Leadership Modules
We conduct the program in an experiential approach on both the in-person and virtual platform. As we desire for maximum engagement and knowledge retention, we keep the essences of experiential training even on the virtual platform.
As there has been a raising concern for the mental health, all the programmes are aligned to focus on self-mastery (resilience and performance development) and are based on the foundation of Neuro Linguistic Programming and Positive Psychology.
We use the experiential learning model as the training concept to engage the students and to deliver the learning outcomes. The participants will learn each leadership concept through activities/engaging games that will allow them to have direct transference to their current leadership role in the school or life. There will be mini lectures for the students to learn about values or skill set and activities for them to immerse in the theories/concepts.
The setup of each activity and debrief are purposefully designed to deliver the learning outcomes and the program flow is sequenced intentionally to gradually increase the level of openness, willingness, and challenges. The programs are aligned to develop leadership attitude and approach with The Leadership Challenge, 7 Habits of Highly Effective People and Tuckman’s Team Development as foundation. A variety of methods (mini-lectures, individual/team activities, active-review reflection and learning communities sharing) will be used to keep the program fresh and engaging. Participants will be actively engaged at the intellectual, physical, and emotional level. Opportunities are created for participants to learn from others and to inspire others through the interpersonal interaction during the program. Throughout the programme, there will be no one right answer that applies to all as everyone is a unique human being and the experiences will be different.
“The taboo of speaking about such important issues must end and the idea that successful, strong people don’t suffer their own emotional difficulties is false.” – Prince William
Today’s society is full of Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity and Ambiguity (VUCA). To be successful, one needs to be courageous and lead with mental resilience. To be a great leader, one needs to develop mental resilience in others too. All of us deserve to live a Joyful and Exciting way of life that is Moving towards our desired quality of life. We can learn to overcome societal pressure and influences which inhibited our attainment of a Joyful, Exciting and Moving way of life.
Take away from the session:
• Explore the power of clarity
• Learn to transform the story of limitation
• Create a personal incantation
• Explore ways to be an advocate of mental resilience
“Sometimes the most important conversations are the most difficult to engage in.” – Jeanne Phillips
Meaningful conversations are needed for successful, satisfying and productive relationships. While holding difficult conversation is important to both personal and organisational success, many leaders struggle with it or even avoid it. Everyone loves to be right and it is difficult to start a conversation without defensiveness or to continue a conversation while listening for the meaning of what is not said. Sometimes, talk is powerful. But isomorphic conversation can be even more powerful. It is all about using the right conversation at the right time.
Take away from the session:
• Learn to create a safe space for conversation and understanding
• Discover ways to hold deep meaningful conversation
• Draw connection from metaphor to the topic of conversation
“Find your voice and inspire others to find theirs. Don’t ignore that longing to make a difference.” – Stephen Covey
Often what is in the way of the physical creation of making a difference, is the initial mental creation. Leaders are commonly stuck with the question of “What should I do to make a difference?” While in fact, it can be simple. Knowing that what you do makes a difference, you just have to decide what kind of difference you want to make. Using process facilitation and self-discovery as foundation, the breakout session aims to engage the participants in a simple yet exciting ideas generation process while finding their voice to lead and serve.
Take away from the session:
• Discover their voice and passion to lead and serve
• Generate possible ideas for making a difference
• Create a personal leadership mission statement
“Leadership is not domination. It’s the art of persuading people to work toward a common goal.” – Daniel Goleman
In recent years, emotional intelligence has emerged as one of the most notable social effectiveness constructs and foundational element of leadership effectiveness. Emotional intelligence can be developed. A well developed emotional intelligence allows a leader to avoid less productive feeling and focus on goals with more positive feeling, thus creating a higher team productivity and be excellent in conflict handling.
Take away from the session:
• Learn the theory of emotional intelligence
• Explore the Personal Competencies of Self-Awareness, Self-Regulation, and Motivation
• Explore the Social Competencies of Empathy, and Social Skills
• Discover the 6 distinct leadership styles
“Communication styles are a manifestation of our personalities. Our style of communicating is a learned behaviour. We can modify it once we learn how.” – Eric F.Douglas
Today’s fast-paced environment demands teams and leaders to be able to think and adapt quickly on their feet. Sometimes people find themselves stuck in a consistent style of speaking yet fails to produce the desired results. Sometimes people find themselves struggling with difficult people. Research shows that people favour those who speak their language. Thus, a vital key to effective team communication is learning to read and adjust to the communication style of others.
Take away from the session:
• Explore the DISC behavioural styles
• Explore your communication style
• Learn to appreciate the differences in behavioural styles
• Discover ways to communicate and lead better by adjusting your style
“Most of us spend too much time on what is urgent and not enough time on what is important” – Stephen Covey
Time is a scarce resource. Put a stop to procrastination or living a frenzy schedule. Time management skills are essential for success. With the ability to manage time effectively, one will be able to control the workload rather than spend each day in hectic activities and reacting to crisis after crisis. Highly effective individuals focus on the activities with the greatest impact or importance. Work towards a balance lifestyle through effective time management.
Take away from the session:
• Learn the time management matrix
• Explore activities within the 4 quadrants
• Discover individual’s beliefs or mindsets which influence the time management decisions
“Mindfulness gives you time. Time gives you choices. Choices, skill fully made, lead to freedom.” – Bhante Henepola Gunaratana
The importance of mental wellness has been greatly emphasised over the years. Many people would like to have the ability to reduce levels of stress or anxiety and learn to cope with them better. Many people would like to improve productivity, attention, memory and creativity. Some people would like to find time and space for oneself. Some people would like to know how to support friends who struggle with mental wellness. One solution to these desires is mindfulness, the practice of attention, awareness and acceptance.
Take away from the session:
• Understand the meaning and benefits of mindfulness
• Experience being aware of emotions and body physiology
• Explore possible mindful practice
“Your inner potential cannot develop without your willingness and conscious participation.” – Philip Arnold
More activities have been shifted online and more participants are choosing online activities over in-person. Organising and conducting virtual events will become a new normal. More meetings, activities, social events, learning and discussions will now be shifted online. However, the virtual event tends to be cold and distanced when participants keep their camera off and stay muted throughout the session. Participants are bored of polling, kahoot and mentimeter. The challenge for all leaders and organisers will be to engage the virtual participants in an interest, fresh and emotionally safe approach.
Take away from the session:
• Experience experiential and fun virtual engagements
• Learn the sequencing of activities to encourage participation
• Explore virtual engagements tools
“We cannot teach people anything. We can only help them discover it within themselves.” – Galileo Galilei
A skilful facilitator has the ability to improve a team’s performance by functioning as a process guide for navigating complicated challenges. The facilitator set the context by creating a clear picture of the end goal, help build momentum when the team get stuck along the way and make easy the learning process. A great leader is a great facilitator, who plays an essential role in every effective team to facilitate the process of building competency, fostering relationship and achieving results.
Take away from the session:
• Understand the 3 keys to facilitating learning
• Explore the experiential learning cycle
• Learn the art of asking questions
• Learn the approaches to facilitating discussion
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