Webinars

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.