Corporate Gems: Unleashing Leadership Excellence

The Corporate Gems Leadership course focuses on increasing people’s self-awareness so they make better choices, have better coping skills to deal with the challenges in front of them, which in turn increases self-confidence, engagement and makes them better leaders.

One of my mentors, a former CEO used to say the level of a person’s effectiveness is directly related to the accuracy of their self-perception in the world. In other words, building on an individual’s self-knowledge and level of self-accuracy is key. Most of us are aware of how we could be more effective but we continue to keep repeating patterns of behavior that are getting “in the way” of our overall success and contentment.

More awareness about “why” we continue to do what isn’t working for us in combination with practical tools is a key combination to becoming more personally effective in your work and life. The leverage of the external tools comes from having people see through the lens of “self” and how they would operate those tools.

For example: You can teach people the “how-to’s” or steps to delivering a great powerpoint presentation, but if you don’t address their limiting beliefs like:

1) I don’t believe my staff have a high level of respect for me so they probably won’t believe what I’m saying or 2) I’m terrified of making a mistake in front of a group, etc. you will not get far in having that knowledge implemented.

Self-Awareness + Practical Tools= Great results and Increased Confidence

To navigate effectively you need to know where you are on the map, that is the first step; self-knowledge allows you to locate yourself on the map.

This is the key to building on people’s existing wisdom. The combination of greater self-awareness and practical tools allows people to make shifts in behavior with more ease.

What to expect:

Here is an overview of the content:

Purpose: To Increase Engagement and Effectiveness in your Personal and Professional Life

Objectives:

• Identify the attitudes/beliefs that can be barriers to success.
• Understand the power of embracing your results and focusing on what is important.
• Understand your responses to situations in more depth and the power in generating a proactive vs. reactive response.
• Assess your own leadership style and learn how to work with those who create results differently from you.
• Increase communication effectiveness through the art of giving and receiving feedback.

The program modules can be modified and customized based on client needs. Here is the suggested outline for both days:

Day 1:

• Self- Assessment by individuals: challenges at work, possible solutions, why I choose to do my job, what brings me satisfaction/fulfillment at work...
• My Paradigm: how my beliefs, judgements and behaviors create my results
• Stretching your Comfort Zone without stretch marks
• Getting Out of our own Way: exploring unproductive attitudes and behaviors and patterns
• Overcoming Worry/Guilt/Martyr/Resentment
• Redefining Accountability for Leading your Own Life
• Cultivating Stillness for stress reduction
• Exploring the “Win/Win” philosophy as a cornerstone for leadership

Day 2:

• Integration of “Win/Win” Learning
• Uncover the power behind a Proactive vs. Reactive response in life
• Delivering Feedback: The Art of Giving and Receiving
• Our Commitment to our relationship with Ourselves
• Leadership Styles: Working Effectively with Others
• The Power of Acknowledgement
• Action Plan for next steps
  

Upon completion of the 2 day program, a combination of individual follow up and group follow up is recommended to further install and integrate the learning.

What you will receive:

Phase 1:  Pre-work assignment followed by facilitation of the 2 day hands-on, interactive program. This may also be delivered as four half-day sessions over a 1-month period. Participants will receive a binder where they can do their work, receive handouts and take notes of key concepts.

Phase 2: Following the initial program, each participant will engage in an individual coaching call with me to debrief the experience, further deepen their learning, discuss progress on action plan and any challenges. This call also provides the opportunity for participants to get feedback on specific situations they are dealing with at work. Approximately three weeks from initial program, participants will engage in a team conference call that advances learning for the group as everyone shares: how process is working or not working, where people are stuck, how to overcome, next steps, homework etc.

Phase 3: An engaging half-day workshop 6-8 weeks after initial program that refreshes and reconnects participants to their learning and also explores strategies for overcoming habitual patterns over the long term.

Areas of performance that typically shift as a result of this program:

More effective communication, increased participation in and ownership of company goals, increased morale and job satisfaction, greater confidence, more ownership for results and of one’s strengths, stronger teamwork.

If you’ve read up to this point, you may be interested in taking the next step. If so, I invite you to contact me for a complimentary strategy session.

In the session we’ll discuss the challenges you or your team members are facing, what you’d like to see change and whether or not Corporate Gems may be the right fit or not. Regardless, as a result of our conversation, you will be clearer about the issues and the next steps you will be taking to resolve them. This conversation will take about an hour and can be done in person or on the phone.

If you’d like more information about how you can improve your own leadership effectiveness, feel free to download my report: “The 7 Ways Leaders Get in Their Own Way.”

Sincerely,
Mara Vizzutti

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