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The 6 Critical Practices for Leading a Team®

Most managers are expected to lead without ever being taught how. The 6 Critical Practices delivers structured leadership training that builds consistent, high-performing leaders at every level.

Introducing The 6 Critical Practices

Overview

This leadership training programme equips leaders at every level with the essential skills to get work done with and through other people. It is designed for leaders transitioning from individual contributor roles, as well as seasoned leaders seeking practical guidance for leading and managing their teams more effectively.

The Research & Solution

Research into what organisations need from their leaders today identified three consistent challenges:

  1. New leaders need to build the foundational skills of managing and leading others.
  2. Emerging leaders need to upskill their knowledge and develop stronger people skills.
  3. Leaders at every level benefit from a consistent, shared approach to managing and motivating teams.

This programme addresses all three, providing a structured path to stronger leadership across every level of an organisation.

Product Includes

Participant materials include:

  • Participant guide
  • Practice cards

Facilitator materials include:

  • Virtual certification
  • Facilitator guide
  • PowerPoint® 

What This Leadership Training Covers

Participants receive a participant guide, practice cards, and access to a 12-week email-driven digital learning track to reinforce skills after the programme. Facilitators receive a virtual certification, a facilitator guide, and a PowerPoint® presentation with embedded video content.

Practice 1
Develop a Leader’s Mindset

Leading a team requires a different mindset than working as an individual contributor. Explore the critical mindset shifts that will maximize success as a leader of others.

Practice 2
Hold Regular 1-on-1s

Increase engagement of team members by conducting regular 1-on-1s, deepen your understanding of team member issues, and help them solve problems for themselves.

Practice 3
Set up Your Team to Get Results

Create clarity about team goals and results; delegate responsibility to team members while providing the right level of support.

Practice 4
Create a Culture of Feedback

Give feedback to develop team member confidence and competence; improve your own performance by seeking feedback from others.

Practice 5
Lead Your Team Through Change

Identify specific actions to help team members navigate and accelerate through change and achieve better performance.

Practice 6
Manage Your Time and Energy

Use weekly planning to focus on the most important priorities, and strengthen your ability to be an effective leader by applying the 5 Energy Drivers.

Learn how to lead a team

Leaders at every level have a measurable impact on organisational performance. Employee productivity, team engagement, customer satisfaction, and financial results all reflect the quality of leadership within an organisation. In that sense, leaders are among the most significant difference-makers in any business.

The role of a leader has always been demanding, and today's environment makes it more so. Many people step into leadership based on technical expertise, often before developing the people skills the role requires. Managing and developing others takes a different set of capabilities than individual contributor work, and those capabilities need to be intentionally built. Effective leadership training gives leaders at every level a practical framework for managing their teams and delivering consistent results.

The 6 Critical Practices for Leading a Team® was developed to meet this need, providing leaders across every stage of their career with the mindsets and skills to lead others effectively.

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How to Experience FranklinCovey Content

This course is included in the FranklinCovey All Access Pass®. This pass provides your organization unlimited access to all of our content, whenever and wherever you need it.

Live-Online

Dynamic leadership training, education and development, available online from any location.

In-Person

Expert leadership training, education, and development delivered face-to-face.

On Demand

Content available to your people anywhere, any time.

Develop Stronger Leaders at Every Level.