Leadership Development

Leadership can be applied by everyone: Even as it is complex and multifaceted, I believe this thing we call leadership is foundational to sustained excellence – for organizations, groups, and individuals. Whether expressed formally in a positional role, or informally as someone who just wants to live well and do good things, leadership is what we do to direct effort towards something that matters.

Leadership is multi-faceted: “Leadership” is a very popular subject, yet the word defies simple understanding. Leadership embodies a wide variety of behaviors, approaches, and topics. 

Leadership comes from shared understanding: Rather than preach one model for leadership, I build programs to help individuals and groups develop their own understanding – by considering the work of authors and researchers, and by examining their own ideas.

Leadership is pivotal: My programs help people get to the heart of “working and playing well with others.” Inevitably, such programming involves notions about leadership – be it self, strengths-based, task or maintenance, servant, situational, project, or another prominent theory.

Program Design

These principles inform all my programs: 

Engagement – by weaving a variety of instructional modes.

Exploration – through individual reflection and interactive sharing.

Inclusion – by featuring norms of respect and dignity, and involving all participants in activities and discussions.

Positivity – My programs are asset based; they are “strength based.” I assume everyone brings distinctive ability and has something good to contribute. As appropriate, we identify challenges and raise candid concerns. However, the focus is on listening deeply and learning from challenges, rather than dwell on what we are not. I aim to build shared understanding, connecting our unique talents on behalf of collective endeavor.

Fun – I firmly believe in the idea that fun, laughter, and a smiling spirit promotes learning, creativity, and relationship development. 

Effectiveness – by aligning attention, intention, and connection.