Personal Leadership
Introduction
This course is intended for professionals and lay people who are interested in developing a personal model for their leadership at work, at play, at home and in the community.
The course follows a mytho-poetic approach. Leadership is expressed as a personal journey in which we prevaricate over an irresistible and intensely personal call that takes great courage to follow.
Our journey follows a path of hesitancy, mobilizing support and facing trials and doubt. Ultimately we are successful and we return home, so to speak, much as an international traveler returns home, wearied and not always sure our successes are appreciated.
Personal leadership marries the intensity of personal motivation with continued interaction with the world. It includes the ups-and-the-downs. It includes the straight forward days and the difficult decisions. It includes exhilaration and burn out.
At the end of the course, you will be
- familiar with an outline of the Hero's Journey and positive psychology
- have experienced the mytho-poetic tradition of leadership
- used central techniques of positive psychology
- crafted a preliminary life plan that takes into the rough and the smooth
- thought about your identity as the attention you give to the world around you.
Sessions
The course has five sessions run on consecutive Saturday afternoons.
In each session we will present and illustrate the key concepts and then open the discussion to the group.
We have a wiki for each group where you can access the notes and apply the ideas in your own life.
In the last session, we will ask you each to summarize why and how the group is part of your journey and you are part of theirs.
Session 1: Leadership in the 21st century
The yearning for leadership
Leading in the internet economy
The irresistible urge to lead
Starting close in
Finding your place in the world
Trials and tribulations
The return: coming home after an adventure
Exercises for home: The life you can call your own. When do you experience flow?
Session 2: The dance of leadership
Starting close in
Emotional intelligence
Emergence and presencing
Three types of life: pleasant, engaged, meaningful
Positivity and negativity
Exercises for home: Gratitude and savoring. Why did you do so well today?
Session 3: A place for everyone
Belonging
Positive futures and envisioning
Appreciative inquiry
Collective efficacy and self-fulfilling prophecies
Wicked questions
Exercises for home: Everyone gets an A. What will you say next year?
Session 4: The journey
The universe conspires to help you
SMART goals and SAFER goals
Asking questions
Asking questions in groups
Inquire, apologize, and thank
Exercises for home: Wild Geese calling you to the family of things. Who do you believe in deeply?
Session 5: The return
Group presentations: why do you need this group and why does this group need you?
Hopeful meters
David Whyte, Mary Oliver and the Hero's Journey
End of course party
Resources
This course has its own password-protected wiki. You will receive the password when we receive your payment.
All the course materials are on the wiki.
You will be able to add your notes to share with other participants.
You will have access to the wiki for a calendar year.
The wiki operates under Creative Commons. Anyone can use the material for their own work provided they attribute authorship to the original author and allow other users the same 'attribute and share alike' license. We respect conventional copyright in the usual ways and refer people to hard copy sources and internet links as appropriate.
Presenter
Jo Jordan BSc(Psych)(Hons) MPhil CPsychol
Jo is an experienced psychologist. She has guided the careers of young people, managers and professionals for over 25 years. She is committed to positive psychology and designing careers we love.
She has taught and helped students in five universities and colleges around the world and has worked with major companies in many sectors to design selection and HR systems.
Venue
TBA
Fees
The fee for the whole course including use of the website is $.
The fee is payable to reserve a seat.
We will refund your fee in full if you cancel on or before the Thursday before the course starts (Wednesday for the Saturday course) or otherwise at our discretion.
If course enrollments fall below 5, we will cancel the course, return your fee in full, and offer you the first places on the next course.
If the course is disrupted by unforeseen circumstances, we will inform you as soon as possible and negotiate rescheduling. Please ensure we have your telephone numbers so we can reach you at short notice.
Inquiries & bookings
You can discuss this course on the telephone with Jo Jordan 01234 713857.
You can make a booking or make a payment at this link [to be connected later].
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