Being A Likeable Boss
With this workshop your participants will recognize these possible areas of conflict and develop the skills and knowledge to overcome them.
Our Being a Likeable Boss workshop will show that honesty and trust will be your participant’s biggest tools in fostering a better relationship with their employees.
Trusting your team by avoiding micromanagement, using delegation, and accepting feedback will put your participants on the right path to be a more likeable boss.
COURSE KIT:
Training manuals and instructor’s guide
Powerpoint slides and flip chart notes
Workshop activities and exercises
COURSE OUTLINE
Module One: Getting Started
- Housekeeping Items
- Pre-Assignment Review
- Workshop Objectives
- The Parking Lot
- Action Plan
Module Two: Is it Better to be Loved or Feared?
- The Case for Fear
- The Case for Love
- The Case Against Both
- The Middle Ground
- Case Study
- Module Two: Review Questions
Module Three: Leadership as Service
- Top Down Hierarchies
- The Bottom-Up Perspective
- Know Your Employees
- Genuine Empathy and the Power to Lead
- Case Study
- Module Three: Review Questions
Module Four: Leadership by Design
- Begin with the End in Mind
- Goals
- Values
- Mission Statement
- Case Study
- Module Four: Review Questions
Module Five: Understanding Motivation
- Dramatism
- The Pentad
- Guilt and Redemption
- Identification
- Case Study
- Module Five: Review Questions
Module Six: Constructive Criticism
- What are Your Intentions?
- A Positive Vision of Success
- Feedback Sandwich
- Following Up versus Badgering
- Case Study
- Module Six: Review Questions
Module Seven: The Importance of Tone
- Lighting a Fire
- Putting Out a Fire
- Adult versus Parent
- Changing the Script
- Case Study
- Module Seven: Review Questions
Module Eight: Trusting Your Team
- Dangers of Micromanaging
- Delegation and Anxiety
- Aces in Their Places
- Celebrating Success
- Case Study
- Module Eight: Review Questions
Module Nine: Earning Your Team’s Trust
- Honesty
- Consistency
- Availability
- Openness
- Case Study
- Module Nine: Review Questions
Module Ten: Building and Reinforcing Your Team
- Identify Team Strengths and Weaknesses
- Identify Team Roles
- Design Exercises with Specific Goals
- What to Avoid
- Case Study
- Module Ten: Review Questions
Module Eleven: You are the Boss of You
- What Kind of Person Would You Follow?
- Self-Awareness
- Self-Improvement
- Keeping Your Balance
- Case Study
- Module Eleven: Review Questions
Module Twelve: Wrapping Up
- Words from the Wise
- Review of Parking Lot
- Lessons Learned
- Recommended Reading
- Completion of Action Plans and Evaluations