MAXIMIZING YOUR
LEADERSHIP POTENTIAL
AUDIENCE
First-time managers and/or managers of
individual contributors who may have been
promoted recently or are experiencing new
pressures within a current management role.
Overview
Maximizing Your Leadership Potential tailors
leadership development to the needs of
employees in transition from individual contributors to managers.
The program immerses participants in
four fundamental areas: self-awareness,
learning agility, communication, and
influence. In addition, two issues that are
particularly challenging for most first-time
managers—managing conflict and building relationships—are also explored.
Preparing First-Time Managers to Achieve
Lasting Results Through People
AGENDA
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 (superiors, direct reports, and peers).
Phase Two: On-Site Training (Three Days)
Day One: Self-Awareness and Communication
• Leadership transition lessons
• Leader assessment: Understanding your strengths and development needs
• Leader assessment: Interpersonal needs
• Communication effectiveness
Throughout this interactive program, participants focus on specific skills and how-tos
that they can set in motion right away. They
come away with a stronger connection to
their roles as managers and are more
prepared to drive action by leading others.
Day Two: Influence and Constructive Responses to Conflict
• Strategies for strengthening relationships in the workplace by influencing and
responding constructively to conflict
OUTCOMES
Day Three: Leading Within a System
• Integration: One-on-one session with an NLI coach
• I ncrease the commitment and engagement of the team.
• Leader assessment: Personality preference
• Videotaped practice on managing conflict, facilitated by NLI coaches
• Key leadership challenge strategy
• B
uild sustainable relationships and
increase productivity.
• Individual goal development and action plans
• Leverage the power of conflict.
PHASE THREE: Application
• Influence others by connecting their motivations and needs to the needs of the project.
To support the lessons of the program, NLI offers participants a 45-minute telephone
coaching session after the on-site training.
Quick Facts
• Length
Three days
• Average class size 18
• Frequency
Five times/year
• Location
College Park,
Maryland
• Tuition
$4,100 (commuter)
$4,700 (residential)
FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT
PROGRAM DATES AND REGISTRATION
CALL: 240-684-2320
VISIT: www.umuc.edu/nli
UMUC is a network associate of
the Center for Creative Leadership
13-NLI-006 (1/13) MLP
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