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MANAGEMENT 421

SANS Leadership and Management Competencies

6 CPE Credits per day

Leadership is a capability that must be learned and developed to better ensure organizational success. The more techniques we learn, the better our leadership capability becomes. It is brought primarily through selfless devotion to the organization and staff, tireless effort in setting the example, and the vision to see and effectively use available resources toward the end goal. Leaders and followers influence each other toward the goal, identified through a two-way street where all parties perform their function to reach the overall objective.

Leadership entails the ability to persuade team members to accomplish their objectives while removing obstacles and resistance, and facilitates the well-being of the team in support of the organizations mission. Grooming effective leaders is critical to all types of organizations, as the most effective teams are cohesive teams that work together toward common goals with camaraderie and can-do spirit!

Our focus is purely leadership-centric, we are not security-centric or technology-centric with this training opportunity. We help an individual develop leadership skills that apply to commercial business, non-profit, not-for-profit, or other organization. This course is designed to develop existing and new supervisors and managers who aspire to go beyond being the boss and build leadership skills to enhance their organizational climate through team-building to enhance the organizational mission through growth in productivity, workplace attitude / satisfaction, and staff and customer relationships.

The manager/supervisor will learn vital, up-to-date knowledge and skills required to shift team paradigms to create a more positive and cooperative atmosphere in the workplace. Essential leadership topics covered in this management track include: Leadership Development, Coaching and Training, Employee Involvement, Conflict Resolution, Change Management, Vision Development, Motivation, Communication Skills, Self-Direction, Brainstorming Techniques, Benefits, and the ten core Leadership competencies. In a nutshell, this course covers critical processes that should be employed to develop the skills and techniques to select, train, equip, and develop a team into a single cohesive unit with defined roles that operate together in harmony toward team-objective accomplishment. There are three goals for this course:

  • Establish a minimum standard for knowledge, skills, and abilities required to develop leadership.
  • Understand and leverage the motivational requirements of employees.
  • Establish a baseline understanding of the skills necessary to migrate from being a manager to being a leader.

NOTE: This course was created to offer a series of labs and in class discussions. Please come to class ready to participate fully. We recommend a laptop so that the work you do in class can be used in your job and career, but some people prefer pencil and paper and that is OK too, the important thing to do is participate.

  • Who Should Attend
    • This course is designed and taught for existing, recently appointed, and aspiring managers and supervisors who desire to enhance their leadership skills to develop their staff into a more productive and cohesive team.
  • A Sampling of Topics
    • Leadership Building Blocks
    • Coaching & Training
    • Change Management
    • Team Development
    • Motivating
    • Developing the Vision
    • Leadership Development
    • Building Competencies
    • Importance of Communication
    • Self-Direction
    • Brainstorming
    • Relationship Building
    • Teamwork concepts
    • Leader Qualities
    • Leadership Benefits

SANS delivers the best training I have seen in the industry.
-Brian Hughes, Idaho State University

Author Statement

Our goal in the development of this workshop is to ensure the well-rounded student is provided a basic understanding of skills and techniques necessary to become solid leaders in any situation. I felt that to ensure that our students can lead teams in any situation; we needed to provide a course completely focused on the development of leadership skills through understanding of processes and techniques, driven home by topic-specific labs.
- Stephen Northcutt

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MANAGEMENT 421 :: SANS Leadership and Management Competencies
SANS Security West 2010 San Diego, CA May 07, 2010 - May 15, 2010
SANSFIRE 2010 Baltimore, MD June 06, 2010 - June 14, 2010
SANS Rocky Mountain 2010 Denver, CO July 12, 2010 - July 17, 2010
SANS Boston 2010 Boston, MA August 02, 2010 - August 08, 2010
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