Breakthrough Leadership

OVERVIEW

Build a foundation for our Breakthrough Leadership training by exploring what leadership looks like in the context of the organization, and what we want it to look like.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• Get to know the team members in the cohort.

• Gain an understanding of one’s own leadership style and how one’s actions impact direct reports.

• Explore the culture and context of the organization and how it impacts actions and decisions.

OVERVIEW

Unlock ways to gauge and sustain motivation for yourself and your team.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• Build self-awareness of own motivational style and how it differs or overlaps with others' motivators.

• Build ability to communicate about motivation with team.

• Share autonomy and accountability.

• Clearly communicate the "why" of work.

• Establish regular 1:1 meetings with each team members.

• Learn to ask questions before making judgments.

OVERVIEW

Have high-impact conversations in a way that reduces conflict and improves morale.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• Build practices to increase well-timed, genuine positive feedback for your team.

• Handle difficult conversations with calm and confidence.

• Apply corrective feedback early, often, and in a participatory manner.

• Help direct reports to take ownership of solutions.

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Establish a results culture by right-sizing your objectives in partnership with your team.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• Set clear expectations.

• Proactively design workflow.

• Relate to team members as a partner, not a controller.

• Help team members navigate the culture and context of the organization.

OVERVIEW

Delegate to your team in a strategic way that increases clarity and communication.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• Set clear expectations.

• Share autonomy and accountability (one way to motivate others).

• Clearly communicate the "why" and the impact of work.

• Create space for people to decide the “how.”

• Clarify roles and responsibilities.

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Increase emotional and social awareness to handle your own reactions and understand others’.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• Identify common causes of your own heightened emotions.

• Recognize the power of choice in high-stress situations.

• Examine triggers and catalysts for positive emotions.

• Consider others’ perspectives, taking a genuine interest in their situation and emotional status.

• Default to curiosity in times of disagreement or resistance.

• Take actions that deliberately and positively manage the relationships in your life and work.

OVERVIEW

Challenge your conscious and unconscious biases to improve team dynamics and create an environment where a diverse group of individuals to thrive.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• Explore and demystify the day-to-day practices of conscious inclusion.

• Curiosity over judgment: Create space for individual needs while maintaining team support.

• Understand what allyship looks like as a manager.

• Adopt communication practices to amplify voices of your team members.

OVERVIEW

Tie it all together and form strategies to encourage, recognize, and sustain high performance within your team environment.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• Recognize people for small and big wins.

• Engineer decision making practices that include all levels.

• Define processes and/or practices for how collaboration works in your team.

• Discuss tough issues openly and neutrally before they become conflicts.

• Allow for some level of creativity (gently increase risk and mistake tolerance as long as it is in service of trying something new towards a shared goal).