Great leaders move us. They ignite our passion and inspire the best in us. No matter what leaders set out to do—whether it’s creating strategy or mobilizing teams to action—their success depends on how they do it. While every manager has a default leadership style, the most successful leaders learn to use multiple different leadership styles to improve the effectiveness of their leadership, their teams and their creative enterprises. According to research conducted by Daniel Goleman, there are six leadership styles, which are associated with effective leadership that have a significant positive impact on both employee engagement and performance.

This session will provide participants with strategies and techniques from the six effective leadership styles researched by Daniel Goleman, which managers and leaders need to successfully lead and develop their staff and improve the engagement and productivity of their team. By attending this session, leaders and managers will analyze your current styles and learn how to adapt your leadership styles to incorporate all six leadership styles in order to optimize employee performance, engagement, development and productivity.

Participants will:

• Examine their own leadership style and the impact it has on their staff
• Explore Daniel Goleman’s six effective leadership styles
• Understanding the importance of building a repertoire of different leadership styles
• Enhance their flexibility of leadership styles
• Learn when each leadership style is most and least effective in the workplace
• Develop a personal leadership action plan

Competencies: Leadership; Influencing, Developing people

Audience: This class is for all Washington University in St. Louis staff employees (Leading Self, Others, or the Organization)

Class Duration: 3.5 hours, 9 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Facilitator: Carla D. Bailey, ECCP, MBA, Director of Human Resources Learning and Development

As the director of Washington University’s human resources, learning and development, Carla is responsible for setting the strategic direction, developing, and delivering University-wide leadership, management, and professional development programs associated with enhancing leaders’ and employees’ capabilities, organizational culture, and personal and professional effectiveness. For more than three decades, Carla has been helping organizations and leaders achieve their full potential- coaching, facilitating, and speaking on transformational leadership development. Carla is a certified executive and leadership coach with a B.S. in Organizational Management, an M.A. in Leadership and Organizational Development, and an MBA from Washington University Olin Business School.

An important note: This session is being held in-person at the Link in the Loop building.

Questions:
Contact HR-LearnandDevelop@wustl.edu

All programs are subject to change.

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