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Unleash Your Leadership Competency Potential

Unleash Your Leadership Competency Potential is blended training using Web Ex, E-Learning courses, and independent study at no cost to the participant.

Audience
Senior level leaders, managers, and supervisors from any correctional services agency whose overall responsibility includes the implementation of short- and long-term operational goals and objectives that are congruent with the agency’s vision and mission.

Description
Correctional leaders continue to face numerous challenges in the effective management of organizational resources and day-to-day operations, while pursuing the agency’s vision, mission and goals. Today’s correctional leader must be equipped with a full range of leadership and management skills and behaviors that enable them to effectively lead staff in achieving their agency’s mandated mission while moving toward a desired future. Knowledge and skill proficiency may address the following competencies: self-awareness, collaboration, problem-solving, decision-making, motivation, ethics and values, vision and mission, strategic thinking, managing the external environment, power and influence, strategic planning and performance management, and team building are critical to their own leadership development and success, as well as the overall performance of the organization.

This training experience will provide the leader with a blueprint of their leadership competency potential, including: a self-assessment/self-awareness profile, learning interventions and action planning steps for their development in at least one leadership competency/skill area. Through active participation in a blended combination of on-line synchronous facilitated training sessions, independent
e-learning courses provided through the NIC Learning Center and independent study, leaders will be able to practice and implement new leadership behaviors with their staffs.

Course Objectives
Correctional leaders taking this course will:

  • Explore their correctional leadership competency potential through a structured self-assessment process.
  • Identify at least one leadership skill strength and at least one leadership skill challenge.
  • Complete at least one leadership development e-learning course in the diagnosed skill challenge area.
  • Develop, practice and implement a leadership action step/plan with their staff.
  • Analyze and report on their leadership effectiveness as a result of the implementation of their action step/plan.


Expected Duration
12 hours (includes 6 hours of on-line/distance facilitated training and 6 hours of independent study and practice.)

Enrollment Eligibility
This course is designed specifically for senior level leaders, managers, and supervisors in the corrections field. For more information please contact Bernie Iszler.



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