EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP PROGRAM (ELP)

Seminar Overview

Organizations demand a high degree of agility, adaptiveness and integrity from their leaders. In this powerful two-day seminar, participants develop vital leadership competencies needed to communicate their organization’s vision, make decisions with the support of others and nurture a positive performance of those around them. The seminar is highly rated by both aspiring leaders looking for a consistent and effective approach and those already in leadership positions wishing to stay on the edge of new developments.

KEY BENEFITS AND TAKEAWAYS

  • Understand key leadership styles/behaviors and in which context to use them
  • Discover four competencies required for exemplary leadership
  • Participants equip themselves with a “Leadership Survival Kit” to survive and flourish in today’s turbulent environment
  • Examine the ethical aspects of leadership and values which drive lasting results
  • Enhance others’ perception of each participant as a leader with integrity
  • Build the right culture for people and processes to support the leader’s strategy
  • Foster increased employee satisfaction with their jobs and commitments to their leaders and the organization

The learning framework is highly interactive, including assessment exercises, best practice examples, and opportunities for peers and the professor to offer “friendly consulting.” Participants begin a personalized plan for their own effectiveness as leaders with simple, yet effective tools for lasting results back in the workplace.

Seminars are available in the full two-day format or a condensed version consisting of an afternoon session and the following morning. Customized seminars are available according to client needs.

TWO-DAY SEMINAR OUTLINE

Day One

Introduction

  • What is effective leadership?
  • Redefining assumptions about leadership

Ethics and integrity in leadership

  • Inner voyage that links performance to morality
  • How leaders harness integrity to achieve greatness

Leadership style

  • Three styles of exemplary leadership
  • Positioning yourself as a leader with any audience
  • Applying different mixes of leadership in different settings
  • Achieving strategic alignment with your team and organization

Leading from the core

  • Determining your own values as a leader
  • Personal discovery and insight about your leadership performance
  • Heightened awareness necessary for personal and organizational transformation

Day Two

Sustainability as a leader

  • Self-development of the leader (SDL)
  • Habits and processes to continually improve as a leader

Four competencies required for effective leadership

  • How these competencies relate to your work environment
  • Gaining commitment from employees
  • Creating a vision to sweep away mediocrity
  • Preparing for your personal SDL plan

Taking action – a personal plan for your leadership challenge

  • Working with a “council of advisors” to clarify your leadership competencies
  • Fine-tuning and testing your vision
  • Beginning your action plan to implement on the job

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