Leadership Excellences for Senior Managers

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Course Overview

Senior managers have unique demands placed upon them. They need to be able to lead the leaders – offering guidance, critiquing performance, and mentoring their team – while also identifying and developing new initiatives and vision for the future of your organization. To maximize performance and foster a healthy environment, senior managers must also motivate others, nurturing and utilizing the distinctive skills of each team member.

Private classes on this topic are available. We can address your organization’s issues, time constraints, and save you money, too. Contact us to find out how.

This course has been approved for 14 PDUs | 14 CDUs

Who Should Attend

Mid- and upper-level managers looking to hone their senior management skills will benefit from this course.

Course Objectives

    • Learn the different styles of leadership that shape employees
    • Navigate organizational politics and become business savvy
    • Use wisdom and experience to develop others
    • Deliver constructive critiques to your staff
    • Effectively coach and mentor your current and future leaders
    • Develop new managers based on their talents/skillsets

Course Outline

Knowing How to Lead in Different Organizational Structures

  • Comparing vertical and lateral hierarchies
  • Leading in different structures of command and control
  • Leveraging your organization's structure
  • Applying situational leadership strategies

Navigating Organizational Politics

  • Understanding the landscape of business politics
  • Building political intelligence
  • Being politically savvy, ethical, and effective
  • Reserving emotional control in the face of tough dialogue

Setting the Stage for Better Team Dynamics

  • Team roles and creating a balanced team
  • Lighting a fire - motivating, guiding, and inspiring
  • Resolving conflict - forcing, accommodating, avoiding, compromising, and collaborating
  • Building a better tomorrow for your team - trusting, empowering delegation, celebrating success, and reinforcing

Leading Today’s and Tomorrow’s Leaders

  • Preparing, developing, and supporting new managers
  • Defining and building competencies
  • Documenting best practices while rewarding and emulating effective managers
  • Encouraging a peer network
  • Providing clear and timely feedback
  • Managing across generations
  • Building a mentorship plan - mentoring for success

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Class Dates & Times

Class times are listed Eastern time

This is a 2-day class

Register for Class

Register When Time Where How
Register 06/05/2025 9:00AM - 5:00PM Online VILT
Register 10/16/2025 9:00AM - 5:00PM Online VILT

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