Genuine Leadership with Alan Sloan
A Six-Week Leadership Development Webinar Series
An in-depth exploration of key practices of authentic leadership with six one-hour interactive presentations focusing on:
- Change Management – working effectively with uncertainty, complexity and negativity
- Clear Seeing – Going beyond cynicism, fear and defensiveness that cloud our judgment
- Real Communication – the art of listening, reflection, collaboration and partnership
- Sustaining Awareness – developing self-awareness and integrating mindfulness into our daily lives
- Joining Vision and Practicality – bringing out the best in ourselves and others – inspiring innovation and creative problem-solving
Following is a brief summary of each of the six presentations:
Session One: Who We Really Are
- Recognizing our inherent strengths – these strengths manifest in every aspect of life and in every situation, and are the basis for genuine confidence
- Mindfulness – the practice of being present, non-judgmental, open, inquisitive and stable
- Accessing our inherent capacities – for creativity, flexibility and insight
Session Two: Who We Are Not
- The perception of inadequacy – self-limiting ways of perceiving ourselves and others, habits that narrow our perceptions and obstruct our connections to authenticity and creativity
- Openness – using the emotional and psychological tightness of our habits to remind us to start fresh; the practice of mindfulness-in-action
- Inquisitiveness – being willing to see things clearly while inviting infinite possibilities
Session Three: Uncertainty and Change
- Acknowledging uncertainty and change – the certain knowledge that life is uncertain can become a source of insight and flexibility, rather than a source of fear and holding on
- “Riding the mind”– genuine leadership encourages us to work effectively with irritability, shyness, hesitation and anxiety, overcoming our habitual reactions to change
- Relaxation as practice – cultivating spacious and genuine relationships, especially with those situations and people that challenge us the most
Session Four: Seeing Clearly
- Transparency – seeing through our internal narratives, the story-lines that create unnecessary drama, polarity and conflict
- Genuine humour – transcending cynicism and wishful-thinking, appreciating the ironical and often paradoxical aspects within relationships and systems
- Cultivating balance – mindfulness-in-action and developing a “light touch” – not over or under reacting to ourselves or to situations
Session Five: Joining Vision and Practicality
- Synchronizing – connecting vision, power and practicality to compassion in order to accomplish our goals with integrity
- Natural joy – an open and wakeful state of mind, heart and body naturally arises when we are no longer at the mercy of our own or other people’s confusion
- Appreciating everyday life – ordinariness is the saving grace, not having to pump ourselves up or project false modesty; appreciating life as it is, finding meaning within everyday experiences
Session Six: Authentic Confidence
Authentic Confidence Practice is a powerful and effective approach to deal with self-consciousness, arrogance, fear or uncertainty.
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All participants have access to the webinar video recordings made available via streaming video shortly after each live session is concluded. A detailed Study Guide is also sent to each participant.