Help leaders overcome fear and adversity in the workplace—with courage! "The Courageous Leadership program is a valuable tool for transforming workplace performance by building peoples' courage. This is a top-shelf program that gets bottom-line results." —Thomas Bell, CEO, Bank of America Merchant Services "Courage is a core value at SPANX, and at the heart of everything we do to create winning products for our customers. SPANX has used, and benefitted from, many of the concepts related in this material." —Laurie Ann Goldman, CEO, SPANX "Here at The Walsh Group, we have already used these materials to build our leadership team and know firsthand that they work. The concepts are bold, refreshing, and effective. We endorse the program." —Matt And Dan Walsh, CEO and President, respectively, Walsh Construction Company Courage is the first virtue of leadership success. Leaders require courage to make bold decisions even when there are dissenters, to say what needs to be said no matter the consequences, and to place their trust in those they manage. The Courageous Leadership workshop introduces a new organizational development practice called courage-building, guiding participants to: Learn about the three different types of courage and when (and how) to use each Gain insight into your own "courage history" so you can use your past to strengthen your future Understand the impact fear has on personal and organizational performance Learn about two distinct ways of leading, and approaches for inspiring more courageous behavior among the people with whom you work Develop an action plan for extending the value of the workshop Step up to challenges more readily, embrace change more fully, and speak up more assertively This Facilitator's Guide provides you with all the materials you need to conduct the Courageous Leadership workshop, from understanding what courage is and isn't, to a complete script for facilitating the workshop. This package also includes a copy of the Participant Workbook; a copy of the Courageous Leadership Profile; a flash drive with PowerPoint presentations for an executive briefing and the workshop; and a takeaway wallet card noting the key points of the workshop.

The primary purpose of Courageous Leadership is to help leaders build their own courage and teach them strategies and techniques for building courage in their constituents. This Facilitator's Guide will offer trainers and consultants the tools needed for a 1/2-day or full-day workshop. It will be presented in such a fashion that it can be broken down into modules which can be presented individually or inserted into an existing program. The workshop will: highlight courage as the most important of all business virtues convey the negative impact fear can have in the workplace give leaders an opportunity to reflect on their courageous history teach leaders to differentiate between the two courage dispositions of leaders (fillers vs. spillers) help leaders distinguish between three different, but equally important types of courage by using the three buckets of courage model leaders will assess their own courageous leadership style (filler vs. spiller) by taking the 24-item, self-rated Courageous Leadership Profile identify and practice specific actions for promoting and using courage within an organization provide tools to leaders for sustaining the momentum of the workshop

Refreshed and Updated for the Next Generation Leader. Over the last twenty-five years, The Leadership Challenge established a reputation as a research-driven, evidence-based leadership development model with a simple, yet profound, principle at its core: leadership is a measurable, learnable, and teachable set of behaviors. In this new edition of The Leadership Challenge® Deluxe Workshop, bestselling authors Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner advocate for broadening the reach of our leadership development efforts. In today's challenging and complex workplace, leaders are desperately needed from the front lines to the executive suites. The secret of high-performing organizations is that everyone within them knows that leadership-at-all-levels is expected and rewarded, and that individuals everywhere are responsible for making extraordinary things happen. This comprehensive Facilitator's Deluxe Guide provides everything needed to prepare for and deliver a high-impact leadership development program for leaders at all levels. The package includes: An introduction to the model, instructions for conducting the Workshop, a script for presentation delivery, and tools for customization Sample participant workbooks (2 day and Intro versions) The Leadership Challenge Practice Book – new! The Leadership Challenge Vision Book – new! 1 deck of The Leadership Challenge Values Cards The Leadership Challenge Card 4E The Leadership Challenge Poster The LPI Action Cards Facilitator Guide Package The Leadership Challenge Values Cards Facilitator Guide Package The Leadership Challenge Activities Book A Coach’s Guide to Developing Leaders book ­DVD with 10 all new video case studies Flash Drive with electronic version of the facilitator’s guide, planning checklist, detailed scripts, video case studies, pre‑work fi les, PowerPoint deck, and handouts. What’s new about this edition? Participant Workbooks with contemporary, colorful design Ten new video cases Online pre‑work Innovative participant take‑away materials Flexible, customizable delivery options

This comprehensive trainer's guide offers consultants and facilitators a step-by-step approach for using courage to strengthen leadership skills, improve performance, and counteract the negative impacts of fear in the workplace. The Courageous Leadership workshop provides trainers the tools needed for a 1/2-day or full-day workshop. The program modules can be presented as a standalone workshop or integrated into the organization's existing leadership development initiatives. This comprehensive guide also includes samples copies of the Courageous Leadership Participant Workbook and Profile as well as instructions for accessing an exclusive trainer's web page with customizable PowerPoint presentations for an executive briefing and the workshop.

Based on Cy Wakeman’s popular book Reality Based Leadership, this workshop conveys her candid, humorous approach to organizational dynamics. The Reality Based Leadership model challenges traditional practices and conventional wisdoms in leadership and focuses on Five Core Competencies: reality based thinking organizational alignment capitalizing on change driving results accountability. This Facilitator's Guide provides everything a facilitator needs to take participants through the Reality Based Leadership program and prepare them to return to their workplaces equipped with the facts-based, confident approach of a Reality-Based Leader, capable of liberating and inspiring others.

This Facilitator s Guide provides the background information, activity design, and facilitation guidelines to conduct the Encouraging the Heart Workshop. The workshop is a half-day interactive program for leaders to use the information from Kouzes and Posner's Encouragement Index to understand their ability to Encourage the Heart, implement some key practices in their own roles as leaders, and draft action plans for continuing development of this leadership skill. You will find the following material in this guide: Encouraging the Heart Workshop Overview Suggestions for Successful Results Planning and Preparing for the Workshop During the Session Follow-Up Background on Encouraging the Heart Quick View Agenda: Half-Day Workshop Facilitator Guidelines: Half-Day Workshop Visuals and Training Aids.