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‘Gung-ho !' in its true spirit of the word is an absolute challenge – adventure programme to defend the ultimate skills of management and a tough test on target accomplishment for an ambitious team committed to go beyond all conceivable limits of working under most daring but safe conditions. A programme identified for the senior/ middle management team as a mind-setting prelude to taking-up a challenging project. The participants will be required to execute a Formidable Challenge during which process the following learning will be experienced. The nature of the Challenge could be determined. The duration will be ideally 2 – 3 days on residential basis.

Learning includes: Team formation and development, Determination and execution of Team Leadership, Development of a Project Organization, Identification of Key issues / events critical to project execution, Goal Oriented or Activity Oriented Focus, Determination of Goals, Sub-goals and Targets, Emergence of a multi-tiered hierarchy of Leadership, Planning the Conceptual Framework for Project Execution, Developing Team Structures for Project Implementation, Emergence of Relationships Network, Experiencing Critical Success, Failure and Limiting Factors in Project Management, Risk Identification and Risk mitigation, Managing Team Morale and Momentum, Out-of-the box thinking and Creativity and Experiencing of Frustration and Negativism and Managing Reactive Behaviour.

Leadership Boot Camp is an in-depth extensive development intervention for Senior and Middle Managers to acquire comprehensive application skills for leading their teams. The multi-day boot camp is designed under four themes of leadership: Transformational, Behavioural, Managerial and Strategic aspects of leadership. Ideally this is presented as a week-long residential workshop. However it can be restructured to a shorter duration to suit specific training needs of the client.

Theme 1: Transformational Leadership

a) Core Competencies of a Leader

What makes a Leader? What resources and strengths do leaders need to thrive amidst chaos and turbulent change? How can they inspire teams, win customers and drive organisational performance?

b) Dimensions of Leadership: Styles, Options and Alternatives .

The distinct approaches to leadership and how tactfully the styles should be switched to suit different situations.

c)Emotional Intelligence and Leadership

Why the leaders need to be aware of their own feelings and that of others in making relationships that bind together and drive performance.

d)Mastery of Self in the making of Leadership

The critical importance of knowing one's inner resources, abilities, limitations and emotions and their relevance to managing people and organisations.

Theme 2: Leading with an Edge

e) >Understanding Individual Behaviour

How could the leader transform the beliefs, values and attitudes of his/her team to infuse inspiration and foster performance?

f) Group Dynamics and Teamwork

Insights into making of informal and formal groups at work and how the leader should handle diversity and negativity.

g) Performance & Motivation

What makes people work with will and how critical it is for the leader to understand the intricacies of human behaviour. Exposure to the inferences of different models and theories of motivation and their relevance to contemporary organisations.

h)Communication for Results

The significance of formal and informal communication and its impact on leadership and organisational performance

Theme 3: The Leadership that Gets things done

i) Planning, Prioritising & Delegation

Planning, Prioritising and Delegation are essential prerequisites for effective leadership. Also the relevance of being ‘Effective Vs Efficient' and ‘Proactive Vs Reactive' in getting things done.

j) The Challenge of Change

Change entails challenges, resistance, obstacles and impediments. A systematic approach to change, creating and managing change to yield win-win solutions.

k) Decision Making and Problem Solving

Tools and techniques for an orderly approach to decision-making and problem solving to facilitate organisational performance at all levels.

l) Stress Management

Causes and consequences of stress with solutions from management and value-based perspectives.

Theme 4: Strategic Leadership

m) Lessons from Sun Tzu's Art of War

Lessons to learn from the Chinese military classic written 2,500 years ago and their application to develop visionary leadership and strategy focused organisations.

n) Creating Organisational Alignment

Role of the Leader in creating strategic awareness and alignment at all levels and disciplines to yield synergy.

o) Breakthrough Thinking

How and Why the Leaders should think differently, perceive exceptionally and analyse critically. Breakthrough thinking is the strength to master at times of challenge; to be distinctly different to others.

p) Creating a Paradigm Shift

Leaders must excel in anticipation and innovation. They need to define new boundaries, set different rules and play a different game<.