Developing Your Leadership Skills

Especially for future and emerging leaders in Gen Y, come discover the key concepts of being a leader and the best strategies for developing your leadership skills and influence. Learn the unspoken secrets that leaders know and the strategies they employ/exhibit in for influencing others. Leadership skills are acquired and learned.

The action takes place in attending meetings, running meetings, interacting with others 1:1, and employing successful techniques to convince and influence others. You can become a leader if you know the do’s and don’ts; what to say, what not to say; what to do, what not to do.

Course length: One month
Number of Hours: 16
Cost: $145
Course start dates: 3/4/24, 5/6/24, 7/1/24, 10/7/24

You may also take this course as part of the Leadership Development Certificate (for Gen Y)

Additional Course Information

Agenda

Unit 1

Making Leadership Happen

What leaders do, and don’t do
What Leaders Believe
Attributes of leaders: what characteristics leaders have that others don’t
Making it happen: becoming a leader
Leadership procedures and processes, how leaders work

Unit 2

Attending Meetings: Where the Action Is

How to attend a meeting when you are not the leader
The dynamics of meetings
Recognizing the players in a meeting
How to study. The unspoken cues of body language, silence, objections,
Studying/Reading the leader in a meeting

Unit 3

The Secrets of Leading Successful Meetings

Creating your meeting agenda and objective
The 5 Secrets of leading an outcome oriented meeting
Getting something passed
Understanding meeting procedures: Bob’s Process Model

Unit 4

Change: How to Influence Others

Creating the argument
Delivering the case
Gaining support, before, during, and after meetings
Taking leadership

Cancellation Policy

Continuing Education Classes:

We understand that sometimes life happens. If you are unable to attend your class, please email Continuing-ed@uwm.edu. We will be happy to contact your instructor to let them know and provide you with any material missed.

If you cancel 8 days prior to the start of your class, we are happy to issue an account credit/voucher to you. If you do not provide an 8 day cancellation notice, you will not be eligible to receive a credit/voucher*. Unfortunately, no refunds will be provided.

*Please remember, vouchers are not issued for and cannot be used towards trips, online, or credit courses.*

In order for Continuing Education to continue to provide the community with the outreach programming that we have, all cancellations will be assessed a 6% administrative fee. If you would like to provide a donation or contribute to our scholarship fund, you can do so at check-out by adding any dollar amount to your order! You can also contact our department at continuing-ed@uwm.edu. Continuing Education is cost-recovery and relies on community donations to help support its programs.

Thank you for your continued support!

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