September 16, 2011

September 23, 2011

Nominations Due

Announcement of Selected Participants

FULLVIEW Leadership Evaluation Administered

Managing Crucial Conversations:  In order to communicate effectively, leaders must listen at a deeper level and understand the importance of managing the tone of your message. In this module, participants will learn tools to manage the flow of a conversation and communication techniques that soften the bluntness of their opinion as well as providing a vehicle for directly stating one’s feelings and beliefs.

February 21, 2012

March 20, 2012

Conflict Resolution:  Discusses several different approaches to conflict and participants will gain tools to give them a framework for working through conflict to a successful conclusion. 

Creating Effective Teams: Teams tend to function at a high level of effectiveness and satisfaction when members feel a sense of shared ownership and common purpose, a belief that their ideas are valued along with those of their teammates, and optimism that their input will be used in making decisions. Participants learn the components that create highly effective teams.

Embracing Feedback and Leading Past Fear: It is critical to develop a mindset in which managers continually look for ways to grow, to be aware of their strengths and weaknesses.  People tend to ignore or minimize feedback when they are too afraid to hear the message, this module helps participants uncover their irrational fears and faulty beliefs and how these become obstacles to their own growth and effectiveness. 

Leading Change: The most effective problem solvers are resourceful and effective under stress, and they know how important it is to have a “can-do” perspective in the face of change. Participants also learn a four-phase process designed to maximize their ability to influence a situation.

Creative Thinking:  An organization is creative when its employees do something new and useful without being directed to do so, the results of which are improvements and innovations.  In this session, participants are introduced to three approaches to creative problem solving to help them work more creatively with their teams. 

Resource Management to Achieve Results: Leading effectively means being efficient with time and resources. Participants learn how to use a delegation tool to recognize the importance of looking for tasks that are appropriate for others to handle, to fully consider whether it is critical for them to handle the task, and to think about the time sensitivity of tasks.

Effective Decision Making: Perhaps more than any other component, the job of a manager is to make sound decisions and to cultivate sound decision-making in others.  The best decisions are made through an optimal combination of input evidence, intuition and logic. Participants look at their organization in terms of its decision-making, and then think about themselves and the organization relative to various decision-making styles.

Motivation and problem solving: A motivating vision and clear, open communication are components critical to achieving results in an optimistic, high quality and timely fashion. Participants will learn how to apply a problem solving tool to use when people are somewhat de-motivated about a situation or just unsure how to get out of a spot where they feel stuck. 

Inspirational Leadership: It is critical that leaders are able to generate enthusiasm in others and inspire direction aligned with the mission, vision, values and purpose of Carleton. In this module, participants will learn the core competencies that lead to inspirational leadership.

Coaching Others: Participants will learn the most common strategies leaders use to create higher productivity. In this session, participants learn a model for cultivating their growth and development, and practice a coaching discussion tool to help them give feedback and direction.