Leadership Training Programs

Foundations of Management

FOM is organized into thirteen build-upon modules. The program starts with concepts covering basic human motivation, and then adds to this knowledge-base: effective communication, conflict management, leadership coaching skills, and managing change. Additional operational leadership topics cover how to conduct performance evaluations, address disciplinary issues, select the right candidate, manage everyone’s time more effectively, and create an engaging and safe work climate.

The Art of Leadership

The Art of Leadership Program (ALP) is designed for leaders who have been managers for at least three years with previous leadership development training. The focus of the program is strategic with emphasis on those leadership skills most likely to foster success in today’s fast paced, ever-changing environment.

The ALP program examines and develops the following key competencies essential to effective leadership:

1. Self-Awareness – Effective leaders know themselves, are aware of their strengths and weaknesses, and take action to build on their strengths and compensate for their weaknesses.
2. Reading Others – Effective leaders are able to understand differences in style and motivation, listen for meaning and interpret important non-verbal information.
3. Ability to Adapt – Effective leaders recognize the need to “flex their leadership style,” have a variety of leadership tools to respond to changing needs and challenging situations and are resilient – able to bounce back from setbacks.

This program begins with a virtual one-hour introduction and program overview with the participants followed by a one-month period of assessment administration. An additional one-hour virtual assessment overview is conducted followed by a one-on-one coaching debrief occurs to allow participants to identify and set goals related to developmental opportunities resulting from the assessment feedback.

The training component consists of six full-day sessions dispersed over a set period of time. Each session will develop one or more of the attributes listed above with each session building on learning from the previous sessions. The experience is designed to be highly interactive; participants will experience self-assessments and 360 degree feedback, book discussions, case study analysis, project assignments, video critiques (optional) and role-plays.

Leadership Culture Effect

The Leadership Culture Effect (LCE) is designed for executive leaders with a thorough background in leadership principles who want to ensure that their leadership behaviors are creating an environment where employees can feel safe to thrive and be a valued contributor to the growth of the company. The focus of the program is to allow the executive team to identify and commit to leadership practices that support accountability, trust, and contributor capability. LCE reinforces the consistency of a leadership practice that creates an emotionally safe work climate where employees can thrive and feel supported by company values.

This program spans a period of approximately nine (9) months. The program kicks off with an email introduction and program overview with the participants. The LCE will deliver one full-day offsite meeting per quarter followed a month later with a one-on-one coaching session per executive. The program examines and develops the following key aspects of cultural effect:

1. Consideration for Others – Effective team-members maintain the foundation of trust by making sure that their interactions with others always demonstrate respect and compassion toward one-another.
2. Team Conflict and Accountability – Effective team-members have the interpersonal capacity to proactively address their disagreements and team challenges in a fashion that strengthens the organization’s ability to practice peer accountability.
3. Fostering Capability – Effective team-members treat associates in a way that actually increases their emotional and intellectual abilities, thus raising the organization’s ability to be competitive in their industry’s market.

Meeting size is limited to an intact team (not to exceed 15) in order to ensure maximum participation. The setting for each program will be at a roundtable to support equitable discussion and evaluation. Each meeting will develop one or more of the key attributes listed above in two ways, 1) within the intact teams and 2) throughout the organization.  In addition, each session builds on learning from the previous session(s).

The experience is designed to be highly interactive; participants will be asked to complete self-assessments, book and article discussions, case study analysis, project assignments, and role-plays.