Advanced Leadership Skills

Audience:

Mid-level managers, Supervisors, and Upper-level managers. This is course is not suggested for new/emerging leaders.

Prerequisites:

In order to apply the concepts in this workshop with fidelity, participants MUST have taken one of the following: Leadership Skills for Supervisors, Overcoming Team Dysfunctions, or Leadership 101.

Course Description:

Leaders today operate in environments filled with competing demands – stability vs. change, short-term vs. long-term, autonomy vs. control. These tensions are not problems to solve, but paradoxes to manage. This course introduces the Adaptive Paradox Leadership™ Model in a practical framework for navigating complexity through a dynamic leadership cycle – Frame-Hold-Sense-Act-Rebalance™ – supported by four integrated tools –Paradox Mindset, Tensional Leadership, Theory U™ , and Act/Think Experimentation – to develop a leadership rhythm that balances reflection and action. This course equips leaders to stay grounded, agile, and effective in the face of uncertainty and change to lead with clarity, resilience, and confidence in complexity.

Course Objectives:

This workshop teaches participants how to:
• Explain the concept of paradox and why it matters in modern leadership
• Identify common organizational paradoxes and the risks of one-sided responses
• Apply the Tension Compass™ to map the upsides and downsides of competing demands
• Practice pausing and sensing to uncover deeper insights before acting
• Design small, safe-to-fail leadership experiments using the Act/Think approach
• Integrate these tools into the Adaptive Paradox Leadership™ Model (Frame-Hold-Sense-Act-Rebalance Cycle™)
• Reflect on personal leadership tendencies (toward reflection or action) and strategies for navigating between them