Leadership And Management In International Development Course

Course Overview

Whether you are a new or experienced manager, this course is for you if you either manage or lead a team, projects, programme, functional area or relate to varied stakeholders. We cover globally recognized management and leadership theories, tools and techniques and adapt them to your needs, putting each one into practice. You get to network and learn with others in the development sector, exercise new knowledge and skills on topics including influence, motivation and power analysis. Finally, you leave the training course with a clear plan of how to apply what you have learnt directly to your work.

Course Duration

5 Days

Course Objectives

Through a mix of interactive facilitation, experiential activity and coaching you will learn how to:

• Leverage your natural ability to lead and prioritize demands
• Understand your learning and leadership preferences and how to adapt them to others’ needs
• Analyse your network and prepare for those new conversations that will make a difference
• Give and receive feedback
• Reflect on your own leadership style and presence

Course Content

Module One: Setting yourself up for success

• The differences between leading and managing
• Identify and prioritize demands – what is realistic?
• Identify leadership styles

 Module Two: Understanding the power of your relationships and the nature of motivation

• Stakeholder and network mapping
• Examine motivation
• Understand what motivates you and your network

Module Three: Developing individual and team performance

• Linking motivation to skill
• Holding conversations that matter
• The art of feedback

Module Four: What makes teams effective

• Understanding the nature of teams
• Characteristics of effective teams and team leaders

Module Five: Leading into the future

• Examining power relations
• Exploring leadership presence
• Action planning

General Notes

·         All our courses can be Tailor-made to participants needs

·         The participant must be conversant with English

·          Presentations are well guided, practical exercises, web-based tutorials, and group work. Our facilitators are experts with more than 10years of experience

·          Upon completion of training, the participant will be issued with a Global King Project Management certificate

·         Training will be done at the Global King Project Management Centers (Nairobi Kenya, Mombasa Kenya, Kigali Rwanda, Dubai ,Lagos  Nigeria and More others).

·         A discount of 20% will be given to more than 4 participants from same organization.

·         Course duration is flexible and the contents can be modified to fit any number of days.      

·         Payment should be done before commencement of the training, to the Global King Project Management account, so as to enable us to prepare better for you.

·         For any inquiry to:  [email protected] or +254 114 830 889

·         Website: www.globalkingprojectmanagement.org

·         Tablet and Laptops are provided to participants on request as an add-on cost to the training fee

·          The course fee for onsite training includes facilitation training materials, 2 coffee breaks, a buffet lunch, and a Certificate of successful completion of Training. Participants will be responsible for their own travel expenses and arrangements, airport transfers, visa application dinners, health/accident insurance, and other personal expenses.