Development Modules

Personal effectiveness is contingent on a set of interpersonal behaviours underpinned by self awareness and an ethical/ moral foundation. Unpacking the concept of culture and the influence exercised by effective leadership is a common element in leadership development programs, but is it realistic to expect leaders to be able to influence their own culture if they are unable to perceive it objectively and have no mechanism for reflecting outside of it? The Leadership Journey is a tailored mechanism to leverage a shift but requires expert facilitation and an experiential model of learning outside of the traditional classroom environment to be effective.

Travelling out of their emotional and geographical comfort zone can assist participants to gain a more objective viewpoint.

Societal and organisational comfort zones are stripped away and participants become students again as they seek to understand a different cultural context and the complex needs of the community they are visiting.
The ethical/ moral foundations of leadership behaviours become more evident within the context of the Journey.
The foreign context will put relationship building and communication skills to the test in an environment that is unfamiliar.
Participants will discover more about their own levels of resilience, emotional intelligence and spiritual awareness.

Modules
Post-Journey Champions
Introductory Workshop

Several research validated behavioural models are explored and provide a foundation to articulate a shift in perception about what it means to be a ‘good’ leader wielding an ethical influence.

1. Authentic Leadership - Authentic leaders build and communicate effectively about organisational identity. They do so from a position of self-awareness, personal identity and integrity. An Authentic Leader is known by the fruit of their behaviour and the authentic followership that they inspire.

2. Full Range Leadership Model – Bernard Bass & Bruce Avolio. The FRLM is based on over 40 years of leadership research. It identifies the transactional and transformational behaviours which leaders need to apply intentionally and with a crucial balance of each.

2. Servant Leadership – Since its beginnings in the late 70s, the idea of Servant Leadership has gradually become a more popular theme in leadership literature. Servant leadership “begins with the natural feeling that one wants to serve, to serve first. Then conscious choice brings one to aspire to lead... The difference manifests itself in the care taken by the servant – first to make sure that other people’s highest-priority needs are being served.” (Greenleaf, 1977: 13).

Just a few elements of a Leadership Journey :

Develop greater self-awareness. What does it mean to act with integrity? Where do my world-view, belief system and values come from?
Understand the elements which cause culture to form and to shift over time.
Building Trust - Relationship Building skills.
Learn how to use the power of story telling. Use narrative to motivate, inspire and encourage others to grow.
Develop a peer coaching relationship.

Any worthwhile development program is ultimately judged by the changes that take place as a result.

In the few months following the Journey, the participants will return home as 'Champions' for the community based project they have just visited. Part of their task will be to advocate for the community by raising awareness and a pre-agreed sum of money to be donated to the project. This will involve leadership tasks such as developing a communication strategy, public speaking, relationship building and networking, not to mention motivating and inspiring family, friends and work colleagues to support the project.

They will also engage in a group coaching mechanism designed to help them embed their personal and professional learning within a measurable framework.

"Few influences in life are as dominant – and as faltering as the power of culture.” Ravi Zacharias

Leadership Journey is designed to facilitate deeper insights into the participant’s organisational and societal culture. An ancient Chinese proverb says ‘if you want to know what water is, don’t ask a fish’. A fish cannot explain the medium in which it lives as it has never had an experience other than ‘water’. Connecting with a community in need overseas and gaining an understanding of the complex dynamics required to assist them sounds exciting and fulfilling, but how does a Leadership Journey work? What will participants learn? What will it cost? What will be required of them as a result? Dip your toe into the Leadership Journey experience by booking an interactive workshop designed to explain this innovative offering.

There is a 2-hour and a 4-hour workshop. All of the material in the 2-hour workshop is contained within the 4-hour workshop. Please download the flyer below for details.