Improving Leadership Skills

Improving Leadership Skills

In today’s rapidly changing environment, employees and managers are increasingly requested to possess multiple skills, capabilities and competencies. From Directors to Administrators, all are expected to understand an organisation, know how to handle change, be able to manage teams, communicate effectively, handle projects, improve working relationships and be effective managers – ultimately, act as leaders!

The aim of this practical course is to help participants build and manage high performance teams by understanding corporate operations and achieve personal improvement by mastering fundamental management techniques.

By attending this course you will be able to:

• Identifying the fundamentals of management and leadership skills
• Recognizing different personality and leadership styles
• Develop and demonstrate your own management and leadership style
• Exploring how different the human characteristics are in different cultures
• Implement effective action plans that will improve personal and team performance
• Developing techniques and benchmarks/tools for managing teams
• Understand the principles behind fundamental leadership and management techniques
  • People management
  • Team management
  • Effective communication
  • Change management
  • Innovation facilitation
  • Situational leadership
  • Coaching
• Become a more effective and efficient Manager and Leader

Who should attend

This highly practical and interactive course has been specifically designed for Presidents, Vice Presidents, Directors, Heads, Senior Managers, Managers of:

• Human Resources and Human Capital
• Planning
• Marketing
• Quality Management
• Project Management
• Administration Management
• Operations
• Corporate Affairs, Corporate Communications  & Media Relations
• Line managers who seek to improve their managerial skills

Meet your expert course trainer: Emmanuel Perakis

Emmanuel Perakis is Managing Partner of STREAM Management having supported both corporations (such as Coca-Cola 3E, Cosmote, Carrefour, Heineken, Henkel, Dubai Holdings, Korres, Novartis), as well as institutions (such as CSR Europe, EFQM, Danish Center for Leadership, WWF), on management issues such as Human Resource Development, Leadership, Innovation and CSR.

Emmanuel has over 17 years of experience in Management roles in areas such as Μanagement Systems, Internal Organisation, Business Excellence, Corporate Responsibility and Corporate Communications. Additional activities and memberships include:

• Jury Committee Member and Senior Assessor for the European Excellence Award in Brussels (in the category of large companies).
• Lead Auditor for Quality, Environment and Health & Safety management systems.
• Official Trainer, for EFQM in Europe.
• Conference Speaker with Speakers Associates UK.
• Member of Vodafone Group’s Global CSR Council.

He has provided numerous lectures, moderations and training courses on various management topics including, Innovation, Change, Responsibility, Environment, Excellence and Leadership around the world (Belgium, Serbia, Holland, Denmark, Romania, Estonia, Dubai, Greece). In 2003 he was honoured with the annual European Leadership Award by the European Foundation for Quality Management, for his “contribution to the Excellence movement in Europe”.

19 Middle and Senior Level Managers from across the GCC in Dubai for the Improving Leadership Skills course!

“A very well thought out course and the perfect trainer to conduct it.”
Khalid Al Ibrahim, Deputy Chief Pilot Fleets, Qatar Airways

“Thought Provoking & Engaging Course.”
Sujay Suvarna, Regional Business Manager – Emerging Markets, Carestream Health

“It was very very good. It opened my eyes and thinking in a lot of new ways especially in how to deal with people.”
Ali Mangoosh Al Ali, Presidential Flights

“It was a very good course that suits my requirements perfectly.”
Waleed Albooshi, Presidential Flights