Leadership Unplugged – Short Courses
Master Essential Leadership Skills, Navigate Challenges Effectively,
and Inspire Your Team. Gain Practical Strategies for real-world success.
Are you ready to move beyond theory and master the practical skills that truly define great leaders?
In today’s fast-paced environment, leadership development can be overwhelming. We cut through the noise and focus on the core, recurring challenges that consistently surface in coaching engagements and team training programs. This targeted workshop series is designed to equip you with the essential tools and strategies to confidently navigate the “sticky issues” that often derail even the most well-intentioned leaders.
WORKSHOPS
- Delegation Done Right: Balancing trust, accountability, and autonomy
- Feedback that fuels Growth
- Conflict transformation, turning disagreements into opportunities
- Leading through influence, not authority
- Setting Boundaries as a Leader: Balancing empathy with self-care
- Dealing with Underperformance: Balancing compassion with accountability
- The Power of Recognition: Elevating morale through meaningful appreciation
- Empathy in Leadership: Understanding team dynamics by walking in their shoes
- Strengthening Team Relationships: Building bridges in high-pressure environments
- Overcoming Impostor Syndrome: Building confidence while staying grounded
- Emotional Intelligence in Action: Leveraging EQ to connect and inspire
- Storytelling as a Leadership Tool: Inspiring and engaging through narrative
- Building Psychological Safety: Creating an environment where everyone feels heard
- Running effective 1:1s—Moving beyond status updates
- Time Management & Prioritization
- Our instructors are experienced, ICF certified coaches with extensive real-life business and corporate experience.
- The workshops are offered monthly online.
- Subscribers to the corporate bundles - The Impact Passport Program, have unlimited access to the workshops and the recordings.
Professional Development Shifts
- Double guessing self / Imposter Syndrome
- Overwhelmed and time poor
- Focus on results only
- Creating fear of consequences
- Solving all the problems, giving all the answers
- Confident leadership presence
- Grounded with a healthy work/life balance
- Creating sustainable results and engaged employees.
- Create a safe space for risk
- Supporting others to solve & prevent problems
Program Details
Structure and hours
- Total Program Hours – 36 Hours
- Delivery Method – Blended: 24 (4 X 6) Hour In-person Or Online Learning Sessions Complemented By 12 Hours Of Self-study Online.
- Participant outcome – Certificate
- Dates: On Demand
- Included - Online/printed workbooks and learning materials, and a leadership assessment.
Instructor
Marderé Birkill, MBL, CEC, PCC. Marderé has over 3,000 hours of professional leadership coaching
and is an experienced adult educator and learning facilitator.
Schedule and Curriculum Details
Unit | Topics |
|---|---|
Leadership Identity | Moving from leadership is a job I do to leadership is part of who I am. – My unique leadership identity, purpose & brand. – My intended impact on the world. – My leadership manifesto. |
Centeredness | Learn the ropes of leading and managing the most difficult person you will ever lead – yourself. – Self-management, motivation, and grounding. – Effectiveness & Productivity – Emotional regulation |
Relationships | Based on my leadership manifesto and the context of my current role and organization, the skills and commitment to build positive relationships with and within my team: – Leadership communication and influence, managing different personality styles. – The anatomy of trust and psychological safety – build, foster, and protect it. – Situational leadership – appropriate communication approaches for various situations. – Navigating conflict from two perspectives: from the sideline and being in conflict. |
Adaptability | Flexing my adaptability muscles to lead effectively in a VUCAH world: – Creating clarity and direction – Productive meetings – Change management – Innovation, Creativity, and Critical thinking in grey areas |
Coaching Culture | Foundations of building sustainable high-value teams. – Delegation and accountability – Coaching and mentoring – Basic Coaching skills to Engage, empower, and build capacity. |
Frequently Asked Questions
What is different about these courses?
All Unplugged courses are modules from our leadership training programs. You get the same training and material based on the latest scientific knowledge, delivered by our top certified instructors. The courses are designed to change the way you think which means they have significant and lasting impact on how you work every day.
What is included in the workshops?
Each workshop is a 3 hour online session. The workshop requires 30 minutes of pre-work to start thinking about the topic. The workshop itself is very interactive and will require your active participation to maximize your return on investment. You will receive a downloadable workbook accompany the workshop and to have a supporting resource afterwards.
What is your cancellation and refund policy?
You can get a refund if you cancel up to 7 days prior to the course. The course is recorded and you will have asynchronous access for 30 days afterwards.
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