Leadership - From Technical Professionals to Effective Managers (16/24 PDUs)

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Course introduction

Technical and managerial skill sets are very different. As a result, many proficient technical and engineering professionals have difficulty transitioning into managerial and leadership roles. An effective Manager has the unique ability to combine their technical proficiency with strong managerial habits and skills that multiply their value-adds by leveraging on and contributing to the team and the organization as a whole. This program effectively integrates the 'science' of management to the 'art' of it, allowing participants to evaluate and develop managerial traits that prepare them for the challenges and rewards of being part of any organizational management team. The core skills covered are: a) Characteristics of Managerial Technical Roles b) Attitude and Skills of Successful Managers c) Leadership Styles d) Managing for Effective Teamwork e) Managing Conflicts and Influencing for Positive Outcomes (Note: Please enquire for public full-time/part-time schedule or for in-house or group training)



Course Benefits


The sessions are interactive and participants will evaluate their current strengths and weaknesses as managers, and apply techniques to enhance and develop the strengths while minimizing the weaknesses, through the use of effective case situations.

At the end of the course you will be able to:
a) Identify the challenges of a Managerial Role
b) Identify and start to develop Traits of an Effective Manager
c) Manage using Different Leadership Styles according to Situations
d) Manage Teams and Foster Teamwork



Target Audience


Technically proficient individuals who want to make a productive transition into supervisory or managerial roles that involve effective leadership of direct reports and teams.

This program is also suitable to existing certified PMPs who would like to reinforce and expand on their project skills and knowledge while simultaneously gaining certification renewal PDUs.



Course Outline


1.  The Challenge of the Managerial Role

  • What about it that makes it different?
  • Functional Expert vs Manager vs Leader
  • Accountability vs Responsibility
  • Key Personal Skills for a People Manager vs. Technical Manager

2.   Team Leadership
  • Why Effective Managers must also be Leaders
  • Strategic vs. Tactical Perspectives
  • Theories X and Y in Leadership
  • Leadership Styles
  • Situation-based Leadership
  • Characteristics and Skills of Effective Leaders

3.  Managing and Coaching Team Members
  • Stages of Team Development
  • Identify Team Roles
  • Skills Required for Effective Teamwork
  • Identify Potential Team Problems
  • Positive & Negative Consequences of Conflict

4. Managing Inter-Department Issues
  • Understanding Stakeholder Needs
  • Sources of Inter-Department Conflicts
  • Identify Strategies for Conflict Resolution
  • Methods of Influencing Successfully

5.  Role-Play Labs
  • Manager and Leader In Action
    - put to practice knowledge and skills learnt!



Trainer Profile


Charles Lim (MBA, BSc, PMP, PRINCE2, CMC-BCI Certified Master Coach, Grad Dip SA, Grad Dip AI, AFP, AWP)

Charles Lim (MBA, BSc, PMP, PRINCE2, CMC-BCI Certified Master Coach, Grad Dip SA, Grad Dip AI, AFP, AWP) has over 30 years of career experience. He has spearheaded business projects and led both project teams and management teams overseeing functional areas including Sales, Marketing, Operations, Procurement, HR and Finance. Charles has also taken on a wide array of business and managerial roles and responsibilities with strategic and bottom-line accountability from both the Revenue as well as Cost perspectives.

Charles is a long-term practicing corporate trainer and management consultant who have trained and worked with thousands of personnel in the region, enabling organizations to prioritize and strategize growth through enhancing, aligning and leveraging on the capacity of an organization's processes, technology and, very importantly, its people. Charles has also successfully trained over a thousand participants in both PMP® and PRINCE2® certification programs.

He has also helped establish internal auditing procedures and identify related KPIs. Charles' many successes are bound by his extensive experience complemented by his inimitable approach in bringing across difficult concepts or apparently conflicting perspectives of different stakeholders to a new alignment.



 

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