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Leadership Training


Disciplines: Management

Course Description

Managing Change

  • What Drives Organizational Change?
  • Understanding the Roller Coaster of Change
  • Developing Generations in the workplace
  • Background on the changing demographics and needs of workers
  • Evolution of today’s leader
  • Who to develop and how.

The Basics of Leadership

  • Summary Leadership skills & styles required for the leading the next generation
  • Introduction and overview of behavioral styles & adapting approaches to Different Styles
  • Introduction to Envision’s 7-C’s of engaging employees (all generations)
  • Effective People Development – Envision’s E1-E4 Model
  • Overview of effective People Engagement.

Mastering Engagement & Conflict Resolution

  • Strategies for constructively resolving conflict – Above the Line
  • Coaching & Mentoring using Envision’s 6-step VISION model.

Strategies for Effective Communication

  • Enhancing communication skills for effective leadership
  • Creating and aligning effective team strategy
  • Active listening and empathy-building techniques.

Learning Level

Intermediate to Advanced

Course Length

1 day

Why Attend

Mastering Feedback

  • Importance of feedback in the workplace
  • Giving and receiving positive, developmental, and corrective feedback
  • Developing coaching skills to support feedback & employee development
  • Managing difficult conversations and communicating with impact.

Who Attends

This course suits individuals new to management roles or aspiring to become managers and experienced managers who want to enhance their leadership skills and knowledge.

Cancellation Policy

All cancellations must be received no later than 14 days prior to the course start date. Cancellations made after the 14-day window will not be refunded. Refunds will not be given due to no show situations.

Training sessions attached to SPE conferences and workshops follow the cancellation policies stated on the event information page. Please check that page for specific cancellation information.

SPE reserves the right to cancel or re-schedule courses at will. Notification of changes will be made as quickly as possible; please keep this in mind when arranging travel, as SPE is not responsible for any fees charged for cancelling or changing travel arrangements.

We reserve the right to substitute course instructors as necessary.

Instructor

Pat Lipovski is an experienced leadership expert, coach, advisor and CEO of Envision Group. He has extensive experience in leadership training in the oil and gas industry and facilitates workshops and consulting projects.

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