Sunday, October 18, 2009

Finding Leadership Development Workshops

By Lindsay Barnes

All right, so you have finally developed the attitude and the determination to brush up on or build your leadership skills, which may have been snoozing away for the past several years as you made your way through your career trying to eke out a living. Perhaps you probably just haven't had much of an opportunity to showcase how leader-like you can really be, or perhaps you were just always thinking twice about exhibiting any leadership skills for fear of being incapable to handle the responsibilities you will inevitably become shouldered with.

The first thing you're going to want to do is to learn how to build up your leadership skills, how to develop the confidence to actually exhibit them, and find out what the characteristics of a good leader really are. You must have seen a lot of leaders and people in high positions who don't really exhibit leadership qualities, so you should already have a good idea what makes and doesn't make a good leader.

One of the things you can do is to figure out who are the good leaders you've seen so far in your life, and make a list of what you admire most about their qualities and personalities, ones that you can emulate as you work to become a leader. You could even make a list of mistakes and missteps that non-leaders usually make.

What you should also be looking into are leadership development workshops. These are an essential part of leadership skill training. You will be able to learn more about leadership as well as get an opportunity to practice leadership skills that you have developed. Alternatively, you can also work with a leadership development training coach if you want someone who will be able to work with you according to a more personalized plan.

You can find leadership development workshops online, since many career consultants are easily found on the Internet, and you will also be able to get an idea what the workshops will entail, since their websites usually have a detailed description of each course as well as what the lessons will cover. You can also try asking people in your HR department if the company offers any leadership development courses or if the company can sponsor people who intend to take such a workshop. You might also want to take a look in the Yellow Pages or ask your friends and colleagues if they know of any career specialists in your area who may be able to help with leadership development training.

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