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Leadership
Keynotes & Workshops
Learning. Doing. Achieving.
John Baldoni is a noted workshop presenter.
The popularity of John’s
books has led him
to create a unique series of stand-alone workshops
based upon the principles developed in his books. Like all good
trainers, John believes that adults learn best by doing. John’s
workshops combine short presentations with interactive exercises
designed to bring key principles to life in ways that make them
accessible, compelling, and transferable to the workplace. [Note:
Workshops are available as customized webinars.]
Click here to see John's newest presentation: 12 Steps
to Power Presence
Click
on the book to find its companion workshop.
Getting the Right Results
the Right Way Right Now
It is the responsibility of the leader to stimulate the development of individual and team goals that fulfill organizational results. Effective leaders place those goals within context the organization’s mission, vision and values. By linking goals to results, leaders make them personal as well as doable. Communication becomes the tool that leaders use to rally people around a common cause. By creating messages and stories the leader can create expectations, drive execution and attain inspired results.
Learning Objectives:
Participants who complete this program will be able to:
- Define the leader’s role in gaining results
- Describe the leader-results model (aspire, perspire, require, transpire)
- Develop a leadership results action plan
Who Should Attend:
Middle managers, senior leaders
Agenda:
Module 1: Focusing on the Right Goals
- Setting the vision
- Defining vision & goals
- Creating Alignment
Module 2: Executing with Discipline and Accountability
- Pushing for getting things done right
- Following up
- Holding self and team accountable
Module 3: Enabling Risk and Promoting Courage
- Encouraging risk
- Why courage is important
- Creating and telling leadership stories
Module 4: Getting the Right Results
- Presenting the aligned action model
- Developing a leadership action plan
Program Length:
1 day
Results:
Participants will learn to use communications to develop greater levels of trust and achieve inspired results.
Lead by Example: A Guide to Leadership
in Hard Times
Leadership
matters most in tough times. In difficult situations, leaders need
to exert their authority for the good of the organization. Leaders
do this by providing inspiration as well as example. Most importantly,
leaders must dispense hope and confidence in order to give people
a reason to believe.
"Lead
by Example" addresses the challenges all leaders face when
seeking to bring people together around a common cause. It argues
that leaders must create conditions for people to succeed. How?
Communicating, challenging, stroking, and making tough choices.
Plus, thinking first and acting with verve and vitality. Lead by
Example provides insights into what leaders need to do lead others
by giving people a reason to believe in their leaderhsip! Attending
"Lead by Example" will provide managers with a "pick-me
up" in the form of fast acting advice they need to face the
challenges of everyday leadership.
Learning Objectives:
Participants
who complete this program will be able to:
- Demonstrate what leaders to do create followership to succeed
in tough times
- Discover ways to put the Lead by Example model into action
-Develop a leadership action plan for getting people focused and
motivated to achieve the vision, mission and goals of the organization
Who Should Attend:
Middle managers and above
Agenda:
Module 1: Set the Right Example
- Character counts
- Courage convinces
- Check your ego
- Make your presence felt
Module
2: Act the Part
- Communicate to the Third Power
- Deliberate and decide
- Influence without authority
- Drive innovation
Module
3: Handle the Tough Stuff
- Manage conflict
- Promote resiliency
- Adapt or die
- Being tough
Module
4: Put the Team First
- Get off the pedestal
- Recruit the best
- Show humility
- Develop a leadership action plan
Program Length:
1 day
Results:
Participants
will discover ways to create followership in order to develop greater
levels of trust and achieve inspired results.
Great
Communicators Make Great Leaders
Leadership communications are messages from the leader rooted in the culture and values of the organization and of significant importance to key stakeholders. The messages are about vision, mission, transformation, and urgency. The purpose of leadership communications is to build trust and drive results. Great Communicators will show how leaders can develop, deliver, and sustain leadership communications to achieve individual, team and organizational goals.
