Leading Through Self Discovery

Overview:

Introduction:

This training program is designed to facilitate personal and professional growth by guiding participants through a journey of self-discovery. It aims to empower participants to leverage their newfound insights to enhance their leadership capabilities and pursue their goals with confidence.

Program Objectives:

At the end of this program, the participants will be able to: 

• Discover and analyze their leadership style and tendencies.

• Grow in personal power and effectiveness.

• Understand, develop and employ the emotional forces within them.

• Become familiar with different styles of thinking and identify their personal preferences.

• Learn how to find out what they don’t know—and solve the real problem.

• Develop flexible creative and well-motivated teams.

• Understand themselves and their potential more clearly, and resolve conflict more effectively.

• Improve their ability to communicate, influence, and work with others.

Targeted Audience:

• Emerging Leaders aspiring to develop their leadership skills and unlock their full potential.

• Mid-Career Professionals seeking personal and professional growth through self-discovery and leadership development.

• Team Managers looking to enhance their leadership abilities and guide their teams to success.

• Organizational Leaders interested in fostering a culture of continuous improvement and individual empowerment within their teams.

• Individuals in Transition seeking clarity and direction in their professional journey through self-exploration and discovery.

Program Outlines:

Unit 1:

Master Keys of Effective Leadership:

• The principles of leadership.

• The mind and the heart of the leader.

• The practices of effective leaders.

• The five roles leaders play.

• Leadership self-assessment.

• Rebalance your leadership style for optimal results.

Unit 2:

Towards Emotional Self-Awareness:

• Growing your power.

• Achieving emotional excellence.

• Self-leadership through inner mastery.

• Success through a positive attitude.

• Your time and your life.

• Increasing personal productivity and direction through personal Integrity.

• Designing a strategic plan for your life and career.

Unit 3:

Mastering People Skills:

• Understanding Interdependence.

• Wining through effective communication.

• The active listening model.

• The four styles of communication.

• Dealing with conflict constructively.

• Using the principles of influence & persuasion.

• Speaking and presenting skillfully.

• The art of win-win negotiation.

Unit 4:

Building and Leading Extraordinary Teams:

• How a high performing team differs from a traditional workgroup.

• The three elements of high-performance teams.

• Understanding the four types of teams.

• The stages of team development.

• Team dynamics: How teams work.

• Understanding and optimizing team member styles.

• Leading through trust and Leading through change.

Unit 5:

Performance Management:

• Igniting team creativity.

• The art of practical coaching.

• Conducting effective performance discussions.

• Positive discipline through expectations.

• Delegating and empowering the right way.

• The situational leadership model.

• How to analyze development needs.

• Using effective tools for managing performance.

Unit 6:

Understanding Your Creativity:

• Creativity & your personality.

• Understand and use personality styles as a management tool.

• Creative flexibility to manage effectively.

• Importance of perception.

• Maximizing our perceptual ability.

• Creativity and the Holistic Model.

• Creative people from the past.

• Building a Creative Model.

Unit 7:

Generating Creativity:

• Understand how creative thinking works.

• Developing Openness to new ideas.

• The Creative Mind: Whole Brain Thinking.

• Distinguish stages of the creative process.

• Recognize what makes excellent creative thinking.

• Identify and understand the creativity in others.

• Developing a Creative environment.

• Consciousness and competence.

Unit 8:

Strategies for Creative Problem Solving:

• Problem-solving strategies.

• Getting in the right mindset.

• Taking risks & looking for paradigm shifts.

• Defining the Real Problem.

• Recognizing mental blocks to creativity.

• Brainstorming for solutions.

• Utilizing the SLIP technique.

• Utilizing the drill down funnel.

Unit 9:

Encouraging a Creative Climate at Work:

• Releasing creativity at work.

• Fostering creativity.

• Incubating ideas.

• Challenging assumptions.

• Creativity for business breakthroughs.

• Sharpen your creative thinking: Metaphors & Analogies.

• Releasing Creativity through Coaching.

Unit 10:

Leading on The Creative Edge:

• Innovative leadership for excellent performance.

• Convergent & Divergent Thinking Skills.

• Developing creative potential in teams.

• Understanding creative people.

• Interacting creatively.

• Planning your Creative future.