Leadership Essentials: Fundamentals

Emotions are as much a part of the workplace as the air we breathe. Happiness, surprise, frustration, anger—they are all there and more. Emotions play a role in the choices we make and actions we take. Directed emotions can motivate, inspire, and add positive intensity to our work.

When strong emotions leave our control, or "run away," our personal productivity and the productivity of others suffer. Key relationships in our network are damaged, making it even harder to maintain necessary focus. Individuals who take initiative to stay on top of their own emotional reactions, and help others do the same, have a positive impact on productivity, relationships, the overall atmosphere of the workplace, and their own personal well-being.

This workshop provides employees with strategies to address strong emotions—their own, and, when appropriate, those of the people they work with.

Every day, leaders shape the future by offering proposals, selling ideas, and encouraging others to take action. Effective leaders know that the best way to influence outcomes is to actively engage and collaborate with others through dialogue.

Communicating a clear, concise, compelling message is essential given the ever-expanding volume of information and ever-shrinking human attention span. Laser-like communication focuses on the listener with genuine commitment to two-way dialogue.

This workshop will help participants prepare, deliver, and discuss their ideas, proposals, and requests to support business outcomes.

People want to use their abilities, connect with others, and guide their own efforts. Regardless of gender, age, ethnicity, culture, or life experiences, everyone shares three psychological needs: competence, relatedness, and autonomy.

Forty years of research confirm the many benefits of helping people satisfy these needs, including improved job satisfaction, engagement, self-esteem, thinking ability, creativity, learning, trust, loyalty, dedication, and performance. Leaders realize these benefits by creating conditions that support employees' needs. 

The purpose of this workshop is for participants to learn to create an environment that inspires superior performance by helping employees satisfy their basic psychological needs.

Over the past few decades, organizational structures have shifted from top-down models to matrixed models of decision making. Leaders must learn, therefore, how to facilitate discussions that explore multiple perspectives and navigate differences.

This workshop provides an easy-to-use framework and a set of valuable techniques for conducting collaborative, productive discussions of any type. Via videos, lively conversations, and real-life practice, participants will build the skills and confidence required to converse comfortably with people up, down, and across the organization.

Spurred by dramatic increases in global competition, technology, and customer expectations, speed has become a key requirement for business success. The pressure to “be fast or be last” has become a primary concern for leaders as they struggle to accelerate team productivity.

So how do you multiply your efforts? What can you do to increase efficiency? Part of the answer may be simpler than you imagine: building team pride and purpose.

Today’s leaders are discovering that one of the best ways to drive productivity is to unleash the power of team pride and purpose. When team members feel that they’re doing something valuable and anticipating success, their energy and commitment to delivering results increase, and a new cycle of accelerated productivity takes over.

This workshop provides team leaders with the principles and skills that instill high degrees of pride and purpose in their teams. It explores today’s workplace challenges and the need for accelerating performance through teamwork.

Enrolling in the certificate program is completely voluntary. You can either complete all 5 workshops to receive the certificate or only attend the workshops of your choice.

Yes. Completion of the LEF or LEA certificates meets the prerequisite criteria for LEI. However, there is additional nomination criteria that must be met in order to be selected for each cohort. You can learn more about the prerequisite and nomination criteria for LEI here.