Siyakhula Trust: Team Leadership

Siyakhula Trust is a NGO whose mission is to assist community leaders, NGOs and government officials develop skills so that they can efficiently initiate and manage development and job creation projects to the benefit of the communities they serve.

Siyakhula Trust is conducting a five-day course on Team Leadership from 5-9 October in Cape Town, from 9-13 November 2009 in Johannesburg, and from 23-27 November 2009 in Bloemfontein.

Purpose:
At the end of the programme the learners will be able to effectively lead and manage their teams to the benefit of their organisations

Target Group:
Managers and high potential employees who are being considered for promotion into a management position.

Management and Leadership

• The characteristics of good and bad managers
• The competencies required and their application
• The responsibilities and accountabilities of management and leadership

The Team

• The nature of teams
• The life cycle of teams
• Understanding your team members
• The impact of leadership styles on the team

Effective Team Leadership

• Formulating teams (both organisational and focused community member teams)
• Creating team spirit
• Setting the vision and involving your team
• Clarifying team members’ responsibilities
• Developing team members
• Using a team problem-solving approach to resolving problems
• Conducting effective meetings
• Coaching and Counselling
• Evaluating performance of team against strategic and operational objectives

U/S ID No: 15237
Title: Build teams to meet set goals and objectives
Level: 5
Credit: 3

U/S ID No: 15224
Title: Empower team members through recognise strengths, encouraging participation in decision making and delegating tasks
Level: 5
Credit: 4

U/S ID No: 15220
Title: Set, monitor and measure the achievement of goals and objectives for a team, department or division within an organisation
Level: 5
Credit: 4

Learners who wish to work towards earning credits for a particular Unit Standard will be required to complete a Knowledge Assignment and submit a Portfolio of Evidence for assessment

This programme has been accredited by the Services SETA and carries 11 credits at level 5

Contact Person: Mothusi Ndlovu, Marketing, tel: 011 886 2647, fax: 011 798 1269, email: general@siyakhula.org.za

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