This document outlines an agenda for a leadership training covering defining leadership, leadership styles, and transitioning from an executive assistant to a manager. The objectives are to understand the basics of leadership, determine how to lead teams and integrate department goals, and develop communication and influencing skills. It discusses what leaders do, leadership styles like authoritarian and democratic, and necessary competency skills like managing people, communication, and decision making. The focus is on developing the mindset, skills, and attitude needed to take on more responsibility as a manager.

1. 23 Nov 2012. By Aida Ismail
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2. Let’s do this together :
1. Introduction & Objectives
2. Leadership – Role, Skills & Styles
3. Transition from
Executive Assistant Manager
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3. Objectives :
1. Define leadership
2. Understand the basic of leadership &
motivation
3. Determine what is necessary to lead teams
and how to integrate with department goals
4. Develop skills in communicating, influencing
and negotiating with peers, subordinates and
senior managers
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4. What a leader does? 1. Speak the truth
2. Living authentic life
3. Creating another leader
4. Dream greater dream
5. Have rich moral fiber
6. Courageous
7. Commit to excellent rather than
perfection
8. Leaving a legacy
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5. Courage
Living example
Walk the talk
Inspire
Knowledgeable
Skillful
Great communicator
Fantastic listener
Humble
Successful
Fun
Positive
Passionate
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6. • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuuTlQ0Fz
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7. Authoritarian
1. The boss has complete power over their
people. Staff and team members have little
opportunity to make suggestions, even if
these would be in the team's or the
organization's best interest.
2. The benefit of autocratic leadership is that it's
incredibly efficient.
Decisions are made quickly, and work gets done.
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8. Democratic
1. Leaders make the final decisions, include team
members in the decision-making process.
2. Encourage creativity, and team members are
often highly engaged in projects and decisions.
3. Benefits-
Team members tend to have high job satisfaction
and are productive because they're more involved
in decisions. This style also helps develop people's
skills. Team members feel in control of their
destiny, so they're motivated to work hard by more
than just a financial reward.
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9. Laissez -Faire
-"leave it be"
1. Managers don't have sufficient control over their work and their
people
2. Complete freedom to do their work and set their own deadlines.
They provide team support with resources and advice, if needed,
but otherwise don't get involved.
3. This leadership style can be effective if the leader monitors
performance and gives feedback to team members regularly. It is
most likely to be effective when individual team members are
experienced, skilled, self-starters.
4. Benefit -giving team members so much autonomy can lead to
high job satisfaction and increased productivity.
5. Disadvantage - can be damaging if team members don't manage
their time well or if they don't have the knowledge, skills, or
motivation to do their work effectively.
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10. Key Point
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11. Competency Skills Set
1. Managing yourself
2. Managing people
3. Planning & organizing
4. Resolving conflicts
5. Leadership
6. Communication esp listening
7. Tolerance
8. Team spirit
9. Performance management
10. Result oriented
11. Decision making
12. Technology alert
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12. Transition from
Executive Assistant Manager
responsibility
emotional
mindset
role
Skills & attitude
knowledge
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14. References
1. http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newLDR_84.htm
2. http://www.d2i.ca/files/Leadership_Skills_Development.pdf
3. http://www.hbs.edu/leadership/
4. http://www.darden.virginia.edu/web/executive-education/open-
enrollment-program/leadership-and-change/managing-change/
5. http://info.shine.com/Career-Advice-Articles/Leadership-
Teamwork/Competencies-of-a-manager/1942/cid31.aspx
6. Robin Sharma. Discover Your Destiny. The 7 Stages of Self-
Awakening.2004
7. Dale Carnegie. Leadership Mastery. 2009
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15. Thank you
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