to change
• •Building a culture of innovation
• •Agile and adaptive leadership principles

Practical Exercises:

• ✓Develop a change leadership plan for a case study

Topics Covered:

• •Leadership ethics and integrity
• •Decision-making in complex ethical situations
• •Transparency, accountability, and trust
• •Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and sustainability

Practical Exercises:

• ✓Analyze an ethical leadership dilemma

Topics Covered:

• •Conducting a personal leadership assessment (SWOT)
• •Building a leadership development plan
• •Setting SMART leadership goals
• •Coaching and mentoring approaches
• •Lifelong leadership learning

Practical Exercises:

• ✓Create a personal leadership development plan

Topics Covered:

• •Applying leadership to a real-world business scenario
• •Group presentation or leadership role play
• •Reflection and peer feedback
• •Leadership assessment and instructor evaluation

Practical Exercises:

• ✓Present a leadership strategy for a business scenario