LEAD Program
Cohort 10
Development Process
Your HRD Team
Dr. Ali Atkison
VP, Learning & Development
ali@hrdleadership.com
Questions on logistics, assessments, invitations, communications
HRDPrograms@hrdleadership.com
Slide Decks, Handouts, and Recordings
Kickoff & Developing a Leadership Mindset: Slides, Handout
Giving & Receiving Feedback: Slides, Zoom - Passcode: gVw&5y6U, Handout
Leading through Conflict: Slides, Zoom - Passcode: jZgEk$@2, Handout
Accountability & Ownership: Slides, Handout
Communication in Leadership: Slides, Handout, Zoom - Passcode: nC6H1X=R
Leading through Change: Slides, Handout, Switch Framework, Zoom - Passcode:
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Action Items
The DiSC Workplace Assessment provides valuable insight into who you are and how you lead. You will use the assessment report throughout the program. There is a sample DiSC email (*below) so you know what to expect. It will come from HRD Leadership <hrdleadership@wiley-epic.com>.
The assessment takes less than 20 minutes to complete. You will need to complete your assessment by June 11 and you will have immediate access to your results upon completion. Once completed, please review your DiSC Assessment report (pages 2-7).
*Sample DiSC email:
From: HRD Leadership <hrdleadership@wiley-epic.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2023 9:50 AM
To: annies@hrdleadership.com
Subject: HRD Leadership has registered you for: Everything DiSC Workplace Profile
Everything DiSC Management Profile
This email will help you get set up to take the Everything DiSC Workplace Profile assessment.
First, you’ll be asked to create an account with an email and password or sign into your existing account. Then, you’ll proceed to the assessment. To get started, click the following link:
Take my assessment
If you have trouble using the link above, go to https://www.wiley-epic.com and enter the Access Code shown here:
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Please note:
1. This is your personal Access Code. Do not share it or this e-mail with others.
2. Once you create your account credentials (email and password), you will use them to access any future Report(s) associated with your account.
Pre-Competency Assessment
The pre-competency assessment will establish a baseline for your confidence and competence-level on a variety of
leadership competencies. Please watch for an email from hrdprograms@hrdleadership.com via SurveyMonkey <member@surveymonkeyuser.com>. The pre-assessment takes less than 10 minutes to complete. Please complete by June 11.
- Meet with your accountability partner. Discuss:
- Take-aways from Above the Line.
- Strengths/Opportunities from your DiSC report
- Meet with your manager.
- Work on your Leadership Mission.
- Give the feedback (positive & constructive) you identified you need to give.
- Watch The Secret to Giving Great Feedback – Ted Talk
- Meet with your accountability partner to discuss both items, using the guided questions:
- Based on the Ted Talk, The Secret to Giving Great Feedback, what insights did you gain about how you’ve been giving feedback in the past and how you can improve your approach to offering feedback in the future?
- How did the feedback conversations go?
- What did you learn about how you might approach it differently next time?
- Continue work on your Leadership Mission.
- Practice stepping back (employ the 5-second rule!) and reframing your automatic thoughts. Be prepared to share an example of doing so in our next workshop.
- Choose two productive conflict behaviors to focus on (one you’re already good at, and one you’d like to cultivate).
- Listen to Reframing Your Reality (Part 1): Episode from Hidden Brain podcast.
- Meet with your accountability partners and discuss the following questions:
- What was your favorite example from the podcast about how our mindset (i.e., how we frame our reality) impacts our decisions and interactions with others?
- How can you put this insight to use in your professional role?
- Complete the mid-point survey.
- Have the accountability conversation you need to have. Be prepared to share wins, challenges, and lessons learned next time!
- Continue to work on your Leadership Mission.
- Practice using your new brain-based tools: Analogies, Questions, and Enriched Environments.
- Be prepared to share at least 2 examples next time of how you have done so.
- Listen to Quick Thinks: All Effective Communication Must Start With This (Episode 25 of Think Fast, Talk Smart) and meet with your accountability partner to discuss these questions:
- What connections do you see between the questions Matt Abrahams (the podcast host) suggests you should ask of your audience or listener and the information you’ve learned in our workshop about the importance of connecting to someone’s prior experience in order to communicate effectively?
- Meet with your Accountability Partner and discuss the following questions:
- How can you find out how your team members are reacting to change?
- How do you plan to leverage the Journey Through Change and Switch framework to help your team members navigate change more effectively? (Be specific!)
- Finalize your Leadership Mission! Submit here by December 18.
- Be prepared to share a little about it in our final workshop.
- Complete the post-competency assessment by December 18 (link will be emailed to you).
- Meet with your Capstone groups and begin working on your Capstones for presentation at January’s Graduation! Instructions to submit your presentation will be sent from hrdprograms@hrdleadership.com.
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