Power Tools for Leading | Program for Leadership Development
– 2022 Dates Coming Soon! –
Leaders have always been integral to an organization’s success; but in the past year as the pandemic created a multitude of new challenges, leaders are being asked to navigate additional uncertainty to ensure organizations continue to operate in the everchanging environment. Bouncing forward from the pandemic will require people who can lead with confidence and guide their teams and organizations to the strategic goals that will be necessary to be agile and able to respond quickly to future challenges.
Join us for a series of 2-hour fun & engaging learning sessions focused on supporting leaders and teams, to help get recalibrated in the post-pandemic environment. We’ll help you develop self-leadership capabilities in the areas of:
Setting Direction (SHRM Cert: 1.75 PDCs)
05/20/21
Learning Objectives:
- Experience the result of having clarity in setting and communicating direction for yourself, your team, and your organization.
- Learn new skills for setting a vision of where you want to go, including the role of influencing others to go with you.
- Identify awareness of barriers to making decisions when setting direction.
Before you can initiate movement towards a goal, you have to know what the goal is. This workshop will provide participants with the opportunity to identify where they want to go and practice setting clear direction to get there. The experiential exercises are focused on discerning what is happening around you and then making decisions on where to guide your team in order to achieve a strategic goal. Following the exercises, our knowledgeable team of facilitators will guide a conversation to help you apply what you learned.
Moving to Your Goal (SHRM Cert: 1.75 PDCs)
06/24/21
Learning Objectives:
- Apply integrated learning from Setting Direction session.
- Practice applying energy to create movement towards a goal.
- Identify your leadership style and how it impacts creating movement in your team.
Once direction is set, leaders must figure out how to start moving their team towards the goal by applying the right amount of energy. They also need to be prepared to make course corrections along the way, which requires the ability to gather information from team members and quickly make decisions. Horses provide immediate, unbiased feedback about your energy and whether it will compel them to move as needed. Following the exercises, our knowledgeable team of facilitators will guide a conversation to help you apply what you learned.
Influencing for Outcomes (SHRM Cert: 1.75 PDCs)
08/19/21
Learning Objectives:
- Notice how you are influencing team members to move forward with you.
- Practice applying different levels of pressure to influence others and understand why what you’ve been doing has been working or not working.
- Identify barriers to applying pressure (beliefs, perceptions, assumptions about applying pressure).
Influencing others to move towards your strategic goal involves understanding the role of pressure, as well as how different levels of pressure impact the outcome of your request to move towards the goal. This is by far THE most challenging leadership capability to use because most people use too little pressure (which prevents movement and creates confusion) or too much pressure (which can damage relationships). This workshop session will provide participants with the opportunity to identify barriers to applying the right amount of pressure to get the result they need and practice in real time how to develop assertive pressure to accomplish a goal. Following the exercises, our knowledgeable team of facilitators will guide a conversation to help you apply what you learned.
Gaining Confidence to Go Forward (SHRM Cert: 1.75 PDCs)
09/23/21
Learning Objectives:
- Apply integrated learning from previous three workshop sessions on setting direction, moving toward your goal and influencing for outcomes.
- Practice the leadership capabilities of setting direction, moving others toward a goal, and influencing others to get to the strategic outcome you need.
- Identify areas of growth to continue developing and create an action plan.
An important part of leadership development is practicing what is being learned, adjusting as needed, and celebrating success. This workshop will focus on applying the capabilities practiced in the previous three sessions and, most importantly, help participants create an action plan for themselves to continue developing their leadership capabilities. Experiential exercises will provide participants with the opportunity to recognize the success they’ve had and build on that confidence as they move forward in their career. Following the exercises, our knowledgeable team of facilitators will guide a conversation to help you apply what you learned.