Leadership Academy Classes

The day will begin with introductions and a program overview to clearly explain the program elements and expectations.

A workshop that will follow emphasizes how diverse backgrounds and skill levels improve problem solving and encourage growth and change. Creating an inclusive environment relieves workplace stress and increases productivity from people at all levels. Discover ways to build a welcoming environment.

Adaptive leadership is a unique combination of skills, perspective and guided effort that enable true excellence. The adaptive leadership skills can take a leader at any level to places others cannot go. This class offers strategies and tools to enable you to build agility, resiliency and comfort with change. Pre-work assigned.

Emotional intelligence is a set of skills that capture an awareness of our own emotions and the emotions of others. In this class you will learn how to use this awareness to manage yourself effectively and form quality relationships. High degrees of Emotional Intelligence (EQ) result in higher effectiveness, productivity and job satisfaction. Included in the class is a professional EQ assessment (EQ-i 2.0®) for individualized feedback on your EQ. Pre-work assigned.

This workshop offers an opportunity to identify and think through the challenges of ethical living and leading. Exercises focus on examining the “invisible” challenges present in all workplaces and will assist you in making smart decisions that align with the core values of the organization. Pre-work assigned.

This class focuses on leadership as active and action based and it equips participants with the knowledge, skills and motivation to return to their teams committed to implementing change. Emphasis is placed on writing, speaking, discussing, analyzing and planning. Gain understanding of effective confrontation and problem-solving skills to define individual responsibilities to achieve team goals.

Creativity is reflected in everything we see that is manmade. Both in design and function, manmade items exist only because of creativity. Creativity allows individuals to solve problems, to create new products, to improve on old products and to increase efficiency. Contrary to popular belief, creativity is not only about aesthetics – it is the heart that drives the economy! Creativity is truly the lubricant that keeps the wheels of economic and commercial progress rolling. However, creativity is not just about problem solving, product development and improving efficiency; it is also an essential ingredient of strong leadership. Without creative thinking skills, leaders lack the ability to provide vision, to inspire teams and to act in dynamic and unique ways to carry organizations to even higher levels. The belief that creativity plays a vital role in both human life and in business life and that creativity has a distinct DNA that leaders can embrace and reinforce in the workplace in order to unleash the power of creativity as a driving force of an organization’s culture serves as the foundation upon which this academy will rest.

The Making Smart Decisions workshop will help you build behaviors, mental habits and practices that will guide your decisions to success. Learn to avoid the traps and pitfalls in judgment, develop a core values statement to guide decisions, cultivate clarity through actionable questions, outsmart personal bias to improve decision-making and communicate effectively with transparency and empathy.

As part of your Leadership Academy registration, you will receive two one-on-one coaching sessions with a certified professional coach.

The coaches will work in partnership with you to provide structure, guidance and support, customizing your professional development to attain your specific goals. This invaluable component of Leadership Academy is key to leveraging your leadership learning. Your coach will evaluate your progress and support your success.

This wrap-up event is designed for participants to reflect on their experiences throughout the program and share their lessons learned. There will also be time for socializing and networking.