Practical Leadership Training
Practical Leadership Training
Definition: Practical leadership training means teaching a behavioural approach to leadership, as opposed to talking about "leadership styles" or "innate personality types".
Practical leadership training proposes that Leadership is simply the natural consequence of practicing a set of learnable behaviours, which are open to anyone.
Your "leadership potential" is measured via two major factors:
- Everything you do.
- Everything you say.
If you learned how to do the right things, and say the right things, then you will get excellent leadership results, irrespective of your "intrinsic personality".
By the same token, if you were to always do and say the wrong things, then you would fail, irrespective of any "innate leadership potential".
Practical leadership training assumes the following; leadership is NOT a special endowment bestowed upon a lucky few. Nor is Leadership innate.
Instead, leadership is a set of well-defined behaviours, together with a set of well-defined speech habits, which have already been identified, codified and organised into a learnable set of leadership patterns.
Anyone who takes the time to learn and then practice these leadership patterns, then they will achieve improved results.
The trick is to know the patterns, memorise them, and them put them to practical use.
The skills of practical leadership
There are many skills, but they all are subsumed under six main headings:
- Clear purpose
- Clear communication.
- Rational planning and decision making.
- Rational conflict management.
- Self-inspiration.
- Inspire others.
To discover to what degree you already possess these leadership behaviours, and where you may have an opportunity to further develop your skills, we invite you to try our leadership quiz.
Definition: Practical leadership training
Context: Business. Genus: training programme. Differentia: 1) centres on what people do and say, not on fixed personality labels; 2) teaches a clear list of learnable leadership actions and speech habits; 3) open to anyone who chooses to learn and practise the actions; 4) judges success by the results those actions bring to the team.
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- centres on what people do and say, not on fixed personality labels
- teaches a clear list of learnable leadership actions and speech habits
- open to anyone who chooses to learn and practise the actions
- judges success by the results those actions bring to the team
Article Summary
Practical leadership training shows leaders are made, not born; learn clear purpose, open communication, rational decisions, calm conflict control, self-drive and the power to inspire others, and your daily words and deeds will win trust and results.
Frequently Asked Questions
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What is practical leadership training?
Can anyone learn leadership behaviours?
How do actions and words affect leadership results?
What are the six key skills in practical leadership?
Why does a leader need a clear purpose?
How does rational conflict management help a team?
How can I assess my current leadership skills?
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Did You Know: Key Statistics
The 2024 LinkedIn Workplace Learning Report finds that 83% of organisations rank leadership and people skills as their top training priority, up from 74% in 2021. A 2023 Gartner study shows that companies with structured leadership training are 1.5 times more likely to exceed their financial targets than those without.About the Author: Chris Farmer
Chris Farmer is the founder of the Corporate Coach Group and has many years' experience in training leaders and managers, in both the public and private sectors, to achieve their organisational goals, especially during tough economic times. He is also well aware of the disciplines and problems associated with running a business.
Over the years, Chris has designed and delivered thousands of training programmes and has coached and motivated many management teams, groups and individuals. His training programmes are both structured and clear, designed to help delegates organise their thinking and, wherever necessary, to improve their techniques and skills.
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