Pre-Work
Assessment 1: The Leadership Circle Profile™ (TLCP)
TLCP delivers focused competency feedback while revealing underlying assumptions at the root of an individual’s strengths and limitations; valuable data for a development roadmap.
Assessment 2: The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator – Step II (MBTI-Step II)
MBTI-Step II provides information about an individual’s MBTI type along with an in-depth look at the facets that make up each of the four MBTI dichotomies.
Introduction: Setting the Context and Self-Awareness
Adult Stages of Development
An overview of theories on adult stages from a leadership perspective
The ROI of a Coaching Culture
A review of current research on the impacts, outcomes and ROI of coaching
Social and Emotional Intelligence (SEI)
The foundations of social and emotional intelligence; what it is and why it matters
Module 1: Introduction to The ThirdWay and ThirdWay Leadership
Introduction to The ThirdWay
Introduction to the Six Foundations of the ThirdWay: The Power of Paradox, Systems Thinking, Cultural Competency, A Leader in Every Chair, the Power of Co-Creativity, and the Six P’s of Conscious Leadership (Purpose, People, Perspective, Process, Paradox and Presence)
People – Social and Emotional Intelligence
Self-awareness, mindfulness, curiosity as a tool for empathy and connection, listening, powerful conversations and managing conflict
Purpose – The “Why”
Why we’re here (purpose), desired outcomes and direction (vision), what matters most (values), and walking our talk (integrity)
The Power of Perspective
Filters, perspective and choice, the ladder of inference, resilience and composure, and the myth of scarcity
Module 2: The ThirdWay Leadership Journey Continues
Process – Getting Results and Global Intelligence
Systems awareness, sustainable productivity, and the impact trail
Paradox and Creative Intelligence
Creative Problem Solving (CPS), innovation culture, celebration of failure, and embracing paradox
Presence – Flexibility, Adaptability and Change
Overcoming immunity to change (Kegan theory), intuition, Theory U (Scharmer process)
Module 3: The ThirdWay Leader as Coach
Foundations of Coaching
Non-judgment, recognizing the client has the inner resources to achieve their full potential (despite the appearance of limiting patterns of thought and behavior)
Core Competencies of Coaching
Creating a relationship of mutual trust, being open, flexible and present, listening, self-management, curiosity, intuition, asking powerful questions, working with polarity and paradox, and shadow work
Elements of Coaching
- Purpose, Vision and Values: Who we are, what we stand for, what we want most to acheive and how we can manifest our aspirations
- Presence and Self-Awareness: Self-knowledge, and our capacity to be present to, and learn from, the experiences of our lives
Module 4: ThirdWay Leadership and Coaching in a Cultural Context
Contextual Scales
Understanding the cultural contexts that influence our world view; universalism and particularism, communitarianism and individualism, affective and neutral, specific and diffuse, and achievement and ascription
Building Cultural Fluency
Developing capacity to effectively navigate and make the most of diversity in personality, workstyles, race, religion, gender, ethnicity, socio-economic background, socio-political circumstances and other cultural contexts
Module 5: Expanding Coaching Competency
Core Competencies of Coaching
Articulation, creating awareness, designing actions, planning and goal setting, managing progress and accountability
Elements of Coaching
- Perspective: Understanding filters and assumptions, and our ability to be at choice about our worldview
- Performance: Competency in the areas of communication, giving and receiving feedback, conflict resolution, management of KPI’s and talent development
The T.W.I.G. Model for Cohort Coaching
The elements of the T.W.I.G. model (T.W.I.G. = The Whole is Greater than the Sum of the Parts); the content, impact and outcomes of cohort coaching