The Leader Within

• High-potential mid- to senior-level executives; Federal Government managers
• Executives preparing for general management, cross-functional, or enterprise leadership roles

• Past Participant Profile

• Create your distinctive, authentic leadership narrative
• Develop your own personal leadership action plan
• Hone your influence and persuasion skills
• Master frameworks, tools, and practices to help you become an effective leader at the highest organizational levels

Maximizing Your Leadership Impact

• Assess your leadership landscape to identify individual and organizational leadership opportunities and needs
• Refine your own compelling, authentic leadership narrative and understand how to harness the power of narrative identity
• Discover how routines are a key factor in achieving superior outcomes
• Explore the science behind time allocation in the workplace and how to leverage your time for optimal results

Leading with Confidence and Impact

• Cultivate the leader’s mindset – how to increase awareness and focus for individual and organizational growth
• Deepen your understanding of executive judgment
• Integrate the dimensions of presence that typify strong, warm leaders at their best
• Learn techniques to assess and strengthen values-based character competencies
• Gain insights into emotional and intellectual toughness in demanding situations
• Understand how to use feedback as a power tool for growth
• Leverage the power of understanding trust, culture and influence communication and executive presence

Robert Hughes - Academic Director; Clinical Assistant Professor of Executive Education, Senior Program Director of Executive Education

Gail Berger Darlow - Assistant Professor of Instruction, Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences, McCormick School of Engineering; Assistant Professor of Executive Education

Brenda Ellington Booth - Clinical Professor of Leadership

Jim Cohen - Founding Principal, Spark; Co-Founder, Chief Strategy Officer, HERE Life, LLC

Timothy Feddersen - Wendell Hobbs Professor of Managerial Politics; Professor of Managerial Economics & Decision Sciences

Fred Harburg - Clinical Professor of Executive Education

Dan McAdams - Henry Wade Rogers Professor of Psychology, School of Education and Social Policy

Loran Nordgren - Associate Professor of Management & Organizations

Nicola Persico - John L. and Helen Kellogg Professor of Managerial Economics & Decision Sciences; Director of the Center for Mathematical Studies in Economics & Management; Professor of Weinberg Department of Economics (Courtesy)

Brooke Vuckovic - Adjunct Professor of Leadership

"[I discovered] lots of actionable ideas that will help me in my journey to become an even better leader. This course gave me many areas to self-reflect on how to take my leadership profile to the next level."
Executive Director, Merck & Co.

"I applaud the content and the structure of the course. The frameworks feel straight forward and set the table for meaningful, hard-hitting personal reflection and dialogue on all dimensions of emotional intelligence. Numerous people will be better off because I found so much value in I learned this week."
Director, Sales Force Effectiveness, TransUnion