Dfcs training for New County Directors Workshop No. 1 Leadership Trainer’s Guide

Trainer’s Guide 
 
Agenda and Delivery Time Estimates for Workshop No. 1 
This is a 2 ½ day course with approximately 15 hours of instructional time. This provides for 
approximately six hours of instruction per full day. The times below are 
estimated
instructional 
time for each section, and they do not include breaks or lunches. Generally, for each training 
day, two fifteen-minute breaks should be given (one in the morning, one in the afternoon) plus 
a 60-minute lunch break. 
Sharing (trainer and participant experiences) is important and valuable to the learning process.
Please try to balance the amount of sharing with the need to proceed with content and 
activities. If you go over in one section, you will need to make adjustments in sections that 
follow.
Day One 
Section & Total Time 
Topic Estimates 
What Does it Mean to be a Leader? 
(2 hour, 45 minutes) 
• Welcome & Introductions (0:30) 
• What is Leadership? (0:20) 
• Leadership vs. Management 
(0:40) 
• Characteristics of Leaders (0:30) 
• What is Principle-Centered 
Leadership? (0:45) 
 
Tapping Into Your Potential (3 
hours, 20 minutes) 
• Inside Out Development (0:45) 
• Leadership Theories and Styles 
(0:50) 
• Power (0:40) 
• The Big 4—Trust, Integrity, 
Credibility and Ethics (0:50) 
• Review and Preview (0:15) 
Day Two 
Section & Total Time 
Topic Estimates 
Transitioning Into Leadership (2 
hours, 5 minutes) 
• Welcome Back (0:25) 
• Taking Over—The Transition to 
Leadership (1:00) 
• Decision-making (0:40) 
Bringing Out the Best in Your Staff 
(2 hours, 15 minutes) 
• Delegation (1:15) 
• Teamwork (1:00) 
Leadership Strategies (2 hours, 30 
minutes) 
• Methods of Influence (0:05) 
• Leading by Example (0:50) 
• Building Relationships (1:20) 
• Review and Preview (0:15) 
 
Workshop 1 for New County Directors
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Rev/Dec., 2006 

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