Acumanage Draft presentation Effective Leadership & Project Management Courses 1 L. Zegers – Training courses (in English, French or Spanish) Course 1:

Draft presentation Effective Leadership & Project Management Courses

11AcumanageAcumanage

L. Zegers – Training coursesL. Zegers – Training courses

(in English, French or Spanish)(in English, French or Spanish)

Course 1: Effective Leadership

Course 2: Project Management

(course testing and evaluation

and future developments)



Target, numbers and time

Target

Top leaders on their own, or top leaders and their leadership teams; project managers on their own, or project managers and their project teams; individuals or groups interested in improving their operational processes, and organisations at large and their sponsors.

Numbers

• Minimum: 8

• Ideal: 12 to 20

• Maximum: 24

Time• Minimum: 5 effective days (including overview of theory, and restricted

exercises)• Normal: 10 effective days (including theory, full leadership exercises, coaching

and overview of Project Management theory)• Extended: 15 effective days (including all above plus preparation of field work

and assessment of course work)• Further follow-up and coaching on request

Note

Each course is designed and materials prepared according to the needs specified by the customer organisation



Effective Leadership – (Initial test course)

Objectives

• To establish an environment of KS and self-learning for course participants

• To provide basic and proven leadership principles and techniques

• To demonstrate that participatory decision-making is more effective than individual decision-making

• To demonstrate the critical interdependence between quality in management and efficiency and effectiveness in leadership

• To provide basic management tools and techniques to support effective leadership

• To introduce a methodology towards continuous improvement through effective leadership.

Expected results

At the end of the course, participants should have:

• Created a supportive peer environment;

• Reaffirmed their knowledge about leadership principles and techniques;

• Acquired confidence in participatory decision-making;

• Understood the interdependence between management and leadership;

• Acquired a thorough understanding of the techniques and tools that support effective leadership;

• Acquired a thorough understanding of the effective leadership cycle and the willingness to apply it.



The Effective Leadership Course

Introduction

• Participants’ reflection– Institutional and Organisational perspective

• What we are… (as an institution)• Where we are… (in our organisation’s life-cycle)• Where we want to go… (our desire for the future)• How we will get there… (our contribution to the goal)

• Our role as leaders (managers are leaders too!) – Enabling people with a purpose

• Vision• Direction• Dynamism• Balance



The book



The book

Course ProgrammeCourse Programme

CDRCDR

Adaptable to customer Adaptable to customer organisation’s needsorganisation’s needs

• Six modulesSix modules• HandoutsHandouts• TemplatesTemplates

Core LeadershipCore Leadership

Field AnalysisField Analysis

StrategyStrategy

PlanningPlanning

ExecutionExecution

M&E, Review and M&E, Review and Improvement Improvement

Core Leadership • Decision-making • Growth and impact • The Leadership's responsibility • The Leadership's PolicyField Analysis• Operational efficiency policy • Need and problem analysis • Vision and Mission • Institutional strategies Strategy• Strategy design • Strategic Planning • The Leadership's Communication Strategy • Developing Major StrategiesPlanning• Conceptualising plans • Project Planning• Formulating plans and projects (matrices)• Communicating plansExecution • Determinants of effective execution• Enabling documents, tools and techniques• Execution and deliveryM&E, Review and Improvement• Leadership's evaluation • Building strategic-process teams• The Leadership's Review• The impact of effective and efficient leadership

CONTENT



Course testing and evaluation

• Test 1: Participants: 14 TU Leaders and Educators

From: Kenya, Malawi, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia & Zimbabwe

Venue: Durban, 8-13 December 2008

• Test 2: Participants: 17 TU Leaders and Educators

From: Kenya, Malawi, South Africa, Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia & Zimbabwe

Venue: Durban, 15-20 December 2008

Major learning from combined evaluation (31 participants):

• The course should be proposed in two perspectives:

– Effective Leadership

• Covering all topics but more emphasis on leadership and less emphasis on Project Management although key knowledge on PM should be included

– Effective Project Management

• Detailed Project Management training with an overview on leadership to help project leaders but more emphasis on documentation and implementation processes



