Quality Texas Foundation Leadership Development Program
Beacons of Light on Leadership: 19 Tips and Techniques for your Success!
This seminar is designed for anyone who is in a leadership position at any level or those who aspire to be a leader. It is based on over 3,500 books, over 1,500 websites, articles from Harvard Business Review and Sloan MIT Management Review, and Baldrige Framework Category 1 and 2. Mark your calendars, February 16-18, 2016, main room/cafeteria at the Marion Dolford Professional Learning Center, 205 Schlather Road, Cibolo, 78108,Schertz-Cibolo ISD. We recommend that you send 3-5 people from your organization to enable leadership discussions that focus on organizational improvements following the training.
The following topics will be discussed in the training event using videos, extensive research, and case studies. Additional each participant will receive a copy of the Beacons of Light book. The training will be highly interactive designed to stretch what you know, what you think you know, and the reality of the new and evolving workplace.
Leadership Topic / Key Discussion Points / Baldrige Core Values*Importance of Trust / Steps to Building Trusting Relationships / 1, 4, 6, 7, 11
Teambuilding / Bosses/Peers/People Relationships / 1, 2, 4, 5, 10
Honesty and Integrity / Building the Right Culture / 1, 4, 5, 6, 11
Importance of Vision / Past, Current, and Seeing the Future / 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8
Being Ethical / Setting Appropriate Standards and Monitoring Them / 1, 4, 5, 10, 11
Communicating Constantly / Spreading the Message / 1, 4, 5, 10, 11
Developing Others / To Become All They Can Be (Mentoring) / 1, 2, 4, 6, 11
Insisting on Excellence / Measure the Best - Benchmarking / 1, 3, 6, 8, 10
Installing Praise Environment / Targeted and Deliberate / 1, 4, 5, 6, 11
Setting the Right Example / Do You Walk your Talk? / 1, 4, 5, 6, 11
How to Empower your People / Empowerment Matrix / 1, 4, 5, 6, 10
Exhibiting Courage / When to Step UP; What to Step UP About / 1, 4, 5, 8, 11
Show Confidence NOT Ego / Know your Stuff and How to Show It! / 1, 2, 4, 8, 11
Decisive, Persistent, Patient / Don’t Rush on Some Decisions / 1, 4, 5, 10, 11
Take Intelligent Calculated Risks / Understanding Decision Impacts; Push Organizational Success from SP / 1, 4, 5, 7, 11
Developing a Sense of Urgency / Developing Priorities; Holding People Accountable / 1, 4, 5, 6, 11
Being Loyal / Taking Care of Those Above YOU and People / 1, 2, 4, 6, 11
Listening to Understand / Lost Art of Listening / 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9
Dedicated and Available / There When They Need YOU / 1, 2, 4, 5, 11
Dr. Mac McGuire will walk you through a deliberate and intentional training session designed to evaluate, develop, and improve your leadership capabilities and capacities for future assignments.
The first 30 persons who sign up are guaranteed a seat for this first pilot class which drew a 65% request rate on the last survey. See the website for payment options.
*Baldrige Core Values: 1) Systems Perspective; 2) Visionary Leadership; 3) Customer-focused Excellence; 4) Valuing People; 5) Organizational Learning and Ability; 6) Focus on Success; 7) Managing for Innovation; 8) Management by Fact; 9) Social Responsibility; 10) Ethics and Transparency; 11) Delivering Value and Results.