DKA Toolkit - Courses

Leadership & Management Skills for New Managers

Successful managers practice both strong management and leadership skills. Leadership skills are not the same as management skills. Leadership skills are influence skills. The ability to influence bosses, co-workers, teams, and outcomes has a profound impact on your success as a (new) manager.

This course focuses on leadership skills and competencies required for managers to manage their teams effectively and deliver projects successfully. We will cover the differences and the commonalities between management and leadership. Participants will learn how to lead from the middle of the organization, how to lead down and across; the core values of leadership; interpersonal communication skills; influencing skills; and team-building skills. The focus will be on building leadership and management competencies to transform successful managers into effective leaders.

At the conclusion of the course, you will:

• Learn the core values of leadership
• Define Leadership vs. Management
• Learn the reasons managers fail
• Apply the 5 levels of leadership
• Understand the synergy of leadership and influence
• Learn to lead from the middle of the organization
• Learn to lead down and across

Accompanying Free Psychological Assessment!

Career Advancement Profile

Purpose: CADVP was developed to evaluate how prepared a person is for an advancement in his or her career. It will provide information on whether an employee has the attitude, traits, and behaviors needed to move up the ladder.

No. of questions: 46

Question type: Situational, self-report

Estimated completion time: 15 minutes

Report Includes:

• Summary
• Introduction
• Graphs
• Detailed narrative interpretation
• Strengths and Limitations
• Advice
• Impression management

Factors and Scales:

Overall Score plus 2 factors, divided into 8 scales:

1) Healthy Motivators: Different types of motivators that drive people to succeed.

• Growth: Desire to gain new skills and eagerness to grow.
• Responsibility: Interest in gaining new and expanded responsibilities.
• Leadership: Desire to take on a leadership role.
• Stimulation: Assesses whether a more stimulating environment is needed.

2) Preparedness: Degree to which a person is mentally and emotionally prepared for advancement.

• Confidence: Degree of self-confidence that is exhibited in the workplace.
• Initiative: Tendency to display proactive behavior.
• Coping with Stress: Assesses how well stressful situations are handled.
• Adaptability: Ability to deal with changes in the work environment.