- Understand the difference between management and leadership
- Learn how leadership drives innovation
- Gauge, improve, and maintain morale
Managers of every type have taken courses on various aspects of management for years. Recently, it seems that the word “leadership” has become the new buzzword of choice. Unfortunately, many of the recent training courses, articles, and books have just applied the same basic management theory we’ve used for years and renamed it “leadership.”
This course will cover two aspects of leadership:
- Leadership in general. Whether you’re a Marine Lt. Col. leading a battalion into battle, a librarian, a restaurant manager, or a test lead there are certain principles of leadership that apply in every situation.
- Leadership as it affects a test manger. The general leadership examples will be applied in situations that test managers are likely to encounter.
During the session, participants will begin by spending a small amount of time discussing leadership theory such as “are leaders made or born,” leadership traits, and leadership style. The bulk of the course will address more situational leadership such as: How to motivate testers; how to gauge and improve morale; the leader’s role as a trainer; how organizational structure and corporate culture affect leadership; leadership principles applied to testing; the impact and importance of influential leaders; and so forth.
This course is appropriate for managers, test leads, potential test leads and managers, and anyone who is a student of leadership.
