Program

The content of the program will cover following topics:

  1. Personal Leadership
    • Reflections of self in the context of leadership;
    • Understanding the gap between where/who I am and where/who I want to be;
    • Assessing personal values and challenging them outside one´s comfort zone;
    • Understanding and being aware of the moments in which we can hold true to our values;
    • Sharing observations with others.

     

  2. Organizational Leadership
    • Understanding how organizations are organized and what that means;
    • Reflecting how leadership happens in organizations;
    • Understanding the various leadership roles in an organization;
    • Understanding the leadership positions within an organization;
    • Identifying and defining the role you play in your organization;
    • Identifying the best suited role and the role you may wish to play in the future;
    • Understanding the characteristics and values you need for the current role, those you need for the future role, and the difference between the two;
    • Distinguishing between formal and informal leadership roles.

     

  3. Community Leadership
    • Understanding the elements of community leadership: people and organizations;
    • Determining in what capacity you may wish to lead (personal and/or organizational) and how to blend the two;
    • Understanding what community you are building or what communities you see yourself as a leader in and how you contribute to grow these communities;
    • Defining your vision for your community / communities;
    • Sharing your vision with the community;
    • Engaging people and mobilizing resources.

     

  4. Professional Leadership
    • Identifying the profession that you most closely relate to;
    • Identifying the components that constitute a profession;
    • Understanding the role a profession in advancing community development and the development of civil society;
    • Understanding the role of high standards and ethics in all that we do;
    • Understanding the role of a profession in leadership that can support all of the previously discussed elements of leadership.

     

Program’s agenda outline