Mastering the Transition from Technical Expert to a Leader Course

Introduction

This highly participative 5-day training course will help you develop your skills to become a transformational leader and an effective people manager in any workplace. Moving into a leadership role from a technical or professional role can be challenging. A leadership role requires skills and competencies that may not have been part of your training or previous work experience. This course will give you the skills to meet organisational objectives, build a high-performing team, and expand your impact as a leader of people.


Target Trainees

  • Anyone Promoted into a People Management or Leadership Role
  • Engineers
  • Engineering Managers
  • Project Managers
  • Technical Leads
  • Operational Managers
  • Financial Professionals
  • Managers and Leaders in Government
  • Oil & Gas Professionals
  • HR Professionals Moving into Leadership Roles

Course Objective

Amongst a wide range of valuable topics, the following will be prioritised:

  • Moving From Technical Skills to People Skills
  • The Difference Between Managing and Leading
  • Leading and Managing Change
  • Key Communication Skills of Leaders
  • Become a Successful Communicator with All Stakeholders
  • Understanding Your Own Personality Profile
  • Decision-Making with Teams – Avoiding Groupthink
  • Understanding Key Change Management Principles
  • Developing a High-Performing Team
  • Essential Skills for Coaching Others.

Module 1: The Need for Leadership in the Modern Workplace

  • From technical expert to leader
  • The difference between managing and leading
  • Characteristics of highly effective leaders
  • Transformational and transactional leadership
  • The importance of Emotional Intelligence (EI)

Module 2: Key Communication Skills of Leaders

  • Effective interpersonal communication in the leadership role
  • Communicating successfully – Avoiding communication barriers
  • Active listening and questioning skills
  • Understanding your own personality profile
  • Developing self-awareness

Module 3: Building and Leading Successful Teams

  • Achieving the high-performing team
  • Stages of team development
  • Identifying the essential factors in motivation
  • The benefits and barriers to delegation
  • Decision-making with teams – avoiding group think

Module 4: Essential Skills for Coaching

  • The Coaching Cycle (PEDICR)
  • Key listening & questioning techniques for coaching & mentoring
  • Introducing SOLER techniques
  • Plan a coaching session & preparing a coaching plan
  • Set coaching objectives which are measurable (SMART)

Module 5: Leading & Managing Change

  • The key drivers of change
  • The difference between change management and change leadership
  • Overcoming resistance to change
  • Change at the individual, team and organisational level
  • The five psychological phases of change and their effective management


Methodology

This instructor led training course is delivered using a blended learning approach and comprises of presentations, guided sessions of practical exercise, web based tutorials and group work. Our facilitators are seasoned industry experts with years of experience, working as professional and trainers in these fields.

All facilitation and course materials will be offered in English. The participants should be reasonably proficient in English.

Accreditation

Upon successful completion of this training, participants will be issued with a certificate of participation.

Training Venue

The training is residential and will be held at the Livecode Training Centre in Westlands, Nairobi, Kenya. The course fee covers the course tuition, training materials, two break refreshments, lunch, and study visits.

All participants will additionally cater for their, travel expenses, visa application, insurance, and other personal expenses.

Accommodation

Accommodation is arranged upon request. For reservations contact the Training Officer.

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Training Fees

The course fees is KES 65,000.00 or USD 950.00 exclusive of VAT. The course fees covers the course tuition, training materials, two (2) break refreshments, lunch and study visits. Participants will cater for their travel and accommodation costs.

Payment

Payment should be transferred to Livecode Technologies account through bank on or before the course starting date. 

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Cancellation Policy

Payment for the all courses includes a registration fee, which is non-refundable, and equals 15% of the total sum of the course fee.

Tailor- Made

This scheduled course can also be tailored for your organization. To find out how our tailor-made training can help your organization, call our team on

Please Note: The program content shown here is for guidance purposes only. Our continuous course improvement process may lead to changes in topics and course structure.

Event Properties

Event Date 06-20-2022 8:00 am
Event End Date 06-24-2022 5:00 pm
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Cut off date 06-16-2022
Individual Price USD 950
Location Nairobi, Kenya
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