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Description

Leadership and Self-Awareness: Clarify, Own and Embody Your Style

Three days to identify your leadership style and exercise it without copying a model that is not your own

  • 3 days — 21 h
  • In-person or virtual
  • All levels
  • Up to 6 participants

Many managers try to resemble a leadership figure they admire and lose credibility because the stance rings false. Others exert real influence without claiming it and hesitate to make the call. In both cases the team senses uncertainty about what the manager expects and what the manager stands for.

This 21-hour programme starts from self-awareness in order to build a leadership stance that can be sustained. Over three days participants clarify their values, identify their dominant style and its effects, work on the way they decide and mobilise, then define the adjustments to make with their team members.

Learning objectives

  • Clarify the values and drivers that shape your decisions
  • Identify your dominant leadership style and its effects on the team
  • Adapt your style to the level of autonomy of your team members
  • Express a clear and motivating direction for your team
  • Own an unpopular decision and explain it
  • Build a plan to adjust your stance with your team

What makes this programme different

Work on values then translated into team operating rules
Group feedback on the effect produced by each observed style
An adjustment plan built for a real team with review milestones

Programme

1What Your Legitimacy Rests On

Values, drivers and convictions

  • Ranking your professional values
  • Identifying your drivers and sources of energy
  • Gap between stated convictions and actual decisions
  • Effect of consistency on perceived credibility

2Identifying Your Leadership Style

How I exercise influence

  • Identifying your dominant style and your fallback style
  • Behaviours observed under pressure
  • Effects of style on team autonomy and initiative
  • Group feedback on the impression created

3Adapting Your Style to Situations

A stance that is not fixed

  • Reading a team member's level of autonomy
  • Choosing between a directive, participative or delegating stance
  • Supporting a team member who is struggling
  • Handling an urgent situation

4Mobilising Around a Clear Direction

Giving meaning to the work requested

  • Expressing direction in concrete terms
  • Translating direction into team objectives
  • Communicating direction during a team meeting
  • Sustaining commitment over time

5Owning Decisions and Adjusting

Difficult decisions and feedback received

  • Announcing and explaining an unpopular decision
  • Receiving team feedback on your stance
  • Acknowledging a mistake without losing authority
  • Building a personal adjustment plan

Who is it for

Managers with team responsibility · project managers · professionals about to take up supervisory responsibilities.

Prerequisites

No prerequisites

Dates & locations

36 scheduled dates between November 2026 and December 2027. Seats are confirmed in the order enquiries are received.

November 2026

December 2026

January 2027

February 2027

March 2027

April 2027

May 2027

June 2027

September 2027

October 2027

November 2027

December 2027

None of these dates suit you? We open additional sessions on request, and any programme can be run privately for your team.

Practical details

Before the programme
Online positioning questionnaire. Your development objectives are shared with the trainer, who tailors the practical case studies to your context.
Teaching methods
Theoretical input, workshops and practical case studies. Digital course materials and method sheets provided.
Assessment
Multiple-choice tests and role-play exercises. Assessment of learning at the start and end of the programme, with immediate and 60-day follow-up evaluations.
After the programme
One year of access to the e-learning platform. Self-assessment of the skills acquired and a 30-day follow-up session with your trainer.
How to register
Registration online or on the basis of a quotation.
Lead time
11 working days after confirmation of registration.
Accessibility
Accessible to people of determination. Contact our accessibility coordinator to design a suitable solution: contact@mpf-academy.ae
Start dates
Rolling intake: in addition to the scheduled sessions, this programme can start on request.