Course description
AMA Business Boot Camp: Management and Leadership Essentials
Based on the book AMA Business Boot Camp, edited by Edward T. Reilly, former President and CEO of AMA.
This virtually delivered encompasses AMA’s years of trusted wisdom and training expertise, covering the most vital, time-tested management skills, tools and strategies. Your staff will complete the Golden Personality Type Profiler prior to class to gain a deeper understanding of themselves and others. As they work through each lesson, they’ll refer back to the results to pinpoint development opportunities so they can return to their job rejuvenated—better managers and communicators with renewed skills and confidence.
How You Will Benefit
- Master the essential business skills to succeed and thrive
- Diagnose areas for development to quickly leap forward
- Develop deeper self-awareness and insights into selves and others
- Achieve astounding success with every project, every hiring and every delegation decision
- Communicate with clarity and purpose to boost performance and productivity
- Identify strategic opportunities and take actions to drive growth
- Build power as a leader to energize teams and implement vision
Upcoming start dates
Who should attend?
All managers looking to jump start their careers or to reinvigorate their competence and skills in areas crucial to their success.
Training content
Learning Objectives
- Assess Your Core Management Competencies and Skills
- Examine How an Understanding of Personality Types Can Influence Your Effectiveness as a Manager
- Identify Areas to Strengthen, Reenergize and Calibrate Your Management Skills
Lesson One
Assessing Your Full Management Potential
- Define the Role of Manager
- Explain How Your Personality Type Influences Your Role as a Manager
- Recognize the Importance of Creating the Right Environment
- Describe the Importance of Communication for Effective Management
Lesson Two
Strengthening Your Team
- Define Performance Management
- Discuss the Need for Executing Good Performance Planning and the Best Practices That Enable This (i.e., Questioning/Listening)
- Explain the Importance of Motivation in Relation to Performance Management
- Practice Feedback Coaching Techniques
Lesson Three
Maintaining Healthy Projects
- Distinguish Between Projects and Operations
- Define the Role of the Manager in the Project
- Apply Techniques and Skills to Define the Work to Be Done
- Practice Delegation Techniques to Manage a Project’s Resources Appropriately
- Discuss the Importance of Good Communication Skills in Project Management
- Exercise Good Meeting Skills to Effectively Manage a Project
Lesson Four
Building Your Leadership Endurance
- Distinguish Between Management and Leadership
- Discuss the Different Ways People Think Strategically
- Explain How Having a Strategic Mindset Is Essential to Leadership
- Determine Ways to Establish Credibility
- Explore How Motivation and Demotivation of Others Can Affect Your Ability to Lead Successfully
- Identify a Leader’s Sources of Power and Influence
- Describe Ways That Leaders Can Build Their Power and Influence
Costs
price for:
- Non Members: $2495
- AMA Members: $2245
Certification / Credits
CEU: 1.2
Reviews
Average rating 4.8
The Boot Camp was great and covered a great variety of topics.
Fantastic boot camp! Lots of great information and tools in a short period of time.
American Management Association Company Info
The American Management Association, International (AMA) is the global leader in talent development. Founded in 1923, AMA supports the goals of individuals and organizations through a complete range of educational products and services, including instructor-led classroom and virtual seminars, webinars,...
The knowledge base was excellent and the handouts and booklets I will keep for my personal reference. I learned a lot about myself and now have a path forward to manage my team.