Leadership Journey is a development program designed to take participants on a literal ‘journey’ out of their geographical and emotional comfort zone to a development project in a foreign location. Being a 'positional' leader means very little if you do not demonstrate the behaviours required to 'function' as a leader. A Leadership Journey will test your self-awareness and inter-personal skills. The cross cultural immersion experience will also challenge your value system and world view and enhance your intentional relationship building and influencing skills.
Leadership Journey is a culturally sensitive program that provides a hands-on experience for participants to relate directly with a developing community and to begin to understand their context. The Journey program is a catalyst through which participants can ask themselves some of life's more important questions and also advocate for a community of people with whom they have built a genuine relationship.
Leadership Journey is an entirely tailorable program designed to impact participants’ awareness about leadership behaviours, values and world view. It takes place in a developing project context which is chosen by the client organisation. The Leadership Journey is a powerful combination of Leadership Development and Corporate Social Responsibility. The program involves a group of 8-10 people heading overseas to a project of their choice for 7-10 days, depending on the destination they choose. While on site the group undertake a cross-cultural immersion and experience how over 70% of the world’s population lives. Cross-cultural modules and hands-on experiences are designed and facilitated with the participant group’s values and personal development needs in mind.
There are three phases to each Leadership Journey:
- The pre-Journey briefing, choice of destination and tailoring of the facilitated program.
- The Leadership Journey.
- The post-Journey debrief, optional group coaching, leadership task and post program measurement.
Each Leadership Journey is hosted by an experienced training facilitator and local guides who will travel with the group for the duration of the Leadership Journey program. Leadership Journey participants are expected to champion the project they have visited upon their return by raising awareness and a pre-agreed sum of money for the development project they visited. Participants can be assisted via group coaching sessions upon their return to ensure they continue their personal development and project advocacy.
Pre Journey
- Choose your Leadership Journey destination
- Choose the 'Type' of Journey - Personal, Shared or Professional
- Our consultants will help you design your program and itinerary
- Pre-travel briefing
- Optional: 360º Leadership Assessment, Team Assessment or other measuring tool. One-on-One coaching and a personal Leadership Development Plan
- Personal Development training materials consisting of participants' training manual, journal and handouts
- Get your innoculations, visas and pack the right 'kit' for your Journey.
The Journey
- Travel to and from the project including induction exercises, accommodation and any ‘touristy’ options
- Delivery of the LJ program and hands-on exercises which allow participants to contribute to the development project in a manageable way
Post Journey
- Post travel debrief
- Awareness raising and raising the pre-agreed sum of money for the visited project
- Optional: Post program group coaching
- Optional: A report on the program
To maximise the success of the Leadership Journey programs undertaken, Aafia Pty Ltd is committed to the following principles:
- Open and frequent consultation with the participant group and the Aid & Development Organisation representatives
- Careful planning to protect the physical and emotional health and wellbeing of Leadership Journey program participants.
- Empowerment of the participants, the Aid & Development Organisation and the members of the developing community throughout the Leadership Journey
Each development project on offer has been visited and carefully selected by a member of the Aafia team. Each Aid & Development Organisation behind the development projects has been selected for their quality project philosophy, their level of professionalism in communications and project management, and their accountability in managing and delivering funds to their specific projects. The funds raised by the sponsoring company will be handled directly by the specified Aid & Development Organisation and reported back to the participant group. There are a broad range of projects to select from. Most, but not all donations are tax deductible.