Leadership Workshop Content

With each workshop, participants receive an interactive session with a seasoned, professional trainer, entertaining anecdotes based on the dynamics of the group, and a customized handout to reinforce the concepts learned.

What can you expect from a day-long leadership workshop?

• Content that is research-based, with real-world proven methods to transform today’s programs.
• Facilitation is appropriately-paced for maximum engagement all day, and students drive most of the learning activities.
• Staff and students will have time throughout the day to review the tools they’ve learned and own their own plans to implement them.
• The Group Dynamic Servant Leadership approach (below) moves leadership theory into actionable content.

The Philosophy: Servant Leaders meet needs.

• The needs of the collective mission.
• The needs of their team.
• The needs of those they lead.

The Group Dynamic approach:

First, we’ll do these two things.

1. Adopt the Outward Mindset, keeping thoughts and decisions others-focused, not self-centered.
2. Understand that there is more to learn, and engage in continuous self-assessment and improvement.

Next, we’ll get into position to execute this approach by following these steps:

1) Build Relationships (know and be known)
2) Encourage Others (clarify, push for, and acknowledge good work)
3) Ask for More (coach, delegate, raise expectations, and provide feedback)

Students will work toward consistency on The Eight Virtues by exhibiting these Servant Leadership behaviors:

1. Instead of thinking “I’ve done my share”, I think “What more can be done?” then act. (Service)
2. I can accurately describe both
   • A) the ideal state of our work and
   • B) the exact current state of our work. (Vision)
3. I have high standards, and my work shows that; I do what I say I will do. (Integrity)
4. I listen well, with total focus on the speaker. (Communication – Listening)
5. I speak well, clearly, specifically, in a way that leaves no question what I meant and that shows total respect to the person listening. (Communication – Speaking)
6. When helping or correcting someone, I address a person’s specific actions and/or behaviors, not their attitude or assumed mindset. (Communication – Specificity)
7. I am willing to, and often do, demonstrate/model everything I ask others to do. (Modeling)
8. When I am corrected, or learn new ways of doing things, I adjust what I do accordingly. (Stretching and Growing)
9. If you ask the people I interact with, they will tell you that I am positive. (Positivity)
10. The people around me can tell that I am passionate and that I care about our work. (Passion)

The foundational virtues are Service, Vision, and Integrity. Servant leaders meet needs, can articulate the present situation and the future vision, and deliver on their promises with consistency.

The supplemental virtues are Communication, Modeling, and Stretching and Growing. Servant leaders master the arts of speaking, writing, reading, and listening; they never ask others to do things they are unwilling to do themselves, and submit to the process of continuous self-improvement.

The encompassing virtues are Positivity and Passion. All of the above are carried out with passion for the mission, vision, and people. This passion is accompanied by optimism and belief in the potential of self and others. When this approach is in place, leaders will motivate and teams will love working together.