This three-day course develops practical leadership skills. It has a broad application and can be tailored to the needs of your organisation. Participants will look at team roles, personality tests, personal development plans and team management.

The course offers:

• a number of models for managing and leading companies,
• an opportunity to develop personal development plans for subsequent management development,
• the chance to explore different leadership practices described by leading professionals in this field

Course sessions
Team roles
This session considers the development of leadership skills.

Participants will look at Belbin’s team role framework and will be invited to fill in the inventory for themselves. They will consider John Adair’s three circle model. We will suggest additional models to facilitate team performance, such as Tranfield’s and SHL’s.

The section uses games to promote discussion of different team roles.

Leadership skills, personality test                           
In this session, participants consider personality tests then use the 15FQ test, developed by Psytech International, which categorises fifteen personality traits. Course leaders will generate reports after this session in readiness for individual feedback with participants.

Leadership skills, personal development plans           
This follows up earlier sessions on team roles and personality test feedback. It provides the participants with the opportunity to develop their own personal development plans (PDP), using a format developed by the Institute of Management.

The PDP is built on the frameworks previously encountered:

• John Adair's three circle model
• Belbin's team roles (self-report and peer-report)
• 15FQ personality feedback
• SHL's directors’ development audit
• Tranfield's personal development framework

Leadership skills, management team development              
This session revises all the leadership management models covered so far and reviews latest leadership thinking. It provides a forum for developing team management skills.

We use a simulation in manufacturing management so that participants can experiment with different team roles and observe colleagues participating in the game. We discuss results as a group.

Participants who have developed their own personal development plans will be able to implement their action statements.