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Description

Leading with Presence: Clarifying Your Posture, Owning Your Decisions and Inspiring Your Team

Two days to move from holding a title to holding a genuine leadership posture in front of your team

  • 2 days — 14 h
  • In-person or virtual
  • Foundation
  • Up to 6 participants

Being appointed a manager does not make you credible. Many managers follow the processes and run their meetings yet still sense that the team is not moving behind them. Decisions are carried out without conviction and initiative remains rare.

This two-day programme works on posture: what you convey, what you say about your choices and the way you engage others. The exercises start from your own team situations and the session closes with a personal development plan.

Learning objectives

  • Define your own view of the leader's role and distinguish it from positional authority
  • Identify your personal strengths and the behaviours that weaken your posture
  • Set a clear intention before every address to your team
  • Own an unpopular decision by explaining it without becoming defensive
  • Build a development plan covering three identified management situations

What makes this programme different

A posture self-assessment completed and then tested against feedback from the group
Role-play exercises built around participants' real teams
A written development plan with deadlines agreed at the end of the session

Programme

1What the Word Leader Actually Covers

Separating the authority of the role from the commitment of people

  • Differences between directing, administering and inspiring
  • Reference points on what teams expect from their manager
  • Self-assessment of your current posture
  • Sharing the group's assumptions and perceptions

2Knowing Your Strengths and Your Fragilities

Working on what holds your posture in place

  • Identifying your personal resources and your avoidance reflexes
  • Your relationship with mistakes and with the judgement of others
  • How your emotions affect the way you make calls
  • Peer feedback between participants on perceived image

3Owning Your Decisions in Front of the Team

Announcing, explaining and holding the line

  • Preparing a difficult announcement
  • Wording that explains without becoming defensive
  • Responding to objections without reopening the decision
  • Holding the line over time

4Inspiring and Growing People

Creating the conditions for initiative

  • Trust granted and room for manoeuvre given
  • Recognising successes and addressing shortfalls
  • Signals that show the team is committed
  • Building your personal development plan

Who is it for

First-line managers, team leaders and project managers who wish to strengthen their leadership posture.

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.