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Emerging Leaders

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Workshop Content

Introduction to Leadership - A Working Leadership Model
    • The Leadership Challenge
    • The Four Competencies of Effective Leadership
    • Effective “Followership”
    • Behavioral Differences between Leaders and Managers
    • Leading With a Positive Attitude
    Personality Styles
    • Typing Ourselves and Others
    • Improving Communications Through Typing
    • Working Effectively with Different Styles
    • Leveraging Personality Styles to Maximize Performance
    • Applying Type to Improve Relationships
Communication Skills
    • Practicing Active Listening
    • Eliminating Filters to Effective Listening
    • Helping Others Listen More Effectively
    • Doing the Basics Better
Communications and Perceptions
    • How Perceptions Influence Relationships
    • Building Trust
    • Understanding and Managing Assumptions
    • Reducing Defensiveness
    • Applying Direct and Indirect Messages
Building Effective Workplace Relationships
    • Defining the “Ideal Relationship”
    • Behaviors – Those That Support / Those That Undermine
    • Assessing Your Relationships
    • Self-Awareness and Self-Concept
    • Knowledge Is Power – Share Fully
    • Using Feedback Skills to Build High-Performance Relationships
Emotional Intelligence
    • What Is Emotional Intelligence
    • Self-Awareness and Self-Management
    • Overcoming Emotional Triggers
    • Social Awareness and Relationship Management
    • Influencing and Motivating with Emotional Intelligence
Influencing Others to Action
    • Choosing the Right Influencing Strategy (and Avoiding the Wrong Ones)
    • Influencing Without Formal Authority 
    • Effectively Using Assertive - Responsive Techniques
Workshop Conclusion
    • Transferring Program Learning to the Workplace
    • Identifying Next Steps
    • Developing a Personal Action Plan