VAPT | Validation Of Professional Training

The 360 Degree Leader

Objectives

Help managers recognize the importance of comprehensive leadership
Help managers avoid the misperception and aware of the challenges faced to develop leadership skills by themselves
Knowing the principles of leaders at all levels

Participants

The program is designed for managers

Training methods

Power Point presentation, group presentation
Join the discussion, guide and coaching through the practice of connecting to the actual work (games, exercises)
Watch the video clip, role playing
Handle real situations and with reference books
Tell the story/Sharing real experiences
Each participants will be practicing and receiveing suggestions, editing in class

Contents

Myths and challenges a middle leader must overcome to be the 360^o leader
1. Myths of leading from the middle
  - The position myth
  - The destination myth
  - The influence myth
  - The inexperience myth
  - The liberty myth
  - The potential myth
  - The all-or-nothing myth
2. The challenges 360^o leaders face
  - Tension challenge
  - Frustration challenge
  - Ego challenge
  - Fulfillment challenge
  - Multi-hat challenge
  - Vision challenge
  - Influence challeng
360^o leader principles
1. Principles to lead up
  - Lead yourself exceptionally well
  - Lighten your leader’s load
  - Be willing to do what others don’t
  - Do more than manage – Lead!
  - Invest in relational chemistry
  - Be prepared every time you take your leader’s time
  - Know when to push and when to back off
  - Become a “Go-to” player
  - Be better tomorrow than you are today
2. Principles to lead across
  - Understand, practice and complete the leadership loop
  - Put completing fellow leader ahead of completing with them
  - Be a friend
  - Avoid office politics
  - Expand your circle of acquaintances
  - Let the best ideas win
  - Don’t pretend you’re perfec
3. Principles to lead down
  - Walk slowly through the hall
  - See everyone as a “10”
  - Develop each team member as a person
  - Place people in their strength zones
  - Model the behaviors you desire
  - Transfer the vision
  - Reward for results
The value of 360^o leaders
1. leadership team is more effective than just a leader
  - Visionary leader: willing to hire people better than themselves
  - Wise leader: shape their people into a team
  - Secure leaders: focus on others and want them to do well
  - Experienced leaders: listen to their team
2. Leaders are needed at any level of the organization
  Without a leader:
  - Vision leaks
  - Decisions are delayed
  - Agendas are multiplied
  - Conflicts are extended
  - Morale and production is low
  - Success is difficult
3. Leading successfully at one level is a qualifier for leading at the next level
  - Start to lead right at the current position
  - Change level
  - Complete small tasks – the bigger one will come
  - Make “background” to promote
4. Good leaders in the middle make better leaders at the top
  - Good leaders maximize the performance of those on their team
  - Good leaders in the middle help other leaders in the organization improve
  - Good leaders in the middle will be tomorrow’s leaders at the top
5. Quality of 360^o leaders
  - Adaptability
  - Discernment
  - Perspective
  - Communication
  - Security
  - Servanthood
  - Resourcefulness
  - Maturity
  - Endurance
  - Countability
6. Environment to wake up the 360^o leaders
  - Trust in people’s potential
  - Reserve resources to develop people
  - Appreciate the role of the leader
  - Look for potential leaders
  - Understand and respect people
  - Give all people the opportunity to be the leader
  - Reward the active leadership
  - Make the environment to share ideas
  - Develop together
  - Attract the potential leaders
  - Develop leadership team
  - Release the leaders