Following the 3-day retreat, participants will come together for 8 one-day high-impact modules covering four clusters of high-performance leadership behaviors. Each session includes breakfast, expert skill building, application on real projects, and a living case-study plus dinner with a senior executive and/or c-suite team. The one-day modules will begin at 7:30am and run through 8:00pm.
Click the links below for a description of each 1-day module:
Difficult Conversations and Dealing with Conflict - (Click to Learn More)
| Module Name: |
Difficult Conversations and Dealing with Conflict |
| Core Concepts: |
Listening effectively, creating clarity, diffusing conflict, dealing with performance issues, being a conflict mediator. |
| Learning Approaches: |
Case studies, practice, application to participant issues. Executive panel. |
Executive Presence and Presentation Skills - (Click to Learn More)
| Module Name: |
Executive Presence and Presentation Skills |
| Core Concepts: |
Taking charge of inner dialogue, what creates executive presence, understanding your audience, visuals, storytelling, presentation skills, thinking on your feet. |
| Learning Approaches: |
Practice with video, Application to participants' actual PowerPoint presentations. Best practice examples from a wide range of companies and presenters. Executive panel. |
Leading across Generations - (Click to Learn More)
| Module Name: |
Leading across Generations |
| Core Concepts: |
Understanding generational differences, leading in a digital age,
creating a work-environment in which people are fully engaged,
social networking – what you need to know, social networking – how you can leverage it for business advantage, leading the "digital native." |
| Learning Approaches: |
Expert insights and best practices from leading companies, practice, application. Executive panel. |
Leading in a Global Marketplace - (Click to Learn More)
| Module Name: |
Leading in a Global Marketplace |
| Core Concepts: |
Cross-cultural business skills, global business acumen, global talent development |
| Learning Approaches: |
Site visit and plant tour for a multinational business. Expert insight from the head of exports for Tennessee. Insights and practice with Belmont Faculty on cross-cultural leadership. International executive panel and international dinner. |
Strategic Thinking and Market Intelligence - (Click to Learn More)
| Module Name: |
Strategic Thinking and Market Intelligence |
| Core Concepts: |
Gathering and using market intelligence, making sense of data, identifying root causes, generating options, making strategic decisions, creating strategy. |
| Learning Approaches: |
Case studies, practice, interaction with experts. Executive speakers and executive panel. |
Teamwork & Collaboration for Innovation - (Click to Learn More)
| Module Name: |
Teamwork & Collaboration for Innovation |
| Core Concepts: |
Leading diverse teams, empathy, collaboration, flexible thinking, inclusion, healthy conflict, leveraging diverse work and thought styles, forming effective teams. |
| Learning Approaches |
Best practice examples and research-based approaches. Executive panel. |
Negotiation and Strategic Influencing - (Click to Learn More)
| Module Name: |
Negotiation and Strategic Influencing |
| Core Concepts: |
Negotiation and Influencing Skills, discovery, identifying options, making strategic decisions, contingencies, BATNA, team-based negotiations, persuading others, forming win/win agreements, building alliances and partnerships with others. |
| Learning Approaches: |
Case study, challenge activities, practice, best practice examples. Executive panel. |
Driving Change and Implementing Strategy - (Click to Learn More)
| Module Name: |
Driving Change and Implementing Strategy |
| Core Concepts: |
Taking ownership for results, encouraging initiative and empowering others. Leading change. Continuous improvement and strategic use of metrics. Driving the voice of the customer into decision making. |
| Learning Approaches: |
Living case study with best-practice company, site visit, equipping with tools and approaches, application to live situations. |
