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Becoming a thoughtful strong Leader
Mastering the Dynamics of the Human Operating System to create Value through People
Diversity
Co-Create
Grow
Sometimes
things just don’t turn out
the way
they’re supposed to
…
especially when
people
are involved
The brutal reality we are waking up to is that our political, economical, social, technological and ecological challenges seem to amass with greater speed than our functional and cognitive capacity to meet these demands.
While most organisations today have easy access to technological innovations the development of human capital–ironically the core carrier of these innovations–seems to be a much more challenging aspiration.
We at the Leader Academy permanently honour a twofold commitment: a commitment to the “best we know today” (Excellence) while at the same time committing to “everything that improves the best we know today” (Humility).
Ever since October ’87 this sustained focus on continuous improvement has resulted in an extraordinary “out of the box” approach to Leadership Development.
Human Operating System*
*The total package of mindsets, paradigms, beliefs, values and behaviors one relies on to make things happen through and with others
A work climate and culture
can change overnight…
provided those in power change their
Human Operating System
overnight
The Leader Academy will prepare you to make it happen.
The Leader Academy has been developed with you in mind.
We will equip you and your Relevant Others with the same Language, Human Operating System, Methodologies and Competences to co-create Commitment.
Put the Leader Academy to the test of your experience.
This Session is for you if you:
- welcome a fresh perspective on Leadership Development
- wonder why skills training doesn’t always pay off
- want to understand what works and what doesn’t and why
- wonder why it’s important to develop interdependent players together
- want to discover and master the “Source of Human Good”
- wonder how to change a corporate culture overnight ….
- want to get a feel for the Philosophy before taking a deep dive in the Fundamentals
Philosophy
Face to Face Meeting or Real Time Live Zoom
The Leader Academy Philosophy.
Fundamentals
From our past experiences we know that to achieve lasting results one should wisely only invest in developing individual leadership competencies when at the same time being willing and committed to develop the context in which this individual is supposed to lead.
If you are expected to :
- change the business culture overnight
- add transformation to information
- impact performance and engagement levels
- develop and guide Managers to become Leaders
- get the team moving
- create sustainable change
- get serious about organisational development
we encourage you to take a deep dive in the Leader Academy Fundamentals for an intense collaborative learning experience together with the people you depend on for getting to your results or to join with a team of ‘interdependent’ players who are sharing – or supposed to share – the same goal and/or the same strategic aspiration and together lay a solid foundation to build on.
2 Days [8 × 90′ Modules]
Hi-Touch Group Session or Real Time Live Hi-Tech Zoom
A deep dive in the Leader Academy Fundamentals.
* Feel free to contact us if you have specific needs or wish to set up a private or an in-company session
Fundamentals
This virtual learning process will help you identify the rules and mindsets that stand in opposition to or support your personal process of change. You leave with key commitments and a clear view on how to push through old barriers of thinking and on how to redefine your paradigms to align them with your current and future objectives to create a sustainable way forward.
Module 1
The Skills and Engagement Challenge (2 x 90’)
- Setting the Scene
- Taking Ownership of the Change Process
In addition to the Philosophy and Values of the Leader Academy we will introduce you to our Real Time Co-Development Concept and orient the learning process. We will look for answers to a few of the most important key questions a.o.: “How can I influence and direct the levels of engagement of the Relevant Others I depend on for getting to my/our results?” and “What is the importance of having and/or creating options?
We will also (re)frame your current issues and context in a new overall “Architecture – Commitment” – Model. We introduce you to the fundamental difference between Management and Leadership and to what is needed to make an MBA generate the expected Return on Investment.
Module 2
The Power of Human Operating Systems (2 x 90’)
- Diversity as a source of Chaos
- Scanning the Context and charting our Polarities
Now we discover the impact of Human Operating Systems on both our private and professional daily reality. We also start getting a feel for what it takes as a leader to change, i.e. redefining our paradigms to align them with current and future objectives and define what we can ‘do differently’. We also become aware of the importance of assuming our individual responsibility to start pushing through old barriers of thinking….
After identifying the difference between “problems to solve” and “polarities to manage”, we take a closer look at our own context and define and chart the polarities we have to start managing well to turn them into a competitive advantage.
Module 3
The Power of Human Operating Systems (2 x 90’)
- Diversity as a Source of rich Creative Potential
- The Dynamics of Co-Creative InterChange
Essential to managing diversity is the skill to integrate, rather than avoid differences in perspectives. We develop a greater awareness of the context we live in and realize that our success as individuals is largely defined by this environment. Only if we can get people to collaborate, to create ‘Win-With’ outcomes we will prosper as a system.
The process of Co-Creative InterChange is the basis for individual creativity and productivity, and for high intra- and inter-team performance and intercultural understanding. The more an individual, team, organisation and culture masters the skills, methodologies and conditions for Co-Creative InterChange, the more it can integrate information, knowledge, intelligent learning and action into wisdom.
