Relationship - Centered

Leadership®

Transformational Change
Through
The Power of Influence

RCL is an in-depth program that explores the heart of leadership; it will

assist you in developing a mindset, skills and tools to use your power of
Are you prepared to lead in an influence to transform the “Why” we work from traditional external
environment where external factors to sustainable intrinsic forces.
rewards and incentives are no
longer effective, and your Recent surveys indicate that the level of satisfaction people experience in
their work is at an all-time low. People feel they are working harder for less
employees are dissatisfied, and are fearful of what the future may hold. The traditional tools of
disengaged and stressed about rewards and incentives that leaders employed to motivate and build
their future? employee satisfaction and engagement are not longer effective and
contribute to low morale.

These realties, compounded by additional economic, political and social

challenges, have grown steadily as resources, which leaders have relied on
have diminished. Leaders and organizations became dependent on using
external levers to induce performance, and are now confronted with a new
worker/leader paradigm in which the mind and skill sets that worked in
the past no longer have the impact and results they once did.

Because of this dependency on external motivators, leaders have neglected

the most powerful and sustainable sources of motivation and
performance - the power of relationships and intrinsic motivation. RCL
integrates the sciences of emotional and social intelligence with
motivational theory to provide leaders a new and sustainable method of
building high levels of employee and customer satisfaction, engagement
and performance. RCL builds Relationally Intelligent Leaders™
Relationship - Centered Henry David Thoreau captured this best when it he said:
Leadership
is a two-day program that invites
“What lies before us and what lies behind us are small
and guides participants to go
below the surface - to go into the matters compared to what lies within us. And when we
heart of leadership and discover bring what is within us out into the world, miracles
the power of influence, happen.”
 Day-One Morning Session Day-Two Morning Session

The call to leadership - connecting with the Strengthening emotional and ethical fitness
source
This sessions focuses on the Hallmarks of
Participants will entertain the questions “Why do I Resiliency and Moral Courage
want to be a leader?” and “What are the qualities and
skills of leaders that engage people and inspire Resiliency is derived from many factors, this
performance?” session will focus on developing the ability to
tolerate emotions, increase emotional resiliency and
Participants will explore their DNA of leadership realistic optimism. These three areas and skills are
and relationships by reflecting on their personal and foundational emotional and social intelligence
career experiences with the people who have competencies that build resiliency and strengthen
influenced their leadership and relationship world relationships.
views. Articles, film clips, and activities will be used
to engage and stimulate reflection and learning. Moral Courage will focus on the process of
decision making. Outstanding leaders are able to
They will learn how and why a growth mindset and navigate and tolerate the tension between
the application of Self-Determination Theory relationship and task driven agendas. The ability to
( autonomy, mastery and purpose ) can influence and see long term, and to balance it with short term
build intrinsic motivation, relationships and pressures to make the “right” decisions. Case
exceptional performance. studies in which participants will apply their values
and ethical resolution principles will be used to
provide participants the experience and practice of
moral courage.
Day-One Afternoon Session Day-Two Afternoon Session

Communicating below the tip of the ice berg It flows from the heart and head

This session focuses on the Hallmarks of This sessions focuses on the Hallmarks of
Presencing and Purpose. Trustworthiness and Authenticity.

Presencing module will have an emphasis on how Relationship - Centered Leaders understand and
mindsets and brain functioning can assist and know how to execute their values to build trust and
interfere with one’s ability to be an active listener and demonstrate authenticity to create the conditions
in developing high performing relationships. for exceptional performance. This session focuses
on the factors that strengthen one’s
The focus is on developing the skill of empathic Trustworthiness and increasing the depth of their
listening to strengthen how we listen and respond and Authenticity.
to promote strong and committed relationships
between leaders and employees. By engaging in activities, film clips and discussions
participants will discover news levels of self-
Purpose is the cornerstone of life and leadership and awareness, which will contribute to a deeper level
high performing leaders are able to convey a higher of understanding of others. They will gain an
sense of purpose. Participants will explore the appreciation for their symbolic and functional
dimensions of purpose and will craft a working position of leader and the need to role model the
purpose statement that integrates their responses to behavior and changes they want from others.
the question, “Why do I want to be a leader?”

The Work Foundation in a recently concluded and published study on leadership “stressed that the
emphasis on people - centered leadership is particularly critical while the world is still experiencing tough
economic conditions. They point to the widespread tendency to assume that in difficult times, people think
they need powerful leaders, with a controlling, target driven approach. Yet, the evidence from the research
indicates the opposite, demonstrating that this instinct can be counter-productive.”