PERSON-CENTERED
LEADERSHIP
Length
of Program: Initial meeting of two days, periodic meetings
over three months
Number of Participants: Between 12 and twenty 20
Physical Setting: Classroom setting
Basic
Premise:
At
the request of a major corporation, we have designed a
comprehensive leadership training program which combines
several workshops with ongoing work projects and individual
coaching sessions.
The
program is called Person-Centered Leadership because it
is built on the assumption that each person brings a distinctive
personality to the task of leading. Therefore, our initial
concern is to develop awareness of one's natural gifts;
only at that point do we move on to developing additional
leadership skills.
The
present design calls for seven full-day sessions with
a small group -- generally between twelve and twenty persons.
The
program might follow this format:
- Day
One: Identifying your natural gifts for leadership
- Day
Two: Identifying areas for leadership development
- Day
Three: Developing communication skills and systems (involving
video taping of meetings and one-on-one sessions)
- Day
Four: The management of change (including diversity
training)
- Day
Five: The management of conflict (including stress management)
- Day
Six: The encouragement of creativity
- Day
Seven: Conclusion the program with presentations of
work projects
