Partnership Leadership Seminars
Partnership Leadership Seminars
Effective government depends on a strong and capable cadre of leaders throughout its workforce to streamline operations, find efficiencies and drive results.
The Partnership Leadership Seminars are one- and two-day programs ideal for teams looking to develop the leadership skills of their employees. These adaptable seminars leverage proven best practices from the private and public sectors to instill the fundamentals of leadership into a workforce. Participants have demonstrated their ability, following the seminar, to use the leadership skills they learn to solve their agencies’ unique challenges. And by returning to work with these strategies, participants are helping agencies build the long-term, in-house capacity to innovate and solve management problems.
“My experience was all positive. The approach was like a breath of fresh air in comparison to other seminars I have attended. New, progressive and out of the box!”
Former Seminar Participant
Seminar Details
Each seminar consists of thought-provoking discussions and practical exercises designed to help participants understand and use proven leadership strategies. At the end of each seminar, participants create a plan of action that they will use to address current challenges within their office. Throughout the seminar, participants are encouraged to discuss their challenges and develop solutions jointly. To ensure effective collaboration, participants should have similar levels of experience and we set recommended roles for each seminar.
1 Day: Recommended for all levels
Building Resilience
- Examine the concepts of resilience and growth mindset and their relevance to coping with change and setbacks
- Share individual and organizational best practices for building resilience and adopting a growth mindset
- Enable employees to build a culture of support to increase resilience as a team
2 Days: Recommended for Emerging Leaders and above
Crucial Conversations
- Determine when crucial conversations are necessary and learn how to get “unstuck”
- Learn how to manage emotions to build better relationships and better outcomes for self, others, and the organization
- Cultivate active listening skills to ensure the other person feels heard
- Practice specific communication skills for a conversation you need to have and take away practical tools to bring back to your work
2 Days: Recommended for Leaders of Teams or Projects
Driving Innovation
- Understand how innovation works in the federal context
- Know the attributes of innovative leaders, and how to assess yourself and others
- Apply a set of tools to specific innovation efforts in your office
- Apply assessment and measurement approaches to innovation efforts
1 Day: Recommended for all supervisors
Leading Hybrid or Dispersed Teams
- Create a shared understanding of the hybrid work environment and the impact on employees
- Explore strategies for overcoming challenges exacerbated in the world of hybrid work
- Examine best practices for successfully leading in the hybrid environment including the utilization of technology
2 Days: Recommended for Emerging Leaders
Leading From Your Level
- Discover how elements of emotional intelligence enhance skills as a leader
- Discuss and practice effective communication techniques for building relationships, coordinating work and leading peers
- Generate your own framework for navigating your workplace, including developing a stronger relationship with your manager
- Build next steps in your career and beyond
1 Day: Recommended for Leaders of Teams or Projects and Leaders of Leaders
Managing Change
- Understand the factors that cause resistance to change and how to address them
- Learn the fundamentals of a change management framework, and how to apply it to changes on your team
- Identify ways to overcome team inertia, and address individual resistors that impact team dynamics
1 Day: Recommended for all supervisors
Managing Performance
- Diagnose factors contributing to high and low performance
- Develop and use tools for improving poor performance
- Effectively deploy appropriate strategies for managing varying levels of performance (both high and low performers) and increasing future performance
1 Day: Recommended for Leaders of Teams of Projects and above
Raising Your Emotional Intelligence
- Turn self-awareness into more effective actions
- Understand the impact of poor emotional intelligence (EQ), including overdone strengths
- Strengthen the ability to handle stress productively
- Apply EQ principles to contribute to better team performance
99% of participants found our facilitators to be highly effective
98% of participants would recommend our seminars
Staff
Members from the Partnership staff will work with you throughout the program to ensure that your experience goes smoothly.