Module 4
Meeting of Minds in Real Time (2 x 90’)
- Achieving “Win/With” Synergy among diverse Perspectives
- Adopting new Operating Paradigms
Engaging with diversity requires all parties to be clear and explicit about the assumptions, data and reasoning used in their thinking, inviting challenge to one’s own perspective and surfacing new and additional information. Now we discover the dynamics, vital skills and conditions required for Co-Creative InterChange to operate at the intra- and inter-personal levels resulting in trustful Stakeholder Relationships.
The learning objective of this session is to improve collaboration skills by introducing you to powerful techniques for effective communication. Productively engaging with differences and adopting new operating paradigms is the desired outcome of this session. The art of the craft comes with a different way of thinking – a transformed mindset. The session will provide an introduction to the skills of thinking with the end goal in mind in addition to using these skills to improve communications and relationships.
Time Commitment:
- Total time commitment of 12 Hours (2 days) consisting of 4 Blocks of 2 x 90’
- No need for additional home work other than applying directly what you have learned
- Webcam and microphone required
Testimonials
The Leader Academy has proven to be an eye-opener to me personally in my role as CEO in various (multinational) companies. It has been an absolute added value in improving the cooperation and efficiency of our organisation(s). Both in house and open sessions have been met with enthusiasm and very high interest by all participants. I highly recommend the Leader Academy to all managers who have an open mind and a profound wish of becoming better leaders.
My staff, traditionally divided in sales, marketing, customer services, finance & admin, HRM and Software Services, consisted of mature staff who grew through the ranks of a fast-growing Hardware Supplier.
The Leader Academy was an eye opener for all and an introduction to a complete different view on management skills, interpersonal relations, personality types, conflict management and overall leadership. The topics covered was a mentally challenging introduction into a new way of thinking.
Two words have fundamentally influenced my professional career since I participated in the Leader Academy:
Appreciative Understanding.
‘I understand and appreciate that you are different’ was the base to help me evolve to an inclusive leader.
Appreciative Understanding.
‘I understand and appreciate that you are different’ was the base to help me evolve to an inclusive leader.
Menouquin SC grew the past 10 years very rapidly in members and became the largest coop in the Belux for home improvement and DIY.
Leader Academy coached the management and the Board of Directors to work closer together. Next L.A. brought our members closer together.
Thanks to co-creative interchange, our cooperation became a “co-creation”.
Sometimes things turn out better than the way they’re supposed to … especially when Leader Academy is involved!
Leader Academy coached the management and the Board of Directors to work closer together. Next L.A. brought our members closer together.
Thanks to co-creative interchange, our cooperation became a “co-creation”.
Sometimes things turn out better than the way they’re supposed to … especially when Leader Academy is involved!
"The apparent successes of Technology often blind us from our humanity, leading us to believe that people can be managed through systems not too different from those by which we automate our factories.
The Leader Academy brought home to us the power of human cooperation, that individual energies which
were aligned through honest dialogue were far stronger than the same energies wasted in opposition or in compromise".
“My key learning from Leader Academy is that there is an outcome in every interaction that is higher than what you want or what the other party wants, if you seek an appreciative understanding of all the stakeholders. By understanding yourself first, and then stakeholders, you are better able to develop a collaborative approach that fosters co-creative interchange and a stronger outcome”.
Founder and Director at Start Smart, a business accelerator company that specialises in Professional Business Coaching and Business Guidance for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Maseru/Lesotho.
“Leader Academy changed my life!!!”; It helped to first discover how my personality and leadership style was affecting stakeholders around me. It also helped me to learn how to engage in Co-Creative InterChange; how to engage with others and have more buy in from those I depend on to get things done. The content, exercises and tools were very practical and eye-opening. I can confidently say that through the program I am now a better Leader and a better Human Being.
“Leader Academy changed my life”; it changed my mindset on leadership, breaking all the stereotypes around dealing with people. The best thing about my experience is that I did it online, making the program very easy to commit to and flexible. I recommend this to anyone in a leadership position, whether in a startup or an established corporation.
“The Leader Academy made me conscious of many things that were unconscious. I am no longer on autopilot but take time to really think through the best possible course. I am also improving my personal and working relationships as I am trying to be more considerate of other people’s feelings. I am also becoming more influential as I understand other people better and I seek win-with scenarios”.
“I came to the Leader Academy with a narrow minded ideology of what a leader or leadership was. The process has expanded my knowledge and frame of reference. I now know that it is boundless, timeless and ever evolving. I now understand leadership to be a multifaceted dimension of always being aware of your surroundings at all times. I now look at my team in different personal dimensions and appreciate every single personality in the team”.
We had the privilege of going through the Leader Academy process during our early days as an organisation. Through the process, we learnt how to engage and surface tensions, and importantly how to move forward and win together.
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Domien VAN GOOL
In 1987, Domien VAN GOOL created the LEADER ACADEMY, a leadership development process for executives and their teams.
His keen interest in making things happen and in translating leadership concepts into pragmatic applications, led him into the field of Leadership Development and Consulting.
The LEADER ACADEMY develops executives, managers, supervisors, entrepreneurs, young leaders and high potentials in both public as well as in private companies and organisations.
An international faculty commits to achieving changes in the Human Operating Systems executives and their teams rely on to make things happen on the individual, team and organisational levels.