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Leadership Challenge
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11 SCENARIOS
AUDIENCE: UP TO Director
There is no plan B
The ADKAR Change Model
Navigate individual change with the ADKAR model. Build Awareness, create Desire, transfer Knowledge, develop Ability, and provide Reinforcement. Overcome resistance and ensure successful change adoption.
12 SCENARIOS
AUDIENCE: UP TO Senior Leader
Master the Cynefin Framework
The Complexity Paradox
Navigate complex organizational challenges using the Cynefin Framework. Make critical decisions across simple, complicated, complex, and chaotic scenarios. Practice recognizing domain patterns and applying appropriate response strategies.
Discover
Understand the DiSC Model
9 SCENARIOS
AUDIENCE: UP TO Team Lead
Navigate team dynamics using DiSC personality profiles. Understand Dominance, Influence, Steadiness, and Conscientiousness styles. Improve communication and collaboration by adapting to different personality types.
The Priority Protocol
The Eisenhower Matrix in Action
8 SCENARIOS
AUDIENCE: UP TO Team Lead
Master task prioritization using the Eisenhower Matrix. Distinguish between urgent and important activities. Practice strategic delegation, scheduling, and elimination of low-value tasks in high-pressure scenarios.
The Transformation
Kotter's 8-Step Change Model
15 SCENARIOS
AUDIENCE: UP TO Executive
Lead organizational transformation with Kotter's 8-step process. Create urgency, build coalition, form vision, communicate effectively, empower action, create wins, build on change, and anchor in culture.
14 SCENARIOS
AUDIENCE: UP TO Director
Build high-performing teams using Lencioni's model. Address absence of trust, fear of conflict, lack of commitment, avoidance of accountability, and inattention to results. Transform team dysfunction into cohesion.
Lencioni's Five Dysfunctions
Trust Fall
12 SCENARIOS
AUDIENCE: UP TO Manager
From Peer to Manager
The Promotion
Navigate the complex transition from peer to manager. Establish authority while maintaining relationships. Address awkward dynamics, set new boundaries, and lead former colleagues through realistic first-time manager scenarios.
11 SCENARIOS
AUDIENCE: UP TO Director
Audit Under the Spotlight
Leading Responsible AI Adoption
Make critical decisions about generative AI implementation in your organization. Navigate ethical dilemmas, assess risks, establish governance frameworks, and lead teams through responsible AI adoption while maintaining stakeholder trust.
13 SCENARIOS
AUDIENCE: UP TO Senior Leader
The Turnaround
Leadership Turnaround Challenge
Take over a dysfunctional, underperforming team with low morale and broken trust. Diagnose root causes, make tough personnel decisions, and rebuild team culture from the ground up through realistic turnaround scenarios.
10 SCENARIOS
AUDIENCE: UP TO Manager
Deliver powerful feedback using the Situation-Behavior-Impact model. Navigate difficult conversations with direct reports. Transform performance through clear, specific, and actionable feedback that drives behavioral change.
SBI Feedback Framework
The Reckoning
13 SCENARIOS
AUDIENCE: UP TO Director
Adapt your leadership style with Situational Leadership II. Assess team member competence and commitment. Practice directing, coaching, supporting, and delegating approaches across diverse scenarios.
The Shift
Situational Leadership II
11 SCENARIOS
AUDIENCE: UP TO Manager
The Standoff
Thomas-Kilmann Conflict Modes
Resolve team conflicts using the Thomas-Kilmann framework. Apply five conflict-handling modes: competing, collaborating, compromising, avoiding, and accommodating. Choose the right approach for each tense situation.
10 SCENARIOS
AUDIENCE: UP TO Manager
Guide teams through Tuckman's stages of development: forming, storming, norming, performing, and adjourning. Learn targeted interventions for each stage. Accelerate team performance and cohesion.
Tuckman's Stages of Development
The Formation
New Territory
A Newly Hired Leader's Journey
14 SCENARIOS
AUDIENCE: UP TO Director
Navigate your first 100 days as a newly hired leader joining a new organization. Build credibility, understand the culture, establish priorities, and create early wins. Master the transition into unfamiliar territory.
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