Learning Objectives:
Participants who complete this program will be able to:
- Define the role of communications as leadership behavior
- Develop the leadership message
- Deliver the leadership message (verbally and virtually)
- Sustain the leadership message through communications planning
Who Should Attend:
First-time supervisors, middle managers
Agenda:
Module 1: Why communication is central to leadership
- Communication is essential building trust & gaining results
- Role of leadership communications
- Purpose of leadership messages
- Developing the 4I's Model
Module 2: Developing the leadership message
- Who is the leader: visionary, expert, coach, transformer
- Organizational climate
- Purpose of leadership message
- Ensuring credibility
Module 3: Delivering the leadership message
- Drafting the message
- Overcoming objections
- Art & Practice of Interrogatory
- Leadership storytelling
Module 4: Sustaining the leadership message
- Staying on message
- No news is news
- 4 Communication Channels (editorial, marketing, organizational, web)
- Leadership communications planning: strategy, tactics, execution
- The Upward Message
- Evaluation: Communications audit
Program Length:
1-day workshop
½ day workshop follow-up session
Individual communications coaching sessions, if desired
Results:
Participants will learn to use communications to develop greater levels of trust and achieve inspired results.
Leading
from the Middle (Lead Your Boss)
Program
Description:
"Leading
from the Middle" presents ways that managers can create and
leverage their influence to build coalitions in order to effect
positive change and achieve organizational goals. Managers who lead
up are those who can influence across boundaries because they have
the trust and respect of senior leaders and colleagues.
"Leading
from the Middle" is essential to mangers who want to achieve
sustainable results that complement the mission of their organization.
Learning
Objectives:
Managers who participate in the "Leading from the Middle"
program will be able to:
-Define the role of leadership in achieving sustainable results
-Use influence to effect positive change
-Gain trust of colleagues and senior leaders
-Affirm the organizational vision, mission and values
-Reinforce the bond of trust between leader and follower
-Embrace transformation - e.g., change!
Agenda:
"Leading from the Middle" will cover topics such as how
to:
-Influence up, down, and across the organization
-Lead bosses to achieve greater results
-Build coalitions of peers
-Demonstrate leadership presence, e.g. demonstrating earned authority
-Facilitate two way communications throughout all levels of the
organizations, including manager to employee, employee to manager,
and peer to peer.
-Create the impetus for organization effectiveness (e.g. making
things happen)
-Become an agent for positive change
-Asking the right questions at the right time
-Demonstrate authority, conviction and compassion
-Radiate optimism and hope with their demeanor
-Develop individual "elevator speeches" for key constituents
Who
should
attend?
High-potential executives; middle managers
Results
Participants will learn to exert positive influence in order to
lead bosses and peers to achieve inspired results
For
more information on John and his work, please visit here.
12
Steps to Power Presence
Program
Description
Leaders project power through their presence.
Leadership
presence is the outward manifestation of leadership behavior. While
leaders project their leadership, followers authorize it with their
approval. Leadership presence is "earned authority." Those
two words are important. Earned means you have led by example.
"12
Steps to Power Presence" demonstrates ways managers can improve
their presence strategically and tactically to develop the trust
of their people so that they can accomplish their goals and the
goals of the organization. This presentation will guide you through
the process of discovering, developing, and delivering on your leadership
presence.
"12
Steps to Power Presence" explains what it takes to be a leader
- one who can develop the trust of people in order to can accomplish
individual and organizational goals and results.
Learning
objectives
Executives who attend this presentation will be able to:
- Define the key aspects of leadership presence
- Discover methods to leverage presence to instill trust
- Affirm the role the leader plays in bringing people together for
common cause
Agenda
"12 Steps to Power Presence" will explore how to:
- Project A2 (authenticity/authority) through presence
- Transform good character into positive action
- Explore five aspects of authority
- Instilling pride of purpose
- Projecting hope and optimism
- Coaching your boss
- Deliver practical tips for leadership who must communicate, delegate,
manage, and inspire
Who should attend
Middle managers and above
Results
Participants who attend this presentation will emerge with a greater
understanding of how their leadership presence can reinforce their
authority and authenticity.
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