Collaborative & Courageous Leadership
How to Lead Courageously in a Complex Organizational Structure
COURAGEOUS LEADERSHIP FOUNDATIONS
Courageous Collaboration
Team culture is established by how well leaders model the behaviors expected from the team. To foster collaboration leaders must
-Set Clear Expectations
- Define How Teams and Individuals Win
- Celebrate, Appreciate and Acknowledge Individual and Team Successes
- Have Clear and Consistent Accountability Practices for All Team Members (across functional lines)
Courageous Connection
Technology has abbreviated our methods of communicating. But our need to be heard hasn't changed. Leaders must gain mastery in courageous communication skills. They must:
- Speak the Truth: Courage to Speak up for What Matters to Them
- Tell the Truth: Tell Others What They Need to Hear
- Find the Truth: Collaborate with Others to Determine an Agreeable Path Forward
Courageous Communication
The world of work is changing and employees have new expectations of their workplace and their leaders. To attract and retain top talent, leaders must have the courage to:
- Connect with employees in new, more personal ways
- Demonstrate a connection to themselves and their own self-awareness
- Be willing to connect to the larger, broader purpose, rather than their functional team's goals and outcomes
Workshop Outline
Day One
Defining Courageous Leadership & Collaboration
Framework for Courage: Self-Awareness, Emotional Maturity, Understanding How Values Influence Behaviors
Framework for Collaboration: Clearly Established & Communicated
-Expectations
-Rules
-Roles
-Goals
Day Two
Communicating When Collaboration or Outcomes are Difficult
What is Effective Communication Anyway?
Structure for a Difficult Communication (with peers, subordinates or leaders)
How to Disagree and Still Collaborate
What Matters and What Doesn't Matter When we Communicate for Connection
Listening
Role-Play Real Collaboration Challenges
Role-Play AdHoc Challenges via "Courageous Communication Card Game"
Outcomes for Leaders
- Understand How to Design a Collaborative Leadership Environment with Peers and Employees
- Advance their ability to Tap Leadership Courage and Emotional Resilience
- Improved Understanding of Why They Do or Don't Confront Certain Challenges with Peers, Employees and Leaders (and what to do about it).
- Learn and Practice a Defined Structure for Preparing for and Delivering a Difficult Conversation
- Practice with Real Organizational Scenarios
Kris Plachy, Executive Coach
Kris has over 20 years experience fixing, building and leading high performing teams. Kris is recognized for her ability to coach individuals and groups through complex challenges to find simple solutions. Organizational success depends on leadership and she is committed to help every leader she works with achieve their maximum potential so individuals, teams and organizations thrive.
