• Middle-, upper- and senior-level executives
• Human resources professionals
• High-potential employees who have (or will soon have) significant responsibility for managing and leading others
• Federal Government managers who have responsibility for motivating employees and fostering their individual growth

• Identify strategies to motivate and energize individuals to produce superior bottom-line results
• Assess your leadership capabilities, communications style and approach to relationships at work to identify areas of strength and opportunity
• Increase your personal effectiveness as a manager of people through experiential learning focused on practical application
• Engage in small group discussion with a professional coach and develop a personal action plan you can implement immediately

The Energizing Leader

• Learn the personal and situational facets of leadership that build trust and engagement in the workforce
• Improve your ability to diagnose performance, communicate expectations and motivate people for results
• Build awareness of your approach to leading others and of your people’s approach to work, and develop strategies to bridge the gap

Strategies for Energizing Individuals and Teams 

• Identify the multifaceted forces that contribute to the success or failure of individual employees and effective tools to manage these forces
• Acquire core coaching skills for grooming others for leadership and practice them with peers in class
• Develop strategies for communicating with employees to optimize relationships and elevate performance
• Learn about job-crafting as a strategy to help employees shape their own work environments and make them more engaging

Special Feature:

• During the program, you will join a faculty-facilitated small group coaching session to address your specific people-related challenges and opportunities. This is a chance to draw on the wisdom and experiences of expert faculty members and other seasoned professionals in an intimate, highly personalized setting.

Shana Carroll - Academic Director; Clinical Associate Professor of Management Communications; Faculty Director, Management Communications Program

Brenda Ellington Booth - Clinical Professor of Leadership

Carter Cast - Michael S. and Mary Sue Shannon Clinical Endowed Professor

Jeannette Colyvas - Clinical Associate Professor of Management and Organizations

Fred Harburg - Clinical Professor of Executive Education

Jill Zimmerman - Partner, Global Chief Talent & Inclusion Officer, Mercer

“I learned in an immersive four days...to appreciate that everyone has an individual style of interacting in the workplace and how to better communicate, learn from, and utilize these styles to motivate people.”
Head of School, Catherine Cook School

“Excellent overview of a number of leadership and people management topics. This program provided a great source of techniques, topics and templates that will help improve our communication and coaching success.”
Partner, PwC

“This program gave me such a broad set of tools for navigating my role within my organization at a higher level of expertise. I am leaving with skills I can apply to impact my team right away.”
National Sales Director, Merz