Schedule of Programs

Leadership Development Program (LDP) ®

PHASE ONE: Getting Started

The LDP process is driven by detailed, personal data. Participants fill out several assessment surveys prior to attending the five-day on-site session. In addition, certain surveys require that participants’ direct reports and superiors complete evaluations. The surveys are sent out at least four weeks prior to the program date with a deadline for completion.

PHASE TWO: On-Site Training (Five Days)

DAY ONE:  Leading from the Middle
Participants explore the realities of managers leading managers. Using the "Leading Managers 360" assessment, participants reflect on and discuss the critical leadership skills required to lead from the middle of organizations and receive detailed data on how others see them in their leadership roles.

DAY TWO: Leading Through Collaboration
Focus is on how managers of managers work with and through their peers to coordinate and align the organization's strategies. Participants reflect on how to more effectively communicate and influence peers when collaborating.

DAY THREE: Leading Within a System
Focus is on the middle manager's responsibility for leading up, across, down and outside the organization. Participants engage in a highly interactive experience that simulates the complexities and challenges of that environment. They work in small groups with an NLI coach to assess their leadership effectiveness in this activity.   

DAY FOUR: Integrating
Participants work one-on-one for three hours with an executive coach certified by the Center for Creative Leadership (CCL). During the coaching period, participants review and integrate assessment data and other sources of feedback received throughout the program and set goals and identify strategies to implement them. Participants also take part in a process of giving and receiving feedback with classmates.

DAY FIVE: Transferring
Participants refine goals and plans to apply what they have learned to their organization.

PHASE THREE: Application

NLI supports continued development after the on-site training with two 45-minute telephone coaching sessions. Participants also receive a structured process for conversations with their bosses—a critical step for success. Three months after the program, participants complete an assessment to measure their progress on skills and behaviors.

 

Maximizing Your Leadership Potential Program

PHASE ONE: Getting Started

Maximizing Your Leadership Potential starts with personal leadership assessments that tailor the program to the specific needs of each participant. Often cited as the most valuable aspect of the program experience, the assessment begins several weeks in advance and engages the participant and his or her co-workers (supervisor, direct reports, and peers).

PHASE TWO: On-Site Training

DAY ONE: Self-Awareness and Communication

  • Leadership transition lessons
  • Leader assessment: Understanding your strengths and development needs
  • Leader assessment: Interpersonal need
  • Communication effectiveness

DAY TWO: Influence and Constructive Responses to Conflict

  • Strategies for strengthening relationships in the workplace by influencing and responding constructively to conflict
  • Leader assessment: Personality preference
  • Videotaped practice on managing conflict, facilitated by NLI coaches

DAY THREE: Leading Within a System

  • Integration: One-on-one session with an NLI coach
  • Key leadership challenge strategy
  • Individual goal development and action plans

PHASE THREE: Application

To support the lessons of the program, NLI offers participants a 45-minute telephone coaching session after the on-site training.

 

Online Leadership Assessment Program (OLAP)

Weeks 1 – 3

Assessment Phase

  • Participants complete the surveys and assessments:
    • Participant Information Form
    • MBTI (Myers-Briggs Type Indicator)
    • FIRO-B (Fundamental Interpersonal Relations Orientation-Behavior)
    • ECI (Emotional Competence Inventory)
  • Participants request co-workers to complete 360 surveys
  • Participants engage in introductory online leadership discussion

Weeks 4 – 5

Online Classroom Phase

  • Participants receive results
  • Participants engage in threaded discussions and online chats with facilitator and classmates
  • Participants learn how to interpret results and understand leadership implications through online interactive materials
  • Participants view video and audio presentations

Weeks 6 – 8

Coaching Phase

  • Participants engage in a 3 hours of coaching over three weeks
  • Participants complete development plan
 

Program Schedule Negotiating Conflict Program

Day One

  • Dynamics of conflict and principles of negotiation
  • Assessment feedback (Conflict Dynamics Profile®)
  • Principles of negotiation

Day Two

  • Negotiation simulation
  • Facilitated team performance feedback

Day Three

  • Giving and receiving feedback
  • Peer consultations
  • Developmental planning