Bill Joiner and Debbie Whitestone

Developmental Coaching for Leadership Agility
August 8-12

Leadership guru Jim Kouzes says agility is "the new master skill of leadership." Coaching guru Marshall Goldsmith says it's probably "the most important competency for leaders in today's world."

The groundbreaking book, Leadership Agility shows that, as leaders grow through a series of well-documented stages of personal development, they become more "agile," that is, more visionary, collaborative, creative, and more proactive in learning from their experience - and just plain more effective in today's complex, rapidly changing business environment. The book provides a remarkably clear roadmap for leaders and leadership coaches, identifying the mental and emotional capacities - and the behaviors - associated with each new stage of development.

In this hands-on workshop, you'll learn how to incorporate the basics of this sophisticated stage-development approach into your leadership-coaching repertoire. You'll experience these leadership stages for yourself, and learn how to assess where your leadership-coaching clients are developmentally. After learning some tested methods for helping clients develop increased leadership agility, you'll practice and receive targeted consultation in applying this approach to your own real-life coaching challenges and those of other participants. All in all, you'll gain a whole new perspective on leadership coaching and a deeper appreciation of a powerful perspective for leading effectively in today's tumultuous world.

Monday

Leadership agility from the outside in and the inside out
"Living case study" (group exercise): Levels of leadership agility

Tuesday

Diagnosing a manager's current level of leadership agility
Understanding "power styles"
Principles of Leadership Agility Coaching
Practice coaching for the Expert-Achiever transition

Wednesday

Brief review
Levels of awareness and intent
Practice coaching for the Expert-Achiever transition (con't)
Practice coaching for the Achiever-Catalyst transition

Thursday

Brief review
The Leadership Agility Compass as a coaching tool
Practice coaching for the Achiever-Catalyst transition (con't)
Additional coaching practice

Friday

The formal assessment of leadership agility levels
The Co-Creator and Synergist levels of leadership agility
Open discussion
Wrap-up

To get the most out of this workshop, we encourage you to read a few designated chapters in Leadership Agility prior to coming. You will receive more information about this when you register.

William B. Joiner Ed.D., is co-author of Leadership Agility and President of ChangeWise, a Boston-area leadership and organization development firm. He is a seasoned leadership expert, coach, and organizational change consultant who speaks about leadership agility, and partners with senior leaders in developing high performing teams, creating breakthrough strategies, and leading organizational change. Bill also provides leadership workshops and action learning programs, and he is co-developer, with Cambria Consulting, of the Leadership Agility 360. He earned his Doctorate in Organization Development at Harvard University.

Debora Whitestone LICSW, Ed.D., is a Principal and Senior Consultant at ChangeWise. For over 30 years, she has been a change agent in and with business, government, and "third sector" service organizations. A seasoned coach, consultant, facilitator and designer of change interventions, she brings attention to both process and results, helping clients develop and implement creative solutions to serious problems. Debbie helps leaders learn and utilize the Leadership Agility framework, and she and Bill teach and support what is becoming a global learning community of coaches, who are using the Leadership Agility framework and assessment tool with their own clients. Debbie earned her Doctorate in Administration, Planning and Social Policy at Harvard University.

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