Developing the Mindfully Creative Leader

Day one with – Positioning the Leadership Dozen

Understanding where we are with the Leadership Dozen, within ourselves and our organisations

Introduction to the Leadership Dozen

Where are we individually/organisationally with the Leadership Dozen?

Developing our strategy for the coming week

Developing the inner core as a Leader

Achieving focus

7 steps to effective goal setting

Day two – Developing the Mindful Leader

Today, leaders have been described as facing a VUCA environment: one that is Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous.

Previous notions of control and change management are being questioned, and new capabilities are now required of leaders

People who practise mindfulness at work report an improved ability to communicate clearly and a better ability to handle workplace conflict; they respond more appropriately to stressful situations, show greater self-awareness and perhaps have a greater capacity for innovation

Exploring Mindful Leadership

Why does Mindful Leadership matter?

Developing Mindfulness

Mindfulness tips, tool and techniques

Build stronger personal impact

Using mindfulness to grow your circle of influence

Make more effective decisions and become more focused

Become more resilient

Use emotional intelligence to be more in tune with yourself, other people and your organisational context

Day three / four – Developing the Creative Leader

How to apply mindfulness to the creative process, here we endeavour to develop the creativity which is needed to master the leadership dozen, so that you learn how to use the results driven creativity toolkit post course

How to apply mindfulness to the creative process

Four stages of the creative brain; preparation; incubation; illumination; verification

5 steps to solving problems faster & smarter. The solution thinking you need Creative problem-solving tools

Developing our creativity through clean air painting

Reflecting on our creations, opening your mind to what is possible

Undertaking the creative mindful leadership challenge

Group coaching session on how well we performed and how to improve for the future as creative mindful leaders

Day five – Implementing the Leadership Dozen

Bringing it all together on this day will enable you to go back to the workplace, fully inspired to make change happen and deliver a positive ROI for your organisation post course

How to develop a learning culture

How to develop an agile talent driven organisation

Becoming an empathetic leader with your own authentic style

Developing your personal brand

Developing our leadership dozen strategy to implement post course

Summary and action plans agreed