Curriculum

Facilitated by Jono Darville & JD McPherson

Situational Leadership®: Essentials

The foundational program of CLS, Situational Leadership®: Building Leaders is the springboard for all other courses in the LDI curriculum. This workshop will equip leaders to influence the performance of others through the practical application of the Situational Leadership® Model.

Situational Coaching

This in-depth course introduces the fundamentals of coaching through the lens of Situational Leadership®. Students will be immersed in case studies in which coaching principles and skills are explored, learned, and applied in realistic, challenging situations.

Facilitated by Dr. Dale Gauthreaux & JD McPherson

Leading Change In Organizations

In this session, participants will learn a research-backed methodology for leading change. This model will be applied to changes in our personal lives, work teams and organizations. Participants will leave be given the opportunity to advance their planning in one or more of these domains

Understanding Your Management Style

Before beginning the LDI program, students will complete the Everything DiSC® Management assessment and review their results in preparation for this classroom event. This workshop focuses on a general overview of DiSC® and the integration of the DiSC® Behavioral Model with the Situational Leadership® approach.

Putting It All Together

This case study approach brings to bear all the principles and skills learned in Situational Leadership®: Building Leaders, Leading with DiSC®, and Coaching to Build Capacity. For more realistic application of new skills, participants will apply their learning to real situations they have chosen from the workplace.

Facilitated by JD McPherson & Bill Nagle

Leading with Emotional Intelligence

This workshop introduces Emotional Intelligence (EI) and Emotional Quotient (EQ). Students will explore the five realms and fifteen associated competencies of the EQ-i 2.0 Model to recognize how EI behaviors can impact their individual performance and leadership skills. By leveraging the knowledge of their personal EQ with the EQ-i 2.0 self-assessment, students will gain insight into their developmental and high-performing areas of EI, and will construct actionable strategies to enhance their EI levels and ultimately their effectiveness as coaches and leaders.

Understanding Employee Engagement

During this session, Nagle will review what employee engagement really is, how to understand the factors that contribute to an ‘engaged employee’, and what tools to leverage in order to make an effective impact.

Facilitated by Angela Prestil & Leesa Wallace

Leading with Empathy

Strong feelings at work can make anyone uncomfortable. Leading with empathy means leaning into the conflict in a way that acknowledges the emotion and working toward an equitable solution without sacrificing your core values. In this session, participants will explore their own core values, understand how the inference plays a role in conflict, practice conflict resolution techniques, and experience how leading with empathy can improve relationships both personally and professionally.

Leader as Talent and Performance Manager

A great leader also wears the hat of strategic talent manager. Here, students will define strategic talent management, review the business case for talent management, learn how to staff strategically to develop and retain talented personnel, and map plans for succession.