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Technical Team Leadership (online) 
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Technical Team Leadership (online)
 at 
Oxford University 
Overview

Learn how to balance management with leadership, using examples of where mistakes have been made over the past decade

Duration

9 days

Total fee

53,000

Mode of learning

Online

Course Level

UG Certificate

Technical Team Leadership (online)
 at 
Oxford University 
Highlights

  • Earn a certificate of completion from Oxford university
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Technical Team Leadership (online)
 at 
Oxford University 
Course details

Who should do this course?
  • For Technical experts moving into management
  • For Technical experts who need to lead in their role
  • For New managers who want to fast track their experience
  • For Experienced managers who want an up-to-date refresher on leading smart people
What are the course deliverables?
  • Understand how the history of management shapes our current workplace
  • Examine the gap between technical leader and technical expert
  • Distinguish the different behaviours required to lead or manage
  • Understand people and their personalities
  • Critique motivation techniques, and what works with smart people
  • Discover why people before process is important
  • Discover why you cannot ignore process
  • Practice an operational model to get the right things done systematically
  • Develop techniques to prioritise work to reduce work overload
  • Learn practical tips and tricks to be an effective manager and inspirational leader
More about this course
  • This course addresses how to enhance the effectiveness of technical expertise by becoming a business leader, whether or not you are the appointed manager
  • Based on the real-world experiences of a technical expert who transitioned to the boardroom, this course will use case studies and class exercises to apply theory
  • The practical design of this course will benefit people who have taken on formal management roles, as well as technical experts who need to lead others
  • Cover how the workplace really operates and provide insights into what senior management is actually looking for
  • Learn the difference between leadership and management, and what practical steps are required to balance the two

Technical Team Leadership (online)
 at 
Oxford University 
Curriculum

Understand the giant leap to leading people

Discover how the history of management influences today's workplace

Differentiate management from leadership in practice

Define the leadership mindset

Demonstrate the requirement for leadership in all roles

Explore the new leadership paradigm

Adapt technical strengths to a leadership environment

Lead with aligned purpose

Learn how to plan for an unknown future

Consider why starting with 'the why-is so critical to goal setting

Establish how to define the true requirements

Build collaborative virtual teams in a complex environment

Determine how to identify and engage all stakeholders (core, extended and external)

Define unique roles and responsibilities in a team setting

Identify and appraise the boundaries of ownership

Use a leadership framework to run an innovative initiative

Understand people, personalities and motivation

Understand the secrets of leading smart people

Learn to work with different personality styles

Understand how to motivate smart people

Understand the balance between compliance versus commitment

Build influential relationships, not just connections

Networking and politics

Understand trust versus micromanagement in the real-world

Establish your operational process to get the right things done

How to stop the talking and start the doing

Empower people using good process

The key role of milestones and measures in planning complex projects

Define unique versus shared ownership

Define operational interfaces

Learn to use negotiation levers of time, money, and scope

Personal leadership habits and checklists to fast-track your career

Learn some daily habits that effective leaders use

Build some checklists to help implement the changes required to close the gap

Understand key traits to fast track your career

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Technical Team Leadership (online)
 at 
Oxford University 
Faculty details

Trevor Manning
Trevor Manning is a qualified telecoms engineer, who is still involved in world-leading innovation projects. He has over 30 years’ leadership experience, from technical roles, to COO roles, to advisory-board roles in the US, UK, South Africa, Italy and Australia.

Technical Team Leadership (online)
 at 
Oxford University 
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