Action Centred Leadership (ACL)

Course Overview

This Action Centred Leadership course is designed to develop the leadership skills required by those who need to mobilise others to deliver exceptional results in their organisations and beyond. That means it is designed to develop the leadership abilities needed to:

• Build organisational visions, deliver transformational change, provide direction, and inspire, motivate and support teams and individuals striving to deliver exceptional outcomes
• Support the growth of individuals to enable them to fully utilise their talents to achieve personal ambitions and aspirations and find the right work/life balance

Learning Outcomes

• Define leadership and contrast leadership and management
• Recognise leadership style including one’s own preferred style
• Recall the components of Emotional intelligence
• Interpret body language and tone of voice
• Recall the history and development of ACL
• Name the three areas of overlapping needs that a leader must focus on

Aims of the Course

The overall aim of this 4-day training programme is to give each participant the opportunity to understand the nature and practice of good leadership in such a way as to make them more effective as a leader, a colleague, and a team member. To achieve this, the course will aim to develop: Demonstrate a full command of the three areas of overlapping needs that are present in all working groups

• An awareness of the three areas of overlapping needs present in all working groups: the needs of the common Task, the needs of the Team and the needs of each Individual team member
• An understanding of the leadership behaviours required to be an effective leader, the ability to recognise leadership behaviours when they are observed and the capability to determine what leadership behaviours are appropriate in any given situation

Who Should Attend

Everyone whose role requires him or her to take responsibility for delivering results for all an organisation’s stakeholders, through teams of people. This includes senior executives, middle managers, first line managers, team leaders, supervisors, superintendents, and functional managers, at all levels in all sectors.

Certification Criteria

You must meet two criteria to be eligible for an Informa Connect Academy Certificate of Completion:

• Satisfactory attendance: You must attend all sessions of the course. If, for any reason, you miss more than 2 hours of the course sessions, you will not be eligible to sit the course assessment
• Successful completion of the course assessment: Assessments will be ongoing and based on in-class participation and activities

Learning Methodology

Presentations, case studies and desk-top exercises are used to help you understand the role of leaders in modern public and private organisations. In addition, you will have an opportunity to develop insights into a number of personal skills, preferences, styles and behaviours.

Delivered by Alan

Alan has been a training and development professional for over fifty years. He began his career in the computer industry and subsequently spent over thirty years in the U.K. banking sector where he held several senior roles in Training Management, Human Resource Management, Operations Management, and Quality Management. In 2003, Alan launched his own consultancy.

Certified by CPD UK

The CPD Certification Service is an independent accreditation centre working across all sectors, disciplines and further learning applications and supports policies of institutional and professional organisations globally.

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