The Leadership for Administrative Professionals training course, will enhance your leadership skills and enable you to influence and benefit those around you with your enthusiasm and personal example, with your clarity and vision and with your clear, confident and considerate communication. No matter what your job description, with honed leadership skills, you can definitely ‘do more, be more and achieve more’ for yourself and your company.
What you’ll learn
By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
- Bring about change and influence decisions even when faced with resistance.
- Manage changing roles, responsibilities, resources and relationships effectively.
- Apply a spectrum of priority setting and time management strategies to proactively accomplish goals.
- Analyze conflict, office politics and interactions with difficult people
- Incorporate emotional intelligence and effective listening to be a more effective colleague, work partner and leader.
Requirements
- Candidates must be office managers, coordinators, supervisors, team leaders, senior secretaries, project managers and new leaders.
- Candidates must have access to a computer, smartphone and internet connectivity.
- Be equipped with quality webcam and headphones.
Duration & Fees
- Regular – 8 Weeks – ₦150,000
- Fast-Track – 6 Weeks – ₦225,000
Program Dates
- August – October, 2024
- October – December, 2024
- February – April, 2025
- May – July, 2025
Curriculum
- 5 Sections
- 29 Lessons
- 10
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- Module 1: The Administrator as Leader6
- 1.1Lesson 1: Setting the direction for your office and team
- 1.2Lesson 2: Choosing the right leadership styles for every situation
- 1.3Lesson 3: The difference between managers and leaders
- 1.4Lesson 4: How to think, feel and act like a leader
- 1.5Lesson 5: How to demonstrate authority diplomatically
- 1.6Lesson 6: How to create your office culture and overcome resistance to change
- Module 2: Confident, Clear and Considerate Communication6
- 2.1Lesson 1: Common communication styles
- 2.2Lesson 2: How to be an assertive communicator
- 2.3Lesson 3: Understand personality types and handling difficult behavior
- 2.4Lesson 4: Confident body language and voice usage
- 2.5Lesson 5: Gender and cultural considerations in communication
- 2.6Lesson 6: Running meetings that get results
- Module 3: Working with Others6
- Module 4: The Leader Tool Box6
- 4.1Lesson 1: Making better decisions faster
- 4.2Lesson 2: Mind Mapping for improved creativity, problem solving, planning and decision-making
- 4.3Lesson 3: Planning events and projects
- 4.4Lesson 4: Creativity and problem solving for you and your team
- 4.5Lesson 5: Attending conferences and networking events
- 4.6Lesson 6: Creating a green workplace
- Module 5: The Self Managing Leader5