Program Description – Learning Model

Phase 1 - Personal Leadership Style: Concepts, Attitudes and Skills
Phase I includes 4 days off-site at a remote facility. In Phase I, you will be working on developing concepts of effective personal influence, increasing awareness of personal leadership styles and attitudes/behaviors which impact your ability to influence—positively or negatively—and developing skills in interpersonal communication, feedback and risk taking.

Concepts Explored

· Leadership styles

· Power vs. sources of effective influence

· Establishing personal relationships—the foundation for effective influence

· Developing social risk-taking

Skills Reviewed

· Clear and congruent communication

· Listening, perception and intention

· Interpersonal relationship building

· Developing self-awareness

· Giving and receiving feedback to improve performance

· Self-confidence & assertiveness

Phase II - In-Company Application: Organizational Leadership
Phase II provides you with an opportunity and a context to immediately apply what you have learned. Before leaving Phase I, you will design a back-on-the-job project with the goal of improving some aspect of the job and to test what you have learned about leadership. During the month between phases, you conduct your project and prepare to report results during Phase III.

Phase III - Positional Leadership: Refining Leadership Skills
Phase III includes another 4 days off-site at a remote facility. In Phase III, you will learn how to deal with the unique problems you face as "the leader" or "person in charge." You will review your in-house project with your group for input and insight. You will also expand your understanding of the leadership role in an organization, as well as develop skills in planning, decision-making, conflict resolution and leading a team.

Concepts Explored

· Understanding the new, transformational, role of leadership

· Characteristics of successful transformational positional leaders

· The effect of organizational structures on leadership effectiveness

· The relationship between positional leadership and team member leadership

Skills Reviewed

· Identifying and developing teams resources

· Strategy building & planning

· Consensus decision-making

· Creative conflict management

· Problem analysis & resolution

· Giving and receiving feedback to improve both team and individual performance