Leadership essentials
Programme Overview & Summary
Any of these questions familiar?
- How do I move from one of the team to the team leader/ supervisor?
- How do I deal with difficult behaviour and conflict?
- How do I approach an individual who is not performing well?
- How do I communicate more effectively with my team and stakeholders?
- How do I translate the Network Rail behaviours to my team’s day to day role?
- How do I balance the needs of individuals and the needs of the organisation?
If yes... then the new Leadership Essentials programme is for you!
This fully revised programme will take you on a journey to explore and apply the core leadership skills required to support, motivate and impact others positively.
You will develop your self- awareness and confidence with practical opportunities to practice and gain helpful feedback, in a safe and supportive environment, with other learners new to leadership from across the business.
Style and Approach
Highly practical experiential learning sessions with a modern approach to learning which is professional and engaging.
Leadership Essentials Programme Highlights
Audience
This course is specifically designed for those new to, or working towards a leadership or supervisory role in any part of the business.
Programme Structure
Six days - split over 5 modules. This is a blended programme - with a mixture of virtual and face to face modules.
Preparing for the workshop
Once you are registered on the programme you will be provided with a link to complete a strengths-based questionnaire in preparation for Module 1.
Group Size
16 Participants
Programme Modules
Module 1 Leadership in Network Rail - 1 Day Virtual
- Establish what NR expects from you in the leadership role
- Identify behaviours that support you in the leadership role
- Validate your value, influence and impact
- Explore what’s involved in transitioning to a leadership role
- Recognise your individual strengths.
Module 2 Effective Communication - 1 Day Virtual
- Understand the impact of how you communicate in the leadership role
- Identify how to approach a range of different situations in the Team Leader role
- Demonstrate a coachlike approach to conversations using the Conversation Cycle
- Recognise different communication styles and adapt your approach to build understanding and rapport.
Module 3 Team Dynamics - 1 Day Virtual
- Define the stages of team development
- Identify how to delegate
- Consider what support individuals need to build a high performing team
- Demonstrate impactful feedback
- Establish how to be an inclusive leader.
Module 4 Keeping on Track - 2 days face yo face
- Define what drives behaviour
- Recognise elements of SCARF to help motivate others
- Identify approaches to handling conflict and difficult behaviour
- Apply the FORCES model to help solve problems
- Apply SWOT to help plan your approach to a high performing workplace.
Module 5 Practical Application Workshop - 1 Day Virtual
- Participate and practice holding difficult conversations in environment of trust and support
- Take accountability for delivering workplace actions, give and receive helpful feedback
- Develop a personal action plan to take back to the workplace.
Outcomes
Having attended this course, you will be able to:
- Establish what NR expects from you in the leadership role
- Identify behaviours that support you in the leadership role
- Validate your value, influence and impact
- Explore what’s involved in transitioning to a leadership role
- Recognise your individual strengths.
- Understand the impact of how you communicate in the leadership role
- Identify how to approach a range of different situations in the Team Leader role
- Demonstrate a coach like approach to conversations using the Conversation Cycle
- Recognise different communication styles and adapt your approach to build understanding and rapport.
- Define the stages of team development
- Identify how to delegate
- Consider what support individuals need to build a high performing team
- Demonstrate impactful feedback
- Establish how to be an inclusive leader.
- Define what drives behaviour
- Recognise elements of SCARF to help motivate others
- Identify approaches to handling conflict and difficult behaviour
- Apply the FORCES model to help solve problems
- Apply SWOT to help plan your approach to a high performing workplace.
- Participate and practice holding difficult conversations in environment of trust and support
- Take accountability for delivering workplace actions, give and receive helpful feedback
- Develop a personal action plan to take back to the workplace.
How to apply
If you would like to attend this course or have any queries about your projects following the course, or wish to submit your project for accreditation, please goto our how to book webpage.
