Course #3: Leading with Influence & Empathy

Overview:
Leadership is complex and traditional leadership styles can result in a disconnect between leaders and their teams. The evolution towards a more human-centric approach requires profound awareness of ourselves and others.

Your students will increase awareness of who they are and how they are perceived by others and, based on a deep understanding of cognitive diversity, they will learn how to develop an authentic leadership approach that motivates diverse teams and supports the individual needs of others.

Topics:

• The latest research on the importance of human-centric leadership
• Analyzing our own unique cognitive and behavioral leadership profile
• Deciphering cognitive abilities and preferences in yourself and others
• Predicting sources of misunderstanding and conflict through the Overlay Effect
• Creating psychological safety through advanced neurological understanding

Learning Outcomes:

• Understanding how the neurological preferences apply to organizational culture
• Developing awareness of our neurological strengths & limitations
• Building teams & creating working environments that support cognitive diversity

Overview:
The key point of empathetic leadership – that empathy is experienced differently by each of us – is often overlooked. By understanding these complexities, we can directly improve leadership performance.

Your students will learn that empathy can be refined and developed through an understanding of cognitive and affective processing – and that the outcomes can be used to inform effective leadership strategy and decision-making.

Topics:

• Defining empathy and its link to leadership performance
• The limitations of empathy in ethical decision-making
• What research shows us about affective versus cognitive empathetic processing
• Analyzing the empathetic spectrum to isolate our individual biases
• Refining empathetic processing through internal scientific inquiry

Learning Outcomes:

• Understanding the challenges of intersecting social terminology
• Developing an authentic personal approach to communicating empathy
• Creating an organizational culture that supports empathetic leadership

Overview:
Most meetings are frustrating and unproductive. However, they provide an incredible opportunity to share ideas, create innovative and practical solutions, and move the needle for your team and organization — but only if we take a different approach.

Using the latest research on human behavior and organizational culture, your students will learn innovative tools and techniques for planning and leading efficient, inclusive, and engaging meetings that unlock the potential of themselves, their colleagues, and their team.

Topics:

• What research reveals about meeting culture
• How to ensure meetings are inclusive
• Why it’s critical to have the right people and approach
• Being strategic with your goals to keep meetings succinct
• The different types of meetings and their unique structures

Learning Outcomes:

• Creating meetings that are inclusive, relevant, interesting, and succinct
• How to maintain interest and engagement for all participants
• Using meetings as opportunity to unlock the potential of your team