Effective Leadership is Not About Power:   The Art of Influence

• Why do some leaders cause more employees to do the job the right way more often?

• Why do some leaders effectively cultivate followers?

• How do highly effective leaders get their message across with less time & effort?

After teaching leadership and observing thousands of leaders, especially those leaders that are not the #1 person in charge, I believe that a few of those leaders have waaay more influence and cause others around them to do a better job.  After conducting interviews to write my book ("Looking Out for #2"), I identified the specific behaviors that I observed in those leaders and developed a workshop.

This workshop is a collection of strategies & techniques used by the most  effective leaders in business, education, and non-profits to get followers to choose the right path & do the right thing.  The emphasis is on using new strategies for communication, leadership, leveraging time & efforts, more effective planning, & decision-making.  Copies of all strategies & handouts will be delivered to participants. A Powerpoint from that training session can be downloaded from this website here.

Elements of this training include:

          1) Review applied research re: art of influence & communication

          2) Consider priorities & methods to improve communication

          3) Explore a differentiated leadership model

          4) Consider personal application of new leadership model

          5) Review best practices re: effective meetings & decision-making

          6) Review best practices: More effective delegation & accountability

          7) Learn to use project management & accountability strategies

Actual leadership examples will be presented with an emphasis on the leader's role in creating influential communication & actions. Examples of all research results, tools & management strategies will be handed out to participants (or can be sent out electronically in advance).