How Leading So People Will Lead Can Improve the Agility, Flexibility and Capacity of an Organization.
Dates | Location November 20-21, 2014 |Mount St. Vincent University, Halifax, NS, Canada
The performance environment for leaders has changed. Your successes are, in part, determined by how you’re able to adapt to this new and ever-changing performance environment. Leaders are held accountable for the success of leading high performing organizations while the organizations are in the constant motion… Show more of internal and external change. Within the changed performance environment, leaders are not only held accountable for traditional success indicators like productivity and profit, but are also being held accountable for greater and broader performance results:
building the capacity throughout the organization to grow and thrive in change
developing organizations that can maintain a constant state of adaptability and flexibility
reducing the cost created by conflicts in the organization
gender equality
economic, social and environmental good
A critical factor in leading organizations to thrive in constant change is to develop and nourish a culture of leadership. Expanded leadership competencies are needed to learn to create and nourish a culture of leadership. You are invited to a to a two part workshop to explore and learn what is required to create and nourish a culture of leadership. To explore the critical leadership competencies needed to lead an organization to thrive in the constant internal and external change that exists in today’s environment. If you are involved in organizational leadership – Executives, Facilitators, Managers, Team Leaders, HR and OD Specialists, Consultants, Coaches, Mentors – this program is right for you.
Beliefs for Nourishing a Culture of Leadership
Part One (join us for just this program or combine with Part Two for maximum learning) Date | Time November 20, 2014 | 3:30-6:30 pm The Meadows, Mount Saint Vincent University
This three hour mini-workshop is intended to provide a positive impact for formal leaders and for anyone throughout the organization who has a leadership role in their ability to embrace and work within the new leadership paradigm of ‘leading so people will lead’. Working with a leadership paradigm of ‘leading so people will lead’ is essential in creating and sustaining the capacity, agility, and flexibility that is required for organizations to thrive in the constant internal and external change. Participants will have the opportunity to learn about the impact of underlying beliefs about organizations, held by leaders and held by the people within an organization. Underlying beliefs about leadership affect the leadership paradigm of the organization and have significant impact on actions and behaviors in the organization and on the degree to which results are truly related to the potential of the organization to achieve results. The five beliefs of the recently released The Genuine Contact Way will be presented to provoke thought and discussion about the benefit of these particular beliefs to the leadership paradigm and ensuing behaviors, actions, and results. The five beliefs to be explored will be presented in the context of nourishing a culture of leadership, an essential leadership competency for leading today’s organizations. For a detailed description please see http://genuinecontactway.com/beliefs
Creating and Nourishing a Culture of Leadership
Part Two (join us for just this program or combine with Part One for maximum learning) Date | Time November 21, 2014| 9am-5pm Rosaria Boardroom, Rosaria Hall, Mount Saint Vincent University
Participants in this workshop will leave with expanded skills, knowledge and concepts for creating and nourishing a culture of leadership. Participants will learn about:
Germinating leadership in others to access the value of the leadership potential that is present for the benefit of the whole organization in accomplishing its desired results
Supporting leadership development at all levels to increase the capacity of the organization for agility, flexibility, thus being able to take advantage of opportunities and overcome challenges as they arise
Embracing personal responsibility so that people engage in the self leadership required to accomplish results in their area of responsibility and collaborate with others so that the whole organization benefits
Aligning authority with accountability and responsibility recognizing that this alignment is key in overcoming the problems associated with the performance of people who have responsibility and are held accountable, yet don’t have the authority to get the job done
Tapping into the potential of people to use their talents, strengths, character and other qualities to enhance their own job performance and the performance of the whole organization
Courage to act differently than the status quo to reap the benefits of out-of-the-box inspired thinking that might be the difference that makes the difference for the organization to thrive
Utilizing possibility thinking thus shifting the performance culture of the organization of people as a whole away from a problem focus and into a solution focus
Believing in the value of empowering others to shift from any sense of a victim mentality that is toxic for people’s energy into the life nurturing productive environment that comes from individuals and teams working from a stance of empowerment
For a detailed description please see http://genuinecontactway.com/leadership-competencies
Workshop Leadership
Birgitt Williams Co-Creator of the Genuine Contact™ Program, Author of “The Genuine Contact Way: Nourishing a Culture of Leadership” and Leadership Development Consultant Drawing upon her eclectic background in cognitive psychology, clinical behavioral sciences, organizational psychology, human services, health services, cross-cultural practices, biology, history, philosophy, and comparative religion studies, Birgitt Williams is known and respected for her deep commitment, integrity, and her skills in facilitating positive and sustainable changes with individuals, teams, and organizations. As a leadership and organizational development consultant, she walks her talk and brings a diverse and extensive experience, with a genuine, compassionate, and direct approach to her work. Her experience is drawn from her work with thousands of individuals and hundreds of organizations over 35 years. Birgitt is dedicated to leadership development as some of the most important work on the planet at this time. on the planet at this time.
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