When it comes to leadership training, it’s important to get the most out of your course and return to the office ready to manage your team. Whether you’re heading to a training course yourself, or you want to equip your team leaders with the right information before their training begins, we’ve put together five tips you should follow.
- Work with a professional
When it comes to leadership training, you cannot afford to make mistakes. Your leaders should be equipped with the appropriate skills and knowledge if they are responsible for leading a team. Otherwise, they won’t be able to exert authority or manage successfully. Regardless of your industry or the size of your organisation, you should consider working with a professional leadership training provider. This will allow your leaders to get the right knowledge and stay up-to-date with the latest tried-and-tested industry practices.
- Communication is key
If you want to create a team of leaders that can manage groups of employees effectively, place emphasis on communication. Perhaps the most important part of any successful business relationship, communication allows you to express ideas clearly which ensures that your employees know what is being asked of them. By allowing your employees to express their thoughts and concerns clearly and simply, and creating a question-friendly environment, you will be able to create a successful leader-worker relationship that works not only for both parties but for your business and its objectives.
- Training should not be a one-off job
Although the same could be said of all areas of training, leadership training is particularly important. Therefore, it’s vital that training is not treated as a one-off job – regular training, development and professional development should be baked into all aspects of their job.
Doing so will allow them to stay on top of their growth and develop new skills that can be used to further enhance their leadership.
- Set goals and expectations
There’s little point in sending your departmental leaders on a training course without first establishing their goals and expectations of such training. If a particular staff member has been promoted to a leader, for example, they may wish to focus their training goals around confidence building and general leadership development. On the other hand, a seasoned leader may wish to develop a particular management technique they have been struggling to master. Some training providers, including Frosch Learning, can create tailored leadership management solutions that place emphasis on particular pain-points.
- Take notes
While you may be given some printed material as part of your training course, studies suggest that taking notes affects cognitive processing. Take a pen and paper with you to your training course, ask questions and jot down the most important points in order to remember them. Not only is note-taking good for your concentration, but it means that you can take back all of your new-found wisdom to the office.
There you have it – five quick tips for leadership training. Don’t hesitate to get in touch with a member of the Frosch Learning team if you’d like to find out more about how we can benefit your organisation.