The Voice of Leadership: How Leaders Inspire, Influence and Achieve Results Seminar # 2130

"The difference between mere management and leadership is communication"—Winston Churchill

It’s a fact of organizational life: Leadership communication goes hand-in-hand with success—and the effective application of this skill is particularly essential in an uncertain economy when painful business decisions are made daily. No matter how compelling the vision or how brilliant the strategy, without leadership communication there is no execution.

This fast-paced, results-oriented seminar is uniquely designed to strengthen your leadership communication skills. You’ll learn practical techniques to shape your leadership messages, hone an authentic leadership voice and engage in powerful conversations that achieve results.

How You Will Benefit

• Improve your leadership communication skills
• Build greater buy-in, trust and loyalty
• Demonstrate grace under fire and defuse tension
• Overcome resistance to change
• Motivate followers and inspire them to action
• Rally support in difficult situations

What You Will Cover

The Voices of Effective Leaders—Past and Present

• Describe typical situations requiring leadership communication and assess how well you use the language of leadership in these situations
• Identify five traits of effective leadership communication and assess how well you demonstrate those traits

Finding Your Leadership Voice

• Learn the two components of a leader’s voice
• Describe several leadership communication styles and describe your dominant style

Crafting Compelling Messages That Inspire Action and Produce Results

• Pinpoint the desired results of your leadership message by using a results matrix
• Shape your leadership message

Setting the Stage for Powerful Communication

• Pick the right forum for leadership communications and create a winning setting for your key messages
• Overcome stage fright and communication anxiety

Taking the Lead

• Generate presence and charisma that command respect
• Send clear messages that maximize audience understanding

Setting the Direction You Want Others to Travel

• Communicate a clear mission and inspire vision and values
• Delegate authority in ways that prompt others to take responsibility

Influencing and Inspiring Others into Action

• Identify the factors that demotivate
• Light a fire in the hearts of others

Coaching, Counseling and Mentoring for Improved Performance

• Stimulate and guide authentic coaching, counseling and mentoring sessions

Addressing Tough and Touchy Topics in Ways That Defuse Tension

• Handle conflict and hostile disputes

Who Should Attend

Experienced managers and executives and anyone who aspires to a leadership position or who is expected to provide leadership.

This Seminar Features Blended Learning

AMA Blended Learning combines instructor-led training with online pre- and post-seminar assessments, tune-up courses and other resources to maximize your training goals. Through a blend of proven instructor-led seminars and powerful online technology, AMA Blended Learning provides a compelling and more comprehensive experience for the learner—producing a greater return-on-investment for the employer and the seminar participant.

Additional Information

• Extended Seminar Description
• Faculty Info
• Seminar Hours
• Travel and Accommodations
• Cancellation Policy
• Federal Government Employee Discounts
• On-Site Delivery

Registration Fee

3 days / 1.8 CEUs
Nonmembers $2,345 / AMA Members $2,095 / GSA $1,794

Schedule

We have 32 scheduled sessions located nationwide starting between January 21, 2009 and September 28, 2009.

• Call 1-877-566-9441 for an AMA Training Consultant.
• E-mail customerservice@amanet.org
• Fax AMA Text Registration Form
• Mail AMA Text Registration Form