"I wanted to let you know that the NetSpeed Leadership course was GREAT!
It help me put a plan in place to guide through some challenges I'm having.
It was really interesting and very detailed.
I really learned a lot from it.
p.s
the trainer was awesome.."
Supervisor, Consumer Services
Arvato Services Inc.
A Bertelsmann Company

Are you looking for a fresh, new leadership training and development program? Do you want to move beyond traditional classroom training to using a blended learning approach? Do want a training program that is designed to meet the learning needs of managers, supervisors and individual contributors in fast-paced organizations? Leadership Strategies International offers certified facilitation of NetSpeed Leadership’s system of supervisory and management training. It is specifically designed and tested to help managers grasp and apply proven management techniques immediately.

NetSpeed Ledership blends C-learning with E-learning--the best of classroom insstruction merged with the reinforcement of electronic tools.

Training System Components:

• Crisp 3 hour modules
  (20 available)
• Electronic magazine
  (distributed after each training module)
• NetSpeed On The Job™
  (web-based action planning worksheets)
• NetSpeed Coach™
  (web-based reinforcement, testing, and coaching)

Process
Classroom instruction: Each NetSpeed Leadership module begins with face-to-face group instruction facilitated by a certified trainer. Employing a stylish and powerfully-designed electronic presentation, participant workbook, and detailed facilitator guide, our expert trainer guides participants through fun experiential exercises, insightful small group discussion, skills practice sessions, and practical application. Participants return to their jobs with relevant tools and an action plan to apply them -- right away.

Electronic reinforcement: One week after each module is presented, participants are emailed an electronic magazine with a case study, role model interview, to-do list, and other features crafted to reinforce the face-to-face training in a fresh, readable magazine format.

Web-based tools: Participants then complete a brief web-based certification test, called NetSpeed CoachTM to demonstrate their knowledge of the material and the ability to apply that knowledge to real-life management situations. NetSpeed On The JobTM is an action planning tool that participants use to construct detailed action plans for specific work challenges, following a template based directly on learning principles covered in their classroom experience.

Benefits
For participants: Program participants gain valuable approaches to managing others, building their teams, and achieving productive results through collaboration with others. Training presented in focused modules scheduled over several weeks, combined with a systematic series of e-learning reinforcement tools, maximizes knowledge retention and application of skills.

For Trainers and Training Directors: NetSpeed Leadership’s blended learning approach to leadership development is powerful and easy to implement. It allows training directors to quickly launch and support a training initiative, certify program participants, and reward participation and achievement.

NetSpeed Leadership supports the training director in providing the best of face-to-face instruction combined with state-of-the-art online learning reinforcement tools.

20 Modules:

Leading at Net Speed:

• Identify the challenges to leading effectively at net speed
• Understand how the five leadership guidelines can help you stay balanced
• Plan for ways to apply the five leadership guidelines to your current priorities

• Build an energizing, motivational work climate
• Develop high performance by choice not by demand
• Celebrate and reward success

• Develop techniques to influence effectively
• Gain support for your ideas and plans
• Use reflective listening to understand objections
• Collaborate to determine a final strategy

• Manage the team, building on the strengths of individuals
• Develop a high performance Total Team
• Recognize the five phases of team development

• Recognize the importance of thinking strategically when making a decision
• Apply the guidelines for making effective decisions
• Base decisions on sound criteria, linked to company objectives

• Break old thought patterns that constrain creativity
• Use creative thinking techniques to reach innovative solutions
• Apply synergistic thinking to on-the-job problems

• Listen in a way that encourages others to be open and forthcoming
• Focus on the important aspects of what others are communicating
• Present yourself with confidence
• Be direct and honest without being overbearing

• Practice communication skills to help team members resolve and manage conflicts
• Identify ways to promote constructive conflict resolution
• Use a model to coach teams and individuals through constructive resolution of conflict

• Factor in both skills and talent when selecting employees
• Ask questions that help you identify high performers
• Conduct effective interviews from first to last

• Set clear performance expectations with the employee
• Get to know the employee and their needs
• Provide useful on-the-job training and feedback

• Give constructive feedback so that it can be heard and acted upon
• Own your observations to reduce defensiveness
• Recognize and appreciate performance improvement

• Observe and address performance issues quickly
• Document conversations and follow up to ensure correction
• Apply a model to get performance back on track

• Link performance evaluations to stated expectations
• Use descriptive language to coach for improvement
• Conduct effective performance appraisal discussions

• Spot coaching opportunities and apply a model for coaching
• Recognize what motivates your employees
• Identify behaviors that help foster a coaching climate

• Specify what work to delegate and why
• Choose the right person to delegate to
• Use a model for successful delegation
• Identify your delegation strengths and weaknesses and minimize the latter

• Develop clear objectives before starting a project
• Prepare and implement a project plan
• Monitor and deal with changes in the project plan Improve your effectiveness as a project manager

• Focus on priority tasks that help you achieve your goals
• Minimize interruptions that reduce your productivity
• Handle the tyranny of voice mail and email
• Manage multiple priorities and incoming requests

• Develop a solid agenda
• Apply techniques to streamline discussion
• Use "quick and dirty" meeting strategies

• Explain the cycle of change and its impact on people in the workplace
• Map a cycle of change from your past
• Map an anticipated change and prepare to respond with resilience

• Recognize and communicate your strengths and skills
• Identify your work preferences
• Develop and maintain a professional network
• Elicit feedback and suggestions to shape your professional development

• Identify your own communication style
• Recognize differences in communication styles
• Develop strategies for working with people whose communication styles are different from your own