Adaptive leadership
General context
A starting leader will learn the simple rule, to write down how he/she want to be lead, and then apply the same strategy for his/her employees. A great leader will learn that there are many different leadership styles and that each style has its most opportune moment to be used. These moments depend on the situation and the employee. Do you know what style works best for your colleagues? Do you know what your personal preferred style is, and how it is being perceived by your colleagues / students / employees?
This training starts with a leadership survey, self‐identifying your personal style and receiving feedback from your colleagues on your style. Next we will cover the different leadership styles and when to apply them. Last we will cover how to recognize which personality types you have in your organisation and how you can best adapt your leadership style to empower your colleagues the most. Great leaders play chess, not checkers. Greatness of a leader is not measured by your personal success, but by the success of the people around you, by having interacted with you.
1. Understanding the difference between leadership, managing, and coaching.
2. Understanding the different leadership styles.
3. Understanding what leadership style can be applied when and what styles to avoid when.
4. Understanding personality and the impact of leadership styles.
Lecture, Individual work, Break‐Out Discussions, Group Discussions, Case‐Studies, Role playing, Feedback.
Prime‐prospect: Post‐Docs and ZAP, but in essence anyone who is ‘starting’ as a leader of others.
- This training is only open for VIB participants and is free.
- Note that upon no show without valid justification a fee of € 100 will be charged and you will be blacklisted for the VIB training program for 1 year. Click here for more information.
Trainers
Robin Lefebvre - Grow 2 Excel
Robin Lefebvre is a coach and trainer and has worked both in academia and industry. In academia he obtained his PhD at VIB-UAntwerpen on Molecular Genetics. In industry he was responsible for a research department at Procter and Gamble, where he was also a corporate trainer and head of recruitment for R&D Belgium. He followed his passion to help others grow, and is now active as a full-time leadership trainer and coach.
https://www.grow2excel.com/about/
Program
The course consists of three parts:
Individual pre‐work:
There will be both a self‐evaluation questionnaire and a 360 Feedback questionnaire on you as a leader. Additionally there will be a requirement to send in some situations of personal leadership challenges, that we can solve during the training.
The actual training:
A 2 day training; 2 days of 8 hours with a trainer.
Post Training track:
During the second day, the whole group will be divided in sub‐groups of 4 to 5 participants. This with the intent of creating discussion groups that will continue after the training on how to apply the training content. Most learning happens when applying the material, and making a longer connection after the training. All participants have experienced the same group process and while coming from a different background are at the same turning point in their career. Most people miss having this fall‐back option at this turning point, to exchange experiences and insights, to vent their stories.
The sub‐group will have the opportunity to continue learning up to 8 session after the training. There are 8 discussion guides for a 1hour meeting available, to enable going deeper into the different tools from the training. The discussion groups will further be supported via an online discussion forum and a group facilitator to moderate the online forum and keep the drum beat. All activities are on a voluntary basis, with online material to facilitate the discussions. The trainer will be available for questions on the forum.
Practical info
This training will be provided as a live webinar training, where you will be putting theoretical models in practice. You will be interacting with fellow participants and the trainer. The focus is on your expectations, your questions and your needs. You will be doing the work, via individual exercises, small group exercises and planning to put gained insights into actions.
During the web conference training, there will be live interaction with the trainer and the participants, please ensure:
1. A quiet room where you can work behind your pc and where you can write either on post-it or paper.
2. Your computer is set up with clear audio (speakers and microphone).
3. Your computer is set up with a webcam or other video tool so that we can see you.
4. Pre-install the app Zoom on your PC, it will go smoother than the web version: https://zoom.us/download