Level of difficulty

3a - Course level of difficulty

0.0

5.9

17.6

0.0

76.5

0

20

40

60

80

100

- No answer Very difficult Difficult Easy Very easy -



Adequacy

3b - Course response to expectations

0.0 0.0 0.0

41.2

58.8

0

20

40

60

80

100

- No answer Poorly Not so well Quite well Very well -

+ 100.0%



Time allocated for lectures

3c1 - Appraisal of the time allocated for lectures

0.0

11.8

76.5

0.0

11.8

0

20

40

60

80

100

- No answer Too restricted Restricted About right Too much -

+ 76.5%



Time allocated for discussion

3c2 - Appraisal of the time allocated for discussions

0.0

5.9

76.5

0.0

17.6

0

20

40

60

80

100


+ 76.5%



Time allocated for group-work

3c3 - Apprasal of the time allocated for group work - Groups combined

0.0 0.0

25.8

64.5

9.7

0

20

40

60

80

100


+ 74.2%



Satisfaction with method

3e1 - Appropriateness of teaching method

17.6

0.0

5.9

29.4

47.1

0

20

40

60

80

100

- No answer Inappropriate Little appropriate Appropriate Very appropriate -

+ 76.5%



Satisfaction with facilitator’s presentations

3e2 - Quality of facilitator's presentations

11.8

0.0 0.0

29.4

58.8

0

20

40

60

80

100

- No answer Very bad Bad Good Very good -

+ 88.2%



Satisfaction with quality of materials

3f1 - Quality of materials

0.0 0.0 0.0

11.8

88.2

0

20

40

60

80

100

- No answer Useless Of little use Useful Very useful -

+ 100.0%



Satisfaction with quantity of materials

3f2 - Quantity of materials

0.0 0.0

11.8

5.9

82.4

0

20

40

60

80

100

- No answer Too few Few Enough More than enough -

+ 94.2%



Leadership Training – Programme 2009

Decision-making

• Growth and impact

• The Leadership's responsibility

• The Leadership's Policy

Decision-making

• Growth and impact

• The Leadership's responsibility

• The Leadership's Policy

Institutional field of operations

• Need and problem analysis

• Institutional strategies

• Development parameters

Institutional field of operations

• Need and problem analysis

• Institutional strategies

• Development parameters

Operational efficiency policy

• Field analysis

• Vision

• Mission statement

Operational efficiency policy

• Field analysis

• Vision

• Mission statement

Strategy design

• Strategic Planning

• The Leadership's Communication Strategy

• Developing Major Strategies

Strategy design

• Strategic Planning

• The Leadership's Communication Strategy

• Developing Major Strategies

Conceptualising plans

• Drawing up plans

• Formulating plans and projects

• Communicating plans

Conceptualising plans

• Drawing up plans

• Formulating plans and projects

• Communicating plans

Determinants of effective execution

• Functional documents, tools and techniques

• Monitoring execution and delivery

• Review and improvement

Determinants of effective execution

• Functional documents, tools and techniques

• Monitoring execution and delivery

• Review and improvement

Leadership's evaluation

• Building strategic-process teams

• The Leadership's Review

• The impact of effective and efficient leadership

Leadership's evaluation

• Building strategic-process teams

• The Leadership's Review

• The impact of effective and efficient leadership

Available materials:Website offerhttp://acumanage.com/training/programme2009.html



Project Management – Programme 2009

1) The Efficiency Cycle

Application of the cycle to Project Management

The project leadership team

Funding and implementation strategy

1) The Efficiency Cycle

Application of the cycle to Project Management

The project leadership team

Funding and implementation strategy

2) Setting objectives

"SMART" objectives

Conceptualising the project

Logical planning matrices

Progress monitoring tools

2) Setting objectives

"SMART" objectives

Conceptualising the project

Logical planning matrices

Progress monitoring tools

3) Project formulation

Planning documents

Planning process

Formulation document

3) Project formulation

Planning documents

Planning process

Formulation document

4) Implementation (Execution)

Leading and managing execution teams

Execution and delivery

Documentation

4) Implementation (Execution)

Leading and managing execution teams

Execution and delivery

Documentation

5) Monitoring and Evaluation

Monitoring system

Evaluation process

Reporting

Impact assessment

5) Monitoring and Evaluation

Monitoring system

Evaluation process

Reporting

Impact assessment

Available materials:Website offerhttp://acumanage.com/training/projectmanagement.html



Courses in preparation

The survival of the SME

• Participatory Management:

– Working with your staff (past, present and future)

– Working with the union (past, present and future)

– Expected response to socio-economic needs:

• Opportunities vs challenges

– Viability of the SME in the socio-economic environment

– The value of investment in personnel

• Sharing responsibility and wealth

– The cost and returns of staff retention

– Sustainability factors

– Organising efficient and effective teams

• Involvement

• Empowerment

• Institutional adjustment

• SME development

Documents

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