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Leadership Excellence– transforming leaders, lives and organizations
The world we live in today is complex. The practice and study of leadership has changed dramatically over time to meet the needs of the chaotic environment that many of us work in. Effective leaders need to begin their journey with a strong sense of self, an understanding of their own values, strengths and weaknesses and a clear understanding of what integrity means to them and those they work with. Once this is mastered, leaders can begin to focus on leading others, leading projects and leading organizations. Leaders today also need to have a broad understanding of the different styles of leadership that are required in order to meet the challenges of the 21st century, along with an awareness of the different practices that can be used and the latest tools available to achieve success.
Leadership Excellence is all about developing individuals’ leadership potential and designing customized training to meet individuals and organizations’ needs in order to deliver behavior changing results to increase an individual’s success or an organization’s bottom line.
The Leadership Excellence program is comprised of three different phases and all workshops are reflective and experiential based. Participants will create and receive feedback on a personal action plan for improving performance and achieving goals in each phase. Additional coaching is available upon request.
The Three Phases Leadership Excellence
Leadership of Self – topic areas include: personal values and decision making methods, personal vision and passions, communication strategies, emotional intelligence, power and influence, personal branding and authentic leadership. Assessment tools can include: the DISC assessment, EQ assessment. Models of personal leadership discussed can include: Stephen Covey’s, “ 7 Habits of Highly Effective People” and Marshal Goldsmith’s, “Mojo”.
Leading Others – topic areas include: leadership styles and roles, developing teams and managing group dynamics, ethical decision making, and inclusive leadership strategies for working with diverse groups of people. Assessments can include; Kouzes and Posner’s, Leadership Practices Inventory – a 360 tool, Personal Attitudes, Motivators and Values. Models to be discussed are: Kouzes and Posner’s “The Five Practice of the Leadership Challenge”, Blanchard’s, “Situational Leadership”, and the Blake and Moulton’s, “Leadership Grid”.
Leading Organizations – topic areas include: creative problem solving method for addressing real organization challenges, breaking down silo’s, building trust, human capital and talent management, creating a learning and coaching organization, and developing a global mindset. Inventories and assessments can include: The Intercultural Effectiveness Assessment Inventory.
Each phase can be customized to meet specific needs, and different assessment tools can be utilized. Organizations can request specific topics from each phase depending on their needs and interest. Multiple training times and options are available – from 2 hour workshops to 10 day training programs. Coaching and consultation services are available as well as follow workshops, and tools for assessing changes in behavior or organization culture.
