Effective Leadership & Management of Teams
All too often volunteer leaders/trustees and employees in the non-profit sector can find themselves in management and leadership roles without having a full understanding of what such roles actually involve. Furthermore, it is frequently the case that no further training or support is offered to people in these demanding positions. Over four sessions, each lasting 2.5 help you build both your knowledge and your personal confidence in being an excellent leader and manager.
Target Audience
For small and medium sized non-profit organisations, community, voluntary, charitable & social enterprise registered in the Republic of Ireland. Board Members, CEOs, Managers, Members of Management Teams, or anyone interested in any of these roles.
Outline
What does it mean to be an effective leader and/or an effective manager? How do we develop these capacities within us and apply them to our everyday lives and work?
Working in a non-profit organisations means being a Board member, a CEO, manager or a team leader or a mixture of these. Can we perform these roles more effectively and how can we develop the skills to do this? How can be become transformative leaders and managers in our non-profit organisations?
This 4-part online Leadership Programme will give participants an opportunity reflect about their work, build confidence, learn practical skills and develop important people management capacities. It is comprised of 4 parts:
- Leadership: Values, emotional intelligence, understanding ourselves, being able to reflect on what makes us a leader, developing our own leadership styles, the connection between leadership and motivation; leadership types; how we can test ourselves and our leadership qualities.
- Leadership and Teams: Taking our leadership style out into the world; ways to build really successful teams; getting our teams to engage and collaborate, motivating our teams; building successful team culture; how we can explore the type of team player I am.
- Leadership Teams and Effective Management: The fundamentals of effectiveness; leadership and management – differences; how we can combine leadership, management, mentoring and coaching to get the best from our people; effective management and strategic planning - defining vison, the promise and the delivery mechanism. Dealing with management challenges for new and existing managers e.g. motivation.
- Implementation: Practical ways in which we apply the leadership and team management skills we have learned: effective communication and influencing; building engagement; introducing and managing change, working with conflict; dealing with difficult situations and people and on a personal level being able to challenge effectively for leadership roles..
The schedule for this programme is:
- Tuesday 14th September 6:30pm-9pm
- Tuesday 21st September 6:30pm-9pm
- Tuesday 28th September 6:30pm-9pm
- Tuesday 5th October 6:30pm-9pm
Methodology
Via Zoom.
Participants will be able to learn in different ways: expert input based in research and case studies, examples from the presenter’s own experience, shared experiences from participants and opportunities for personal reflection and development. The presenter welcomes questions and discussion throughout the sessions and much learning is gained from that.
Learning Outcomes
Participants who complete the course will:
- Learn what makes a good leader
- Understand leadership and how it is different to management.
- Develop your own personal confidence in your leadership capabilities.
- Access tools to develop your own effective leadership style.
- Understand the dynamics of teams.
- Distinguish between leadership and management
- Gain the skills to develop motivated and effective teams.
- Build your self-confidence and how you manage and delegate.
- Develop your own leadership style
- Increase your ability to manage your time more effectively
- Deal with a variety of everyday management challenges and
- Find the tools to help you aim for high levels of organisational performance.
The funding for the provision of these services comes from the National Training Fund administered by the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research Innovation and Science. The €75 nominal charge is by way of contribution. Participants will be asked to provide further information regarding Age Range, Gender, Employment Status, Educational Background, Role in Organisation, Organisation Activity & Size post registration.
Instructor
Liam Scollan
Liam Scollan's background includes CEO of a successful social enterprise for 11 years and of a government development agency as well as been a keen activist and advocate for the voluntary sector and a volunteer director on Boards of management for over 30 years. His depth of high level experience provides him with a credible and commanding knowledge of what it takes to lead and manage effectively in the sector. He has a proven track record in leading organisations to very high levels of achievement: quadrupling turnover, winning national, UK and European awards for urban regeneration, customer service, public relations and innovation whilst leaving lasting social and economic legacies.
Outcomes
Participants who complete the course will:
- Understand leadership and how it is different to management.
- Develop your own personal confidence in your leadership capabilities.
- Access tools to develop your own effective leadership style.
- Understand the dynamics of teams.
- Gain the skills to develop motivated and effective teams.
- Build your self-confidence and how you manage and delegate.
- Increase your ability to manage your time more effectively and
- Find the tools to help you aim for high levels of organisational performance.
Fees
| €75 | Nonprofit Organisation |
| €75 | Carmichael Resident Organisation |
| €75 | Statutory Organisation |
| €75 | Corporate Organisation |
Testimonials
“Really identifying my strengths, traits and areas in which I may be able to develop was key for me in my first session. Realising what type of leader I am & hoping to bring the skills into my workplace.”
“Understanding team dynamics - my own role and others, how to handle when people are being difficult, and how to get the most out of your team and ensure motivation and confidence.”
“It allowed me to reflect on my practice as a manager and gave me food for thought on how i can overcome challenges to ensure strategic plans are being met in the day to day running of my location.”
“It brought more awareness to my practice and interactions with people, not just colleagues.”
“The new skills I am learning in this training is providing me with tools to manage my team effective and to continuously improve my leadership skills.”
“Liam is highly experienced and has a wealth of knowledge. He also has a lovely manner as a facilitator. Really enjoyed this programme that he delivered.”