Effective & Agile Leadership Skills

Learn how to lead engaged, focused and high-performance teams

A Google search produces over six billion results for the word ‘leadership’.  It’s arguably the biggest challenge and hottest topic in business today - and it’s crucial in the research, insight and operational worlds, where change is a constant and our people are the sole source of any product or profit.

But what is ‘leadership’ and who are ‘leaders’?  This interactive, highly practical workshop provides an opportunity to improve your leadership ability by finding your own definition of ‘leadership’, tailored to your specific role and organisation.  It will enable you to drive the implementation of your organisation’s strategy through learning how to lead your own engaged, focused and high-performance teams.  This course is also ideally suited to those in operational contexts where effective leadership can directly influence the success of day-to-day activities.

Learning outcomes

• Critique your own leadership style and skills, understanding and defining ‘why should anyone be led by you?’
• Appreciate the range of leadership styles and skills within your personal armoury
• Consider the differences and similarities between leaders and managers
• Understand and appreciate the importance of emotional intelligence, two-way communication, trust, and influencing skills in effective leadership
• Develop a clear, focused, and articulated personal vision that you can effectively communicate to your people
• Translate the team vision into individual objectives and motivate team members to achieve them, regardless of personality or role
• Know how to harness team energy to drive optimum performance towards a common cause
• Develop greater confidence to display bold and agile leadership, particularly during times of change
• Identify your own strengths and areas for improvement as a leader, leaving with a concrete action plan that will have a tangible, positive impact on your performance and that of your team
  
  

Who would benefit

Anyone within agencies, client-side or operations who need to deliver concrete, people-focused business results through confident, courageous leadership - whether you are new to senior management or more experienced and wanting to ‘MOT’ your leadership performance to date.  The skills learned here will help you lead teams effectively in fast-paced environments, ensuring both strategic alignment and daily efficiency.

Trainer bio

Danny Wain

Danny Wain specialises in learning and development / HR consultancy, and trains & coaches in a range of business and relationship skills. Prior to founding Daniel Wain Consulting Limited in 2007, he was a researcher for nearly 20 years. After working for IMR (now part of the WPP Group), he joined Research International (RI) in 1992. Danny spent his first decade with RI as a researcher then business developer, focusing upon customer relationship research, service measurement and mystery shopping. His clients included Royal Mail, Audi, Boots, Virgin, Chanel, Next and BT. His last role at RI was as Worldwide Director of Learning & Development (L&D), responsible for developing and driving RI’s L&D strategy across its global network.

In-Company Training

This course, along with any of our 50 training courses can be offered as part of an in-company package.  We can develop or adapt our core courses to ensure your employees get the development that is right for your business.  In consultation with you, and our expert trainer/s, we develop a tailor-made programme designed for your organisation.  Live projects from your business can also  be used to make the learning experience as relevant as possible.  Please see our In-Company Training for more information

Testimonials

"A great opportunity to get shared learnings and new ideas to improve your leadership skills!"

Claire - Virgin Media O2, June 2021

"Jam-packed with tangible takeaways!"

Rebecca Cole - Cobalt Sky, June 2021

"Really engaging, reflective session that has given me a lot of food for thought, which I will no doubt be thinking about for days."

Mel Clarke - John Lewis Partnership, June 2021

"A great introduction to leadership principles with sound guidance for their practical application."

Martin Bryant - InSites Consulting, December 2021