Explore the key differences between managers and leaders, and learn how to inspire, motivate, and connect with your team to achieve meaningful success.
Learn how to transition from individual contributor to Manager and Leader with confidence!
This course delves into the distinction between management and leadership, challenging the traditional boundaries of authority and influence. Are all managers leaders? We’ll discuss the traits and practices that distinguish effective managers from impactful leaders, emphasizing the vital role leaders play in building team trust, resilience, and cohesion. Designed for managers aiming to evolve their leadership presence, this course offers strategies to develop meaningful connections with team members, foster an environment where everyone can thrive, and transform goal-setting into team inspiration. Through reflective exercises and practical guidance, participants will learn how to lead by example, nurture individual motivations, and foster a team culture built on shared success.
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M.Ed, Training and Development Professional
Barb has spent her career in training, development and motivation. She effectively translates her experience and expertise with pragmatic presentations and hands-on recommendations. As an experienced entrepreneur and business leader, she understands the connection between product development, marketing, training, sales and customer care. Barb provides insight and training on the critical skills to reach company goals and objectives. Her training includes a focus on the relationship between departments for the communications and cross-team collaboration necessary for a successful organization to grow. Over her professional career, Barb spent many years as a business owner as well as providing solutions to small and medium size businesses. Barb provides leadership and delivers results to support strategic goals and company values. She brings versatile and diverse training: leading in the classroom, facilitating subject matter expert presentations, personal coaching, group and one-on-one mentor-ships. Barb is a strategic partner to senior leadership, providing learning and development support across all levels and functions. • Management Training • Sales Training • Team Training • Customer Service Training MBTI Certified Practitioner (Myers-Briggs Type Indicator) "I am passionate about helping people be a better version of themselves. To train, encourage, coach, create excitement, motivate and INSPIRE an individual towards their own success is the most rewarding of experiences." - Barb
This portal is provided as a training and development resource for City of Markham employees. Every course is delivered by a qualified subject matter expert or learning organization, is quantifiable in hours, and is verifiable — you receive a documented certificate of completion for every course you finish, stored on LearnFormula indefinitely.
If you hold a professional designation (for example in engineering, accounting, human resources, or law), courses may be counted as professionally relevant, verifiable learning activities toward your continuing professional development. Individual practitioners are responsible for confirming that an activity meets the requirements of their professional body. For questions about the City of Markham's training and development policies, please speak with your people leader or Human Resources.
