Leadership Series 2024

Overview

Organizations that invest in people and develop leaders are more likely to succeed. Recruitment and retention become easier and less costly when there is good leadership at every level within the organization.

This program identifies a leadership series designed to increase effectiveness. Each topic takes best practice data and translates it into actionable behaviors and skills that equip individuals to grow personally and professionally.

During the series a teach-back schedule is created. At the start of each session members are assigned to offer teach backs to the group from the prior session’s content. This is to ensure participants are bringing the learning full circle and applying it to their work and inspiring others. This has been integral to the program’s success.

Launch and graduation sessions will take place in addition to the 10 sessions in the series. This enables our team to create formal bookends for the experience. The goal of the launch session is to emphasize and highlight the program and expectations. The graduation session offers opportunity to recognize and celebrate the accomplishments of each person. The creation and presentation of a formal certificate between VR/sponsoring organization and the participant offers a way for the participants to formalize their participation and completion of the program.

Each participant receives a leather three-ring binder sectioned off by session topics. This allows them to build a toolkit as they advance through the program.

Each session runs from 1:30-4:00 PM EST and fall on the following dates. August 8 & 22, September 12 & 26, October 3, 17 & 31 ,November 14 & 21, December 5.

Cadence has limited impact on scheduled work while offering optimum engagement and adequate opportunity for application.

TOPICS IN SERIES

The Power of Self-Awareness – Sessions 1&2 (Everything DiSC Workplace® on Catalyst as foundation)

• Essential Questions - Who Am I? How can I become more self-aware and harness the power of self-awareness as I lead others?

• Goals/Outcomes

  • Learn the importance of self-awareness.

  • Explore DiSC and who we are as individuals

  • Understand others DiSC styles

  • Understand how we can adjust our style to meet others in their style

  • Understand how your DiSC style impacts/empowers you regarding your job responsibilities

Principles of Effective Change - Session 3

• Essential Questions - Why is change important? How can I engage change and connect it to my own purpose and the organization’s purpose?

• Goals/Outcomes

  • Understand why change is necessary

  • Learn what behaviors are needed

  • Understand mindsets required to accomplish change

  • Learn to identify obstacles and what it takes to overcome them

Effective Management and Team Engagement – Sessions 4&5 (Everything DiSC® Management as foundation)

• Essential Questions - How can I be effective managing my team? What are my strengths and areas to strengthen?

• Goals/Outcomes

  • Learn your DiSC Management style

  • Understand concepts around directing and delegating

  • Learn how to motivate team members

  • Gain insights into developing others

  • Learn how to effectively work with your manager

Servant Leadership and Managing Accountability – Session 6

• Essential Questions – How can I be a servant leader and at the same time create a culture of accountability?

• Goals/Outcomes

  • Learn how servant leaders ensure their reports have what they need

  • Understand how to create clearly defined expectations as well as feedback regarding those expectations

  • Learn how to walk alongside and coach direct reports in their work

Creating a Culture of Productive Conflict – Session 7 (Everything DiSC® Productive Conflict as foundation)

• Essential Questions – How can I engage conflict constructively to improve workplace rel ationships and results?

• Goals/Outcomes

  • Gain self-awareness around reactions to conflict

  • Understand the impact different conflict responses have on others

  • Learn and Engage steps to change responses from destructive to productive

Communication Basics and Cascading Communication – Session 8

• Essential Questions - How can I communicate clearly and consistently? How do I implement cascading communication?

• Goals/Outcomes

  • Understand that communication is non-stop, verbal and nonverbal.

  • Learn how strategic and healthy communication is essential to the health of an organization as the rapidly changing landscapes in customer engagement and the workplace are engaged.

Effective Leadership in Action – Sessions 9&10 (Everything DiSC Work of Leaders® as foundation)

• Essential Questions - How do I lead to ensure vision, alignment, and execution across my organization?

• Goals/Outcomes

  • Learn to prioritize Vision, Alignment, and Execution

  • Gain an understanding of how to ensure execution happens in the whirlwind of the day to day.