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Attain Better Results. Outshine Your Peers. Build Your Career. Right Now.

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Attain Better Results. Outshine Your Peers. Build Your Career. Right Now.

Steven Howard

40 Years Creating Great Leaders Globally

Past success as an individual contributor won't make you a successful manager.

The skills that made you a significant Individual Contributor are not the ones that will drive your success as a manager, supervisor, or team leader.

Why? Because now you are challenged daily to balance your organization's desired results with your team members' needs. Even worse, you are unsure when your next promotion will happen or if you'll be stuck in your current position for longer than you want.

You've tried books. You've devoured your company's video training library. But you're still not building the right skills to lead today's workforce.

So what happens? You fall into the trap of micromanaging. Attaining desired results and keeping team members motivated has become harder. You keep pushing your people, pleading for them to make things happen. And they respond with disinterest, sometimes disdain.

It's time to break this cycle.

It's time to go from being a Good Manager to a Great Leader. A leader who is admired. A leader who is trusted. A leader that people look to for motivation, coaching, and direction. And a leader destined for a rewarding and fulfilling leadership career.

If that's you, this course is for you.

Why? Because the best leaders coach. The rest merely manage.

What you’ll learn

Proven methodologies and models that you can immediately implement. And the most powerful communication tools to set you apart from peers.

A proven methodology for effective feedback that you can tailor to your needs. One that gives you greater confidence in sharing feedback.
An action plan you write for planning and preparing feedback conversations and annual performance review discussions.
Option to review your feedback discussion plans with the instructor or the cohort group.

A structured process you will use for effective delegation, from task assessment through progress monitoring.
Models for assessing team member capabilities and capacity, including you drafting your next delegation conversation.
7 Golden Rules of Effective Feedback and a set of delegation rules and guidelines to ensure your future success when delegating.

Implementing best-practice motivation techniques for individuals and teams.
Drafting Clear Lines of Values in class for your team members for review with the instructor and your course peers.
Techniques for holding more effective One-on-One discussions with your direct report, which you'll use in drafting your next conversations.

The two essential communications leaders and managers overlook and how you will start using these frequently and effectively.
The Power of High Impact Questions, including how and when to use, what NOT to do, and why these differentiate you from your peers.
The two P's for being a successful communicator and how to adapt them for the many types of discussions you have.

Expand your role and the purpose of One-on-One Conversations
Use One-on-One discussions to assess team members' decision-making skills
Review and update decision rights

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Who this course is for

Mid-level managers who lead teams while executing the strategies and pursuing the goals set by upper management.
Managers, supervisors, and team leaders with no formal people leadership training in the past five years or longer.
Entrepreneurs with a technical background and little or no people leadership training. You cannot scale your business all by yourself!

What's included

Live sessions

Learn directly from Steven Howard in a real-time, interactive format.

Weekly Check-in and Review Sessions

Each week, Steven will hold an optional 45-minute Office Hours session for you to raise questions, discuss implementation techniques, and apply the models and methodologies to your work situation.

Copies of Steven's books on Effective Delegation and Effective Feedback

These books will be great reference guides after you have completed the course.

Community of peers

Stay accountable and share insights with like-minded professionals.

Lifetime access

Go back to course content and recordings whenever you need to.

Certificate of completion

Share your new skills with your employer or on LinkedIn.

Maven Guarantee

Your purchase is backed by the Maven Guarantee.

Course syllabus

9 live sessions • 5 lessons • 5 projects

Week 1

Oct 22—Oct 25

Oct

Module 1: Leading People for Results

Thu 10/227:30 PM—8:45 PM (UTC)

Module Content: Leading People for Results

2 items

Week 2

Oct 26—Nov 1

Oct

Weekly Cohort Check-in | Q+A Session

Tue 10/277:15 PM—7:45 PM (UTC)

Optional

Oct

Module 2: Powerful Tools for Communicating Effectively as a Leader

Thu 10/297:30 PM—9:00 PM (UTC)

Module Content: Powerful Tools for Communicating Effectively as a Leader

2 items

Assignment: Planning Your Next Critical Conversations

0 items

Schedule

Live sessions

1-3 hrs / week

Live module sessions will run for 60-75 minutes, with an optional weekly 30-minute check-in session.

Thu, Oct 22
7:30 PM—8:45 PM (UTC)
Tue, Oct 27
7:15 PM—7:45 PM (UTC)
Thu, Oct 29
7:30 PM—9:00 PM (UTC)

Projects

1 hr / week

Weekly projects that apply course learnings to your job will take 30-45 minutes a week. In addition, you can schedule a 20-minute personal review session with the instructor for each assignment.