The Leadership Communication Series

Courses offered by Steve Gladis Communications are focused on helping leaders achieve success. The on-site courses are offered in half-day and full-day sessions, as well as multiple-day sessions. Also, customized courses can be developed and offered in combinations with existing courses. Here is a sample of courses available:

Team Writing

Whether it is a critical proposal, report, or complex e-mail to a client or customer, important written documents require a higher level of attention. To produce excellent results, leaders must learn how the team-writing process works and how personality type affects writing styles. In this seminar, participants will learn how to use that knowledge to produce more powerful results-oriented documents.

Author, executive coach, and professor Steve Gladis, Ph.D. will teach you how to get the results you want by

· Sharpening your own “survival writing” skills.

· Organizing a piece of writing at macro- and micro-levels.

· Working with a collaborative writing team.

· Giving and taking constructive, valuable feedback.

Dynamic Presentations

Leaders must effectively communicate their ideas and vision to a variety of both internal and external groups. Learn valuable public speaking strategies to inspire audiences to listen and follow with enthusiasm. In this seminar, participants will learn both content and delivery skills necessary to become more dynamic, credible public speakers.

Author, executive coach, and professor Steve Gladis, Ph.D. will teach you how to get results as a dynamic speaker by

· Developing a strong introduction and conclusion to any presentation.

· Constructing logical, documented arguments to help build the backbone of any presentation.

· Using corporate and personal stories to make ideas become real and personal.

· Organizing the entire speech into a cohesive, intelligent presentation.

· Delivering a presentation with enthusiasm by using key nonverbal elements including gestures, eye contact and other dynamic elements.

· Answering questions from the audience in a way the enhances the speaker’s reputation.

Powerful Persuasion

Leaders need to convince people and teams to see their vision, embrace it, and execute it. The art and science of persuasion lay the foundation for all influence in society. Learning the skills of persuasion will ensure that participants will be better able to lead people to accomplish the mission of their organizations.

Author, executive coach, and professor Steve Gladis, Ph.D. will teach you how to get the results you want by

· Developing compelling approaches to persuade people.

· Understanding what motivates people to change.

· Learning how “tribes” influence members in a group.

· Applying the Aristotelian principles of character and competence.

· Mastering influence strategies to move people toward your ideas.

Leadership Communication Styles

All people have distinctive communication styles. Because leaders influence the lives of others and the success of organizations, they need to become even more self aware. Learning what their particular leadership communication style is and how it affects others, are critical factors for leadership success. Understanding the differences that others bring to any team or organization and using those differences to strengthen the group define excellent leadership.

Author, executive coach, and professor Steve Gladis, Ph.D. will teach you how to get results as a leader by

· Understanding the basic elements of personality types.

· Learning how the “behavioral elements” influence how people perform.

· Appreciating the personality variances among team members.

· Motivating people based on understanding their individual personalities.

· Matching the right people with the right jobs.

The Journey of the Accidental Leader Workshop

Leaders are not born. Many people literally fall into or are pushed into leadership positions while doing something else. In fact, most leaders are accidental leaders and their journeys-getting from here to there-are often difficult unless they understand that they're not alone. The key elements that successful leaders demonstrate will help every leader and emerging leader along his/her own personal journey.

Author, executive coach, and professor Steve Gladis, PhD will introduce how the accidental leader can get results by

• Understanding that leadership follows its own developmental path.
• Realizing that nobody knows how to lead until they try.
• Employing character, competence, and the other C's of leadership.
• Creating a healthy culture that recruits and retains the right people.
• Understanding the keys of organizational change.

Inquire by e-mailing us at sgladis@SteveGladisCommunications.com or by calling 703-424-3780