Management and Supervisory Training
- Advanced Supervision for Experienced Leaders
- After All, You're the Supervisor
- The Art of Influencing Others
- Basic Economics
- Coaching
- Coaching Conversations
- Counseling Employees
- Curing Negativity in the Workplace
- Dealing with Change in the Workplace
- Decision Analysis
- Drug Issues in the Workplace
- Effective Delegating
- Effective Discipline
- Emotional Intelligence
- Ethical Uses of Power in Organizations
- Fair Supervisory Practices
- Fundamentals of Effective Facilitation
- Fundamentals of Strategic Planning
- Goal Setting for Success
- Habits of Successful People
- Habits of Successful People: A Follow–Up Workshop
- How to Conduct Internal Investigations
- Identification Theft: More Than Just an Inconvenience
- Juggling Multiple Priorities
- Leadership Fundamentals
- Leading Though Change
- Managing Diversity
- Managing an Older, More Experienced Workforce
- Managing a Younger, Less Experienced Workforce
- Managing for Results without Authority
- Matching Supervisory Styles to Employee Needs
- Media Relations
- Motivation
- Office Politics
- Overcoming a Culture of Entitlement
- Performance Appraisal
- Positive Approaches to Resolving Performance Problems
- Preventing Violent and Aggressive Behavior
- Principles of Good to Great
- Recognizing the Signs of Suicide
- Sexual Harassment in the Workplace
- Supervising Former Peers
- Time Management
- Work Ethic — Managing Performance Beyond Mediocrity
- Would I Work for Me?
Principles of Good to Great
Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't
Session Format:
4 Hours Total (One 4-Hour Session)
Introduction
This course is based on the ideas Jim Collins developed for his seminal book, "Good to Great." As Collins notes, "It's not really that much harder to be great than good, and if you're not motivated to greatness, perhaps you should consider doing something else where you are."
His purpose in writing the book was basically to answer questions about how good companies might become great companies, and how they went about doing so.
Objectives
The participant will learn: (1) the characteristics of "Level 5 Leaders," who have both personal humility and professional will, (2) how to get the right people "on the bus" (3) how to always "confront the brutal facts," and why failure to do so can spell disaster, (4) how to implement the "Hedgehog concept" (5) how to develop and maintain a culture of self-discipline, (6) how to use technology is an accelerator of change -- not a change agent and (7) how to build momentum by using the "Flywheel" strategy.
Content Outline
- The Inspiration: What Motivated Collins to Write the Book
- The Companies: The Companies that Seem to be Doing It Right
- Level Five leaders: Who They Are and What They Do
- First Who, Then What: Getting the Right People Onboard
- Confronting the Brutal Facts: The Importance of Having Accurate Information
- The Hedgehog and the Fox: The Three Most Important Factors in Business Success
- A Culture of Discipline: Nurturing Freedom Within Established Boundaries
- Technology: A Means to an End, Not an end in Itself
- Flywheels and Doom Loops: Building Momentum Without Getting Lost
- Built to Last: Why Good to Great Has to Happen First
Who Should Attend
This seminar is intended for managers, supervisors, supervisory trainees, and employees involved in teams or work groups; i.e. anyone in a leadership role or in a position to influence others.
