STAFF LEADERSHIP

Staff Leadership is a highly-rated professional development program for staff leaders who are managers of managers or a manager who has a broad range of responsibilities involving teamwork and influence across units and functions

According to Robert Eichinger and Michael Lombardo, a person who works exclusively in staff jobs throughout a career is less likely to develop important leadership competencies than a person who works exclusively in line jobs. This report, published by the Center for Creative Leadership, shows why and offers several specific ways to increase the leadership potential of staff manager

1. Teach Them to Network 2. Give Them the Right Experience 3. Allow Them to Struggle a Little 4. Be a Mentor 5. Create an Ownership Mentality

n the workplace, it is common to encounter a mix of different personalities, viewpoints, past experiences, expectations, communication issues and conflicts. How can you get such different people to work as an effective team? How do you improve communication? How can you resolve and prevent conflicts? How can you help employees succeed in today’s fast-paced environment? How do you establish an effective work environment? How do you increase workplace productivity and job satisfaction? How do you motivate employees and become a better leader? These are just some examples of the workplace issues that can be effectively addressed once you are equipped with the results of the personality assessment of your employees that is specifically designed for the workplace – the Jung Typology Profiler for Workplace™ (JTPW™) - and the base of it is an understanding of your employees’ personality types and their natural behavioral preferences and gifts.

Helping your employees understand and leverage their natural gifts Improving teamwork, performance and job satisfaction Conflict management Assessing employees’ potentials and optimizing their job responsibilities accordingly Assessing the propensity for, and developing and optimizing the use of, leadership skills of your staff Improving supervisor-subordinate and peer-to-peer working relationship Evaluation of candidates for promotion Leadership Development and Personality Understanding one's own personality is one of the key factors to successful leadership. A leader is most effective when his or her strongest personal traits are engaged. Certain personal qualities are crucial for successful leadership and if they are not developed enough, they can be improved. JTPW™ assessment with Employee Development Report helps individuals understand how to develop themselves as leaders, discover the best ways of working with others, and manage conflicts. The ultimate benefit to an individual completing the assessment is that he or she learns how to develop and realize their leadership potential in effective and rapid way.