What is Leadership?

Leadership is a process by which a person influences others to accomplish an objective and directs the organisation in a way that makes it more cohesive and coherent.

A job title may give a person the authority to accomplish certain tasks and objectives in the organisation, this power does however not make them a leader - it simply makes them a boss. Leadership differs in that it makes followers want to achieve high goals, and empowers them to achieve them.

Leaders carry out this process by applying their leadership attributes, such as beliefs, values, ethics, character, knowledge, and skills.

Self Leadership International is world-class provider of leadership training and can customise a leadership development program to fit your organisation.

Before designing the leadership training it is essential to first evaluate the existing leadership competencies, this can be done using a 360 Assessment tool specifically created to measure leadership competencies, or we can analyse and utilise your existing 360 results and or employee or organisational surveys.

The leadership training, often in combination with executive coaching can then address some of the following topics:

• Self-leadership
• Principles of leadership
• Leadership communication
• Leading different personality styles
• Leading high performing teams
• Creating mission, vision and values
• Communicating the mission, vision and values
• The leader as mentor and coach
• The theory and practice of influence
• Leadership pitfalls

In this competitive climate of fast paced change, smart companies are developing leaders at all levels of their organisation's. Self Leadership International has had the pleasure to work with some top companies.

During our leadership training, leaders and potential leaders are given the opportunity to benchmark their competencies against a leadership matrix. Participants are taught to manage their states of mind and body and increase their communication skills and emotional intelligence.

• Authenticity and integrity
• Decision making and walking the talk
• Effective communication
• People skills
• Coaching and people development
• Influence and negotiation abilities
• Planning and time management
• Goal setting and achievement
• Business and financial acumen
• Flexibility
• Customer focus
• Vision
• Social responsibility