Program content
The program leverages the educational power of multiple teaching tools, including class discussions, exchange of ideas and perspectives with faculty and fellow participants, one-on-one coaching, exercises, and the development of a self-directed action plan for improving personal effectiveness.
Program curriculum:
Understand Your Leadership Capabilities
Using the 360-Degree Feedback instrument and working with your executive coach:
- Assess your leadership style and strengths
- Understand how you are perceived by others
- Define your core beliefs and understand how they influence you as a leader
- Identify barriers to effective leadership
- Understand how the Program content relates to your personal circumstance
Analyze and Reflect on Your Leadership Style
- Reflect on your leadership strengths and areas for development
- Identify aspects of your leadership style that could create barriers to your success
- Develop approaches for using your influence more positively and effectively
Action Learning
During a series of situational exercises that mirror the workplace, you will learn to:
- Diagnose and address problems that undermine individual and team effectiveness
- Enhance your communication skills
- Build insight and self-understanding through structured feedback in team meetings and problem sets
Personal Leadership Exercise
Work with an executive coach to prepare a plan to address a leadership challenge you are currently facing.
Transformational Leadership
Through a series of class discussions, you will learn to:
- Communicate a vision clearly and authentically
- Inspire, create enthusiasm, and bring out the best in others
- Coach and mentor people for peak performance
- Address behaviour and performance issues effectively and with confidence
Enhance Your Leadership Skills
Through a series of situational exercises:
- Practice giving and receiving feedback
- Enhance your decision-making and problem-solving skills
- Develop your coaching skills by working with fellow participants in the program
- Develop an ability to handle leadership dilemmas with integrity
- Learn how to bring out the best in others
Advanced Coaching
Your executive coach will help you to prepare an effective strategy for developing your leadership capabilities and avoiding past mistakes.
Action Plan
Develop and commit to an action plan for making positive change in your leadership behaviour
- Set objectives and timelines for your progress
- Build high-performance expectations into your everyday management practices
- Develop a plan to coach and mentor the people around you
- Translate your personal vision into tangible actions on the job