The Leader in the World
Leading Others with Mind, Heart & Action
Welcome. You are here because you want to be a better leader. The path you are on is a rich and transformative one - and one which can also be lonely and difficult, not least because we often find ourselves in positions requiring leadership, but with few tangible leadership tools to help us, and without a community of fellow leaders with whom we can share and reflect.
The Leader in the World course offers you the support, insight, inspiration and experience to enable you to feel more confident leading others, whether in business, community, or another organizational context. You will explore how to co-create organizations, relationships and teams that thrive, even under stress. You’ll dive into your power and influence, and how you can inhabit this with conscious choice rather than reactivity or automatic habits, so you can meet the range of situations and needs you face. Then you’ll discover how to use coaching skills, approach difficult conversations, and lead diversity, before taking a perspective on the bigger picture of your leadership, and how you can align it with purpose for even bigger impact.
The course is twelve weeks, with a workshop every two weeks offering tools and insights you will put into practice between sessions. You will also be placed into a small pod of fellow leaders on the course, to form an invaluable supportive community, sharing what you are trying, learning and applying, and what outcomes you are noticing. You will need to be ready to put what you are learning into practice, and so this is a course for people who are currently leading and managing others, which can include not only reports, but also colleagues, clients, customers, suppliers or others with whom you have a relationship upon which you want to make an effective impact. All elements will be integrated and holistic, with the aim to develop three essential leadership stances: Curiosity (thinking), Compassion (feeling), and Courage (action).
You will be guided by an experienced coach, learning together with a small group of fellow travellers and receiving the support of all. The experience is rich, fun and insightful, and - with commitment and accountability - you will go deeper, further and faster.
Who is it for?
- If you lead, manage or influence others.
- If you would like to have more conscious skillfulness in leadership.
- If you feel under-resourced and would like to deepen and broaden your leadership range and abilities.
- If leading others is an area with which you would like more support.
- If you are ready to learn and try and learn again, and to support others doing the same.
- If you wish to be the best leader you can be, while still being authentic.
What you’ll learn
- How to build alliances that thrive.
- How to lead across a variety of situations and needs.
- How to own and use your power and influence.
- How to listen actively and coach others.
- How to set boundaries and manage self-care.
- How to motivate others and approach difficult conversations, including during times of change.
- How to lead diversity, and review assumptions and norms.
- How to consider the sustainability and legacy of your leadership in everything you do.
“(About the Leader Within course) -
I was searching out a course that would assist me as my role developed at a fast pace. I felt unequipped to manage a growing team of people, and I knew my confidence was there, but it needed to be mined so that I could lead effectively. This course has done just that. It’s given me the tools that I needed and has untapped the sticking points that restricted my confidence levels for so many years. I do feel like a different person. The course was an intense and emotional ride and I now feel empowered and ready to start my next chapter. This course will change the way you look at life, help you to recalibrate and get to know your true whole self. I cannot recommend it highly enough.”
The Journey
We build a bridge from where you are now to where you want to be, through clear steps that build upon each other to create a journey of transformation. You’ll receive
- a clear and supportive framework,
- group coaching,
- interactive pair and group work,
- powerful tools you will put into practice at once and review the results,
- a supportive community of practice,
- support between sessions,
- takeaway materials to keep,
- the opportunity to put your discoveries into action immediately with practices between sessions that will transform your leadership of others.
Module One - Co-Creating Alliances
Leadership moves us from "I" to "We". In this first module, we start to build from personal reflection (Who am I? What is my leadership work?), to the relational (How to do I want to lead others?), and immediately put these reflections and tools into practice. We shift from individual thinking to thinking in systems, and practice how to co-create a foundation of trust by consciously designing alliances. We will also consciously commit to self-care practices that resource us for leadership.
Module Two - Power, Influence and the Multi-Faceted Practice of Leadership
How do you feel about your power? By owning it, we give ourselves authority and acceptance to influence others. In this module we'll explore the multi-faceted places from which we can be in leadership with others, responding to the situations and needs in front of us, and being able to switch skillfully and consciously between them.
Module Three - Coaching Skills
What is the stance we choose to support, motivate and develop people around us? How can we listen better and ask powerful questions that help others to be at their best - empowered, creative and solutions-focused? How can we be both compassionate and boundaried in service of others and our projects and lives?
Module Four - Leaning into Courageous Conversations
How can we approach conflict and difficult conversations in ways that build trust and allow co-creation of a better future to emerge? In this module, we'll explore the power of emotional needs, projection and transference, and our own unconscious tendencies to play roles that disempower ourselves and others. We also continue to develop the self-leadership to manage our own emotions to co-create relationships that thrive.
Module Five - Leading Diversity
We all arrive with our assumptions and stories, and can unconsciously act in ways that exclude others and their input. With courage and humility, we'll explore practices of deep empathy and awareness of how our usual way of holding meetings, for instance, can restrict the diversity of thought we need to bring to our projects and organizations, as well as some tools to help.
Module Six - Sustainability & Legacy
The aim of thoughtful leadership is to create more leaders, rather than followers. Our greatest contribution as leaders lies not only in what we materially achieve, but also in the culture we help create. In this final module, we will understand how to think long-term to consider what we want the impact of our leadership to be on future generations. How do we want to model and develop future leaders? You'll create a high dream for your leadership with commitments and accountability.
Corporate and Group Bookings
If you would like to offer this course or any elements to your team, within your organisation, or to make a group booking please get in touch.
The Leader in the World course is developed from the second part of my book Thoughtful Leadership - A Guide to Leading with Mind, Body and Soul.