SEA: LEADING AND MANAGING CHALLENGING SITUATIONS IN A REMOTE ENVIRONMENT

 

LEADING & MANAGING CHALLENGING SITUATIONS IN A REMOTE ENVIRONMENT

This is a series of interactive webinars for SEA members designed to help navigate the challenges of managing in remote environments.  This series of programs will be based on two pillars – experiential training and a peer coaching using the peer cohort approach. Attendees will be asked to commit to the peer cohort for approximately 3 months of weekly meetings (although there will be an occasional break from a strictly weekly format). It is also envisioned this cohort would consist of mid to senior level managers in order to share experiences, insights and learnings from across the spectrum of leadership.  The program will feature a series of modular trainings (each lasting 1-1.5 hours) on various aspects of how more effectively lead and manage people in remote environments. Each module would focus on a specific aspect of leadership and management in remote environments and contain both informational/theoretical elements, exercises for practical applications, and time for shared experiences and peer coaching. Topics will consist of:

 

The Role and Psychology of Leaders in Remote Environments

Navigating the landscape of remote leadership effectively requires that leaders are aware of the role they occupy and how employees view them. This course introduces key concepts regarding higher levels of self-awareness that impact leadership and management in remote environments. Participants will be introduced to concepts such as

• Negativity bias
• Balcony/dancefloor
• Intent vs impact
• Images of the self versus the roles senior leaders play

 

Registrants are expected to commit to attend  ten (10) sessions over a 12 -14 week period.  Dates have been set for the first few sessions:

July 30:  Introductions, expectations

August 6: Self-awareness as a leader

August  13:  Breakthrough Conversations 1 – nature of conversations and positions versus interests

August  20:  Breakthrough Conversations 2 —  the 5 step model

Session 5: Basic coaching approaches and powerful questions

Session 6: Delicate/Difficult discussions (using their scenarios) and the use of apologies

Session 7: Dealing with impasse and difficult behaviors

Session 8: The satisfaction triangle and working with roles, responsibilities, expectations and triggers

Session 9: working with mediators and third parties (effective settlement techniques)

Session 10: Closeout, feedback, assessments of cohort group