PCCC Leadership Curriculum
Suggestions © January 29, 2002 Bill Cobb 973-837-1041 Bcobbweb@yahoo.com
Course ONE: Organizational Leadership
I. Planning
A. Content: Leadership Tasks Overview; Authority & Influence; Purpose/Mission/Vision Stmts; Objectives; Goals; Project Planner;
Corporate change cycle; Top Time wasters/savers; Initial Evaluation Criteria
B. Objectives: Participants will write an organizational mission stmt and identify their top priority needs for accomplishing it
II. Organization/Staffing
A. Content: Developing programs/strategies to meet goals; SMART goals
Recruiting, Training and Motivating Volunteers; Personality Types
B. Objectives: Participants will identify and assess their own Personality types; Develop two SMART goals.
III. Direction/Supervision
A. Content: Teambuilding; Communication; Listening Skills; One Minute Manager techniques; Individual Change Process
B. Objectives: take steps toward building a team, evaluate their communication style; practice one minute praise and reprimand
IV. Control/Evaluation
A. Content: Accountability; Review Process; Goal Autopsy-Setting New goals; Barriers to Change
B. Objectives: Participants will develop their evaluative criteria, identify their greatest needs
Course TWO: Personal Leadership Development
I. Servant Leadership and Personal Greatness
A. Content: Dream development, Personal Mission statement; Initial Assessment; Top Time wasters/savers
B. Objectives: Participants will write out a personal mission statement; determine their top priorities; develop & critique two SMART goals
II. Time and Life Management
A. Content: Priorities; Purposeful living; Goal Accomplishment; Secrets of Success
B. Objectives: Participants will order a written schedule around their priorities, and recruit two change agents to help them achieve their goals
III. Lifelong Personal Development
A. Content: Leadership Character; the need for change; Self-image and Habits; Reprogramming our robots
B. Objectives: Participants will identify one change/challenge area, and map out a strategy and support mechanism for personal change
IV. Spheres of Leadership: Work, Family, Community
A. Content: Worthy goals; Using your uniqueness: build on strengths-minimize weakness; Impacting others
B. Objectives: Participants will develop strategies for achieving their goals in two spheres of influence.
Course THREE: Mentoring the Next Generation of Leaders
I. Mentoring Relationships and Accountability; Leadership Traits Individual Change process; reprogramming our robots/self image
II. Building Unshakeable Self-worth; Empowering others; Climate and Coaching
III. Work and Career Guidance; Finances; Finding a Job you can love;
IV. Webs of Relationships: Social, Peers, Authority; Reproducing leaders
Course FOUR: Dynamics of Team Leadership
I. Target, Educate, Recruiting/Organizing a team; Board of Directors; Authority, Ownership
II. Expectations, Generating and Sustaining Commonality of Purpose; Meaningful meeting management; small group facilitation
III. Accountability, Affirmation, Empowering team members; Resolving Conflicts; Team Functions and Techniques
IV. Morale: Building a winning attitude and maintaining high morale
Course FIVE: Leadership Communication
I. Written Communication; making presentations; grant proposals
II. Public Speaking (selling, teaching, preaching)
III. Persuading and Negotiating (interpersonal and public)
IV. Conflict Resolution/Counseling
Possible Time Frames : Four consecutive weekdays (M-Th) in summer
or four Saturdays per course; 8:30-12:30 (I’m unavailable mid August - mid October)
Free session in late Spring to introduce the series.