Motivation and Leadership

A Unique Leadership Opportunity

A 2-day Short Course with Dr Lester Levy

When and where?
Thursday 9 December 2010:08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
Friday 10 December 2010:08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
 
Location - The Business School, Owen G Glenn Building
12 Grafton Road
Auckland City
Standard price - $1,895.00 excl GST

Overview

Motivation is significant because it inspires high performance and achievement within organisations. Studies have revealed that high employee motivation is linked to both organisational excellence and profitability. They have also shown that employees’ motivation to improve productivity and performance increases when they have challenging goals and receive feedback on their progress. Goals without feedback and feedback without goals have little impact on motivation.

If motivation is so critical to organisational excellence and success, why is there so little emphasis placed on it in most organisations? The fundamental reason is that most organisations are “over-managed and under-led”.

Leadership evokes imagery of inspiration, vision, courage, creativity, passion and optimism… You follow a leader because they are worth following – they inspire and motivate you.Management evokes a quite different image: of steadiness, rationality, analysis and control. You follow a manager because you have to.

Management is more about capability, whereas leadership is about the product of capability and credibility. Credibility is the key to motivating and inspiring employees to achieve organisational excellence.

Topics Covered

Material covered in the Short Course will include a strategic perspective of leadership and motivation with a review of contemporary management theory and research, as well as a very strong emphasis on the practical application, including the use of case studies, exercises, and examples.

Specific areas to be covered include:

  • What is motivation?
  • What is the link between motivation and leadership?
  • What are the theories of motivation, and how can they be applied in practice?
  • What is empowerment, and why is it so important in relation to both motivation and leadership?
  • What is leadership?
  • What are the theories of leadership, and how are they relevant to achieving organisational excellence?
  • Is there a difference between leaders and managers?
  • Leadership at all levels – is this a believable concept?
  • The leader’s role in development of strategy.
  • The leader’s role in planning.
  • The critical importance of communication.
  • Shaping culture and values.
  • It’s all about service and quality.
  • Is it anything more than passion for people?
  • The future of leadership.

So take this unique and special opportunity to build your leadership capability and enhance your leadership potential. Many of the examples and case studies used are unique to this course only! 

And yes! Leadership can be learned!

Who should attend

Chief executives, general managers, middle managers, team leaders, supervisors, school principals, military officers, and business owners – both from the private and public sectors.

Outcomes

At the end of this Short Course you will develop a wider and more embracing understanding of both motivation and leadership.

What Participants Say

"Dr Lester Levy challenges participants in the Motivation and Leadership course to develop their own authentic style for inspiring staff to achieve the organisations vision. The Man Alive Charitable Trust works with men and families to increase well-being in the community. The course has proven invaluable for developing my potential to engage our team in reaching its goals. "

Chris Davidson - Chief Executive @ Man Alive

"I found the course on motivation and leadership informative and thought provoking, being extremely well facilitated by Dr Levy who's questioning, guidance and knowledge always seemed to generate the appropriate conclusions from the participating group. I would recommend this course to anyone who is managing a team irrespective of their experience in the role."

Graham Fuller - Deputy Chief Officer @ Auckland City Central Fire District

"The Motivation and Leadership course put some of my views on what leadership really is, into perspective. Lester is an excellent facilitator and uses real life experiences and scenarios to support his teachings. This course is for anyone looking to develop their leadership style, from Parents and Teachers to Managers and Coaches. I challenge anyone who believes they have Leadership all worked out, to attend."

Tania Woodhous - Team Performance Co-ordinator @ Land Information New Zealand

Presenter

Dr Lester Levy

MBA, MBBCh, FRACMA, FNZIM.

Lester is the Chief Executive of Excelerator: New Zealand Leadership Institute and the Adjunct Professor of Leadership at The University of Auckland Business School.

Lester has an MBA as well as a medical degree, has extensive management and governance experience healthcare, biotechnology and film and television production. Lester had his formative management experience in the multinational environment and is best known for leading a number of significant turnarounds in the performance of products and organisations.

Dr Levy has previously been seconded to the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet as an advisor, has been awarded the prestigious King's Fund International Fellowship in London, is a Fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Management and is the author of the successful book Leadership and the Whirlpool Effect.



Cancellation
Subject to unforeseen circumstances such as student demand and/or resource availability, The University reserves the right to cancel, or change the content, timing or method of presentation of any course.

All notification of withdrawals, transfers, and substitutions must be sent in writing via email to The University of Auckland Business School Executive Development Team at shortcourses@auckland.ac.nz. Full refunds can be obtained up to 30 days before the program start date. Due to the costs incurred for program preparation and administration, any cancellations or requests for transfers or deferrals received 14 days or less from the program start are subject to penalty fees as described below.

If you do not attend the course and have not advised us in writing or by email before the start date the full fee will apply.

Transfers: Transfer requests must indicate the new dates and/or new program the participant wishes to attend.  If the transfer request is made at more than 7 days from the original course dates - a service fee of $300 is applied, but the 50% cancellation fee is waived. A transfer request made with more than 14 days' notice can be made with no penalty. Transfers are valid only within one year of the original program start date. Your current cancellation policy is intact until you have attended your Short Course or the original penalty will be imposed.

All participant substitutions are subject to the sole discretion of The University of Auckland Business School Executive Development team.  Requests must be submitted in advance and will be reviewed on an individual basis, based on participant qualifications and lead time needed for any program pre-work.

Full enrolment is non refundable under these conditions:

  1. The registrant or substitute does not enrol in another program within one year of the original start date, and/or
  2. The registrant or substitute defers or transfers more than two times.

* The University of Auckland Business School Executive Development team is not responsible for travel or related costs under any circumstances. Participants may want to consider purchasing trip cancellation insurance in the unlikely event that a program is cancelled or they cannot attend for personal or professional reasons.

** For any program with more than two iterations in an enrolment year, tuition is non-refundable after 2nd transfer.

Course Size
Numbers are limited, and enrolment is on a first-come-first-served basis.

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ENROLMENT FORM - Motivation and Leadership

Standard price: $1,895.00 +GST ($2,179.25 incl. GST)

Thursday 9 December 2010:08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
Friday 10 December 2010:08:30 AM - 05:00 PM

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