The relaxed leader

Can a leader afford to be relaxed? She/he definitely can’t be sleepy. However, if she/he knows
and accepts achievable goals and to achieve them has a hard-hitting, loyal, stabile team which is
able to cope with the ever occurring changes – the leader most probably doesn’t have to die of
stress diseases. Our training gives aid to this.
Planned training duration: 2-3 days
Method of education: Training
Maximal size of groups: 12 persons

Competencies to obtain:

Leadership competencies in practice
Establishing and sustaining Feedback culture

Goals of training:

  • acquiring leadership knowledge
  • transforming knowledge to competences
  • deepening self-awareness
  • insight in company’s leadership model or some well-known, practical
  • approach such as Kauzes – Posner’s Exemplary leadership theory
  • creating and maintaining feedback culture
  • deepening leader’s awareness

Themes of training:

  • Leader’s efficiency
    • authenticity, acceptance
  • Leader’s role
    • guideline
    • goal setting
    • performance evaluation
    • motivation
  • Communication
    • goal and style
    • transmitting information
    • advocacy
    • understanding listening
    • nonverbal communication
    • personal effective tools
  • Process management
    • team organization
    • identification, benefiting from individual capabilities
    • process planning

Applied methods:
TRAINER’S INPUT: short theoretical introduction to topics and to closing blocks to boost
experience collection.

TRAINING EXERCISES, SITUATION PRACTICES: exercises with relevance to the topic simulating
leading situations. Leaders always receive feedback from pears and colleagues.
MODELS: we apply leadership theories, models to draw clear guideline to leadership
VIDEOS, EDUCATIONAL FILMS: Relevant films are excellent means of deepening knowledge or
inducing debate on some topics.
SMALL GROUP WORK: processing some topics we work in more involving small groups. Giving
everybody opportunity to contribute in learning.
PLENARY DISCUSSIONS: with the participation of the whole group it is a good forum for
processing some topic or phenomenon such as closing the day, evaluating group’s performance.