Leadership and Professionalism
Introduction
The goal of this workshop is to develop the abilities of participants to become supply chain leaders and supply chain management professionals, i.e. to lead groups of people and to manage change.
About this Workshop
This workshop focuses on the issues in leadership and professionalism, such as developing a leadership point of view, a leader profile, creating a vision and mission statement, and performing steps to effective leadership. You may already be a manager, and be familiar with some of the terminology, theory and practice of leadership. This workshop will further acquaint you with facets of leadership, and allow you the opportunity to improve your own leadership skills in a highly interactive learning environment.
This workshop also includes a presentation and discussion on the certification of supply chain management professionals and the shift from purchasing to strategic supply chain management. The workshop encourages you to analyze specific aspects of your leadership in the context of your organization’s vision and mission statements, as well as improving your language of leadership, and developing leadership strategies for leading teams and groups of people.
Workshop Objectives
Upon completion of this workshop you should be able to:
- Understand what it means to be a supply chain professional.
- Apply the leadership point of view to a situation at your organization.
- Critique your organization’s mission statement.
- Differentiate between the three levels of leadership.
- Evaluate your leadership abilities using the six steps for effective leadership.
- Develop your use of the language of leadership in a workshop setting.
- Describe unique aspects of leading teams.
- Understand critical steps and roles in the change management process.
- Create and present a leader profile.
Workshop Topics
- Introduction to Leadership and Professionalism
- The Diamond Model
- Levels of Leadership
- Steps to Effective Leadership
- Leader Profiles
- Leadership and Intelligence
- Leading Individuals and Teams
- Leading Change
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