Course Summary
Project Leadership: You Lead But Are They Following?
In this course students learn skills and competencies to help them be better leaders in a changing business landscape, and how to apply these best practices to their own management style.Duration
1 day.
Audience
Project and program managers, business and IT managers, team leaders and product managers.
Additional Notes
Instructor
Anton McBurnie has 20 years of hands-on experience growing, turning around and managing companies all over the world which has given him incredible insight into how organizations operate. As a strong communicator and co-author of "The Third Circle - Interactions That Drive Results," Anton leverages his deep personal experience and general management skills to the benefit of our clients. Over the last three years his work has included major global implementations of Six Sigma programs in Fortune 500 companies. His focus has been on fundamental organizational change, acceptance of the programs into the culture of the company and creating high performance executive teams. His previous positions include: President of the Canadian affiliate of Estée Lauder Cosmetics, a Fortune 400 corporation; President of Sparks.com, an Internet start-up; and COO of Premier Salons International, a 1500-unit retail chain of beauty salons. Anton earned his MBA in International Business & Marketing from the London Business School and his B.Sc. in Zoology & Psychology from the University of Exeter, England.
Pricing Options
Quantity discounts are available for this course. This course can be bundled with other cPrime University modules to build a custom training solution for your organization.
Outline
- Leadership challenges of project managers today
- Types of leadership
- The importance of building coalitions
- Fostering the right environment so that people will follow
- Using leadership to manage change and transition
- Cross-cultural leadership
- How to grow your leadership skill
- Overcoming objections and detractors
- Workshop: Leadership Simulation
