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This two-day, immersive leadership course is starts with you: your strengths as well as the behaviors and habits that get in the way of you being the most effective you can be. It’s based on leading edge research from the research of Leadership Circle Profile and from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_O._Clifton Dr. Donald O. Clifton], author of Strengths-based Leadership. His work uncovered The course is based on the idea that all people have a unique combination of talents, knowledge, and skills -- strengths -- proven concept that they use in their daily lives to do their work, achieve their goals, and interact with others. And, when people understand and apply their strengths, and are aware of their reactive tendencies the effect on their lives and work is transformational. Together with a small cohort of Mozillians, participants in Leadership Discovery will work together to develop an awareness of their individual strengths and limitations, learn to appreciate failure as a key part of success, and understand their reactive tendenciessupport each other in becoming better leaders.

Participants in Knowing Your StrengthsLeadership Discovery, can expect to come away with not only : a new awareness of their own leadership strengths; skills to reduce their reactive tendencies; and practical ways to work better with others, but including listening and creating stronger work relationships. Participants will also walk away with a detailed action plan for how to practically apply the awareness their new skills in their work, and personal life, everyday.

In most successful organizations, the best leaders create environments where people naturally work together to do remarkable things. In this two-day session, participants will come together to learn how to develop and support a culture of trust; one where people feel valued and teams are adaptive, stable and confidentlistened to. With a cohort of peers, our good leaders you will work learn how to become our best, by learning the value of have courageous conversations, cultivate genuine curiosity , recognize other people’s strengths and expressed gratitude on those they leadbe even more collaborative.

Upon completion of this course, participants will have learned and practiced a set of skills that enable them to : have “courageous conversations” with anyone - whether as initiator or recipient; recognize and shift their perspective; give positive, affirming feedback; and more effectively collaborate with those they work with. Over time, with application, these small acts of leadership will begin to transform our culture to one where everyone feels like they belong and our collective energy is aimed at the same goals.

As a follow on to the foundational session Know your StrengthsLeadership Discovery, Discovering your Impact Leadership Presence takes the idea that deep self-awareness is a key attribute of the world’s best leaders, a few steps-further. This session reveals and underscores the natural leadership presence of each participant.

In this two-day session, leaders participants will learn about an alternative system that encourages them to be “on type” and to contribute to the work environment in a way that is more creative, more spontaneous, and with increased resilience. 

With input from the group, participants will discover their “type” and how much more impactful they are when they communicate with others in their natural state. This process helps participants differentiate between what they do and the impact they have. With practice, this level of deep self-awareness will enable good leaders to become great.