Emerging Leaders Program
Workshop Schedule
All workshop sessions will take place at United Way
of Southeastern Pennsylvania’s
building located at:
1709 Benjamin Franklin Parkway
Philadelphia, PA 19103
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Session 1 — The Transformational Leader: A New Focus
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
8:30am - 12:30pm
4 hours
- Tapping into the true source of leadership power
- Gaining awareness
and insights from leadership moments
- Identifying your core
values as a leader
- Encouraging an organizational culture that welcomes diversity
Session 2 — Emotional Intelligence: The Balanced Approach
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
8:30am - 11:30am
3 hours
- Exploring effective leadership styles and understanding your preferred style
- Growing emotional intelligence: the key to strong leadership
- Navigating
emotionally charged situations
- Finding power in situations where
you appear to have none
Session 3 — The Emergent LeaderL Growing the Capacity to Influence
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
8:30am - 11:30am
3 hours
- Communicating effectively as an emerging leader in the organization
- Listening genuinely:
the best way to be heard
- Identifying your communications blind spots
Session 4 — Feedback: Embracing Difficult Conversations
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
8:30am - 11:30am
3 hours
- Providing effective feedback
- Dealing with conflict and "personality" issues
- Developing the art of seeing another point of view
- Creating trust through effective dialogue
Session 5 —Empowerment: The Impact of Structure & Accountability
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
8:30am - 11:30am
3 hours
- Empowering others through delegation
- Using effective requests and clear decision making processes to enhance delegation
- Holding others accountable without micromanaging
Session 6 — Leading a Team: Adjusting Your Leadership Style
Wednesday, June 6, 2012
8:30am - 11:30am
3 hours
- Leading a team vs. individual performers
- Adjusting your leadership style to meet the needs of the team
- Avoiding the "savior" role when dealing with change
Session 7 — The Transformational Leader: Application to an Organizational Challenge
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
8:30am - 11:00am
2.5 hours
- Project Presentation and Discussions
- Graduation Celebration