Course Title: A Deeper Dive into Life and Leadership: Unlocking Exponential Performance in Individuals, Teams and Organisations through Conversation Mastery
Course Code DDLL3-102018
9-11 October 2018, Banff Centre, Banff, Alberta
Ideal Group size: 9 – 12 participants
Cost $3,400 per participant
(exclusive of accommodation, meals, wellness activity, venue costs, printing of materials, books and resources)
This three day learning experience is derived from and based on our renowned five day open leadership retreat and is delivered for a group of leaders from the same organisation. This three day program has been run for teams in organisations such as BP, Schlumberger and in emerging entrepreneurial start-ups. In this practical learning intensive we bring out the many leadership voices in your team and inspire provocative, transformative and edge-breaking conversations as a way to achieve Exponential Performance, Results and Inspiration at the individual, team and organisational level. Research shows that next generation leaders seek meaningful work which makes a contribution to society and look for companies with values-based cultures built around purpose and making a difference as their employers of choice. This shift calls on existing leaders to approach leadership in new ways and to shift their conversations from tell to engage and inspire.
The overall objective of this learning program is to shift the conversation of leadership from an outside-in to an inside-out approach with the ultimate goal of everyone contributing because of their own inspired sense of purpose and value.
PROGRAM OUTLINE:
| SESSION TITLE AND TIMINGS | COMPONENTS | LEARNING OUTCOMES |
| Connecting and Self-Awareness as the Key to Leadership
Tuesday 9 October 8am to 1.00pm 5hours |
Connecting
Coming Present Setting Personal Learning Goals and Barriers to Learning Self as Leader Unlocking creative thinking and new perspectives Listening inside Starting with Values |
Participants will:
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| The Conversation Shift
Tuesday 9 October 2pm to 6pm 4 hours
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GROoW Conversation Framework and Practice
The ‘I need” conversation The expanding possibilities conversation The Shift from telling/controlling to engaging/inspiring |
Participants will:
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| Evening practice
Tuesday 9 October Evening 1 hour
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Experiment to test new conversation tools with colleagues.
Ask colleagues to complete Listening Questionnaire on how they experience you |
Participants will:
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| Conversations in Context (1) Wednesday 10 Oct 8am to 12 noon – 4 hours | Coaching for Potential | Participants will:
– learn how to listen for/identify and inspire untapped and /or challenging potential in selves and in others – discover how to channel the energy of potential in useful and creative ways – learn how to respond when potential is non-evident |
| The Well-Being of Leadership Wednesday 10 Oct 12 to 3pm – 3 hours | An outdoors activity to emphasise the importance of self-care and well-being as an antidote to stress and as a channel to creativity and innovation – embodies leadership. | |
| Conversations in Context (2)
Wednesday 10 Oct 3pm to 7.00pm – 4 hours |
Feedback/Performance Conversations – a new approach | Participants will:
– Learn an open-conversation approach to giving and receiving feedback and expanding perspectives – create engaged ‘feedback’ relationships – become active role-models for how to ask for and respond to ‘feedback’ and learning |
| Conversations in Context (3) Thursday 11 Oct 8am to 12 noon 4hours | Setting Compelling Direction
Engaging Standards Playing within the Field |
Participants will: understand Compelling Direction – Learn how to engage people in Compelling Direction – how to make it compelling for them – Know what to do when someone isn’t engaged in the direction – leave with clear understanding of the field and how to inspire people to play in it. |
| Moving Forward with Purpose, Performance and ProsperityClosing and Commitments to Practice Thursday 11 Oct 1pm to 6pm – 5hours | Commitments to: Purpose, Prosperity and Exponential Performance
New Visions for Personal, Team and Organisational Success Learning Review and Actions |
Participants will: Identify the key parameters for exponential performance commitment -leave with one team voice – directly link their personal contribution to company purpose and performance – leave as role-models to others – identify and shift any underlying blockages or limiting beliefs around living fully toward exponential performance – leave with a conversation to take into the organisation and build on what already exists – leave identify personal actions and learning points |
| Putting it Into Practice
Friday 12 October back in participants own organisations |
Challenge is to create a project back in your real role today where you apply your learning from this week | Participants immediately put learning into practice and record impact, success, challenges and experiments in real time on a forum for shared learning which is set up at end of the program – participation and sharing learning on this platform will in itself be an indication of leadership shifts – Shared learning platform will include a requirement for leaders to make connection from application of their learning to business performance and results |
We believe that, even in these days of super-technology, there is nothing as powerful as a group of like-minded, keen-spirited people getting together face to face and engaging in real conversation to move your organisation to success.