| Session 1 |
Intersession Activities |
Session 2 |
Day 1
- Opening activities, personal histories
- Development plans
- Role of leade
- Professional image
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On the Job:
- Work on project.
- Visit departments and meet key players
- Use each skill set learned in Session 1
- Keep journal and update development plan
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Day 1
- Opening activities
- Development plan and project updates
- Your company culture and how to survive
- Management styles
- Case study
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Day 2
- Newspaper field trip
- "Life of a newspaper" department visits
- Supervisor perspective
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Month 1
- Coaching calls: OTJ plans and sharing learning. Share examples of skills used.
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Day 2
- Uses of power
- Style assessment discussion
- Cultural awareness
- Speaking to diverse workforce
- Practices
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Day 3
- Debrief field trip
- Decision making as a leader
- Simulation: Day in the life of new supervisor
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Month 2
- Call: Present and discuss project plans. Peer/facilitator coaching.
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Day 3
- Maynard Fault Lines
- Activity
- The art of listening
- Listening practice
- Biases, stereotypes, assumptions
- Activity
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Day 4
- Engaging employees
- Core leadership communication skills
- Practice
- Speaker: Engagement
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Month 3
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Day 4
- Learning journey: field trip to different communities
- Find things representing the community
- Surprises
- Debrief field trip
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Day 5
- Setting expectations and accountability
- Feedback skills
- Practice
- Rewards/recognition
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Month 4
- Call: Development plan reviews, managers/participants
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Day 5
- Being an influencer and change agent
- Reactions to change
- Speaker: Change
- Case activities: challenges in influencing change
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Day 6
- What is a coach?
- Coaching Skills
- Difficult discussions
- Practice
- Adapting to the individual employee
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Month 5
- WebEx: Measuring and communicating results with management and employees
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Day 6
- Nature of conflict
- Role of diversity and emotions in conflict
- How to be a facilitator
- Conflict resolution process/skills
- Practice
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Day 7
- Reviewing performance, ongoing vs. once a year
- Practice
- Performance Management case
- Facilitating meetings
- Process and skills
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Month 6
- Call: Plan for next session. Personal and communication style assessment assignment.
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Day 7
- Building a high-performing team
- How you can influence decisions on staffing
- Value of diverse team
- Right people, right jobs
- Recruitment discussion
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Day 8
- Project management tools and processes
- Activities
- Basic Budgeting
- Activities
- Develop project ideas
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Day 8
- Selection best practices
- Behavioral interviewing
- Practice
- Case: Analyzing "fit" and building a team
- Orienting and training new employees
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Day 9
- Presentation skills
- Analyzing an audience
- Making a business case.
- Speaker: What management wants.
- Practice
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Day 9
- Creating a "team environment"
- Skills for fostering teamwork
- Practice
- Ethical leadership
- Activity: Where I stand
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Day 10
- Work in teams on project plans and making business case
- Motivating speaker
- Reflection: Learnings
- On-the-job planning
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Program Follow up
- Formal/informal alumni networking
- Annual alumni web conference
- Progress tracking
- Mentor/mentee conferences
- E-learning sessions
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Day 10
- Mentor/mentee session
- Giving back, career discussions
- Reflection: Learnings
- Motivating speaker
- On the job planning
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