The American Management Association offers a variety of different leadership training seminars and courses. These programs will help you develop the traits and skills needed to become a strong and influential strategic leader in your business or firm.

Not only will improvement in leadership skills help your company, but it will certainly improve your own performance, effectiveness and importance within the organization. These leadership courses offer many different choices to improve and enhance your leadership capabilities - both in planning and execution - and help you and your teams accomplish your goals as efficiently as possible.

Many leadership subject areas are taught in the various formats offered by the AMA: Team building and leading, delegating, business strategic planning & strategic leadership, decision making and more. In addition to discussing the theory and published works on leadership, the leadership programs focus on techniques and practices that have been proven to work in the real world.

Leadership courses and seminars are offered all across the United States; here is a list of current offerings:

General Leadership Skills Training

• Stepping Up to Leadership: A Course for Administrative Professionals
• Critical Thinking Seminar
• Leadership and Team Development for Managerial Success
• Preparing for Leadership: What It Takes to Take the Lead
• Making Sense of Web 2.0: Leveraging Social Networking in Your Organization
• Leadership Skills and Team Development for IT and Technical Professionals Seminar
• Leadership Smarts: Assess and Optimize the Hard-wired Skills That Drive Success
• Storytelling: The Secret of Great Communicators
• The American Management Association’s 5-Day MBA Workshop
• Developing Executive Leadership
• Leadership Skills for Supervisors

Strategic and Executive Leadership Training

• Evaluating Strategic Alliance and Partnership Success
• Strategy Execution: Getting It Done
• Situational Leadership II Workshop
• The Voice of Leadership: How Leaders Inspire, Influence and Achieve Results
• Leading with Emotional Intelligence
• AMA’s Green Leadership: Implementing Sustainability Strategies
• The 21st Century Global Leader
• Advanced Leadership Communication Strategies
• AMA’s Advanced Executive Leadership Program
• Coaching: A Strategic Tool for Effective Leadership
• Leading Virtual and Remote Teams
• AMA’s Course for Presidents and CEOs
• Strategic Agility and Resilience: Embracing Change to Drive Growth

Here are other valuable links on the American Management Association’s web site:

Learning Paths for Leaders - Information on complementary courses and leadership seminars

AMA Certificate Program in Leadership - Information on qualifying courses (3 required) to earn AMA’s Leadership Certificate

Recorded Webcasts and Podcasts on topics in Leadership (Site registration is required to listen to many podcasts and download presentation materials)