Prof Dev: Leadership and Social/Emotional Intelligence: Making Constructive Use of Our Differences

Abstract

Leadership is all about relationships and communication; highly effective leadership is all about mastering relationships and communication. This entails acquiring mastery of both self and others – i.e., self-awareness and social-awareness. This course is designed to heighten both your emotional and social intelligence through leadership models, concepts, measures, anecdotes, statistics, and research findings.

This course includes a leadership communication measure that goes beyond highlighting strengths and potential pitfalls. Even if you have already taken the Myers Briggs measure, you will be exposed to a new application that allows you to observe and experience in real time what it means to make constructive use of your differences with others. As a practical takeaway, this process will enable you to apply the coursework on emotional and social intelligence with your own team members (and family!) following the course. No other leadership or communication measure lends itself to this fascinating process.

Finally, you will learn how permanent, positive change evolves through several leadership development change models and concepts such that you can perpetuate your learnings from today’s course. Improve all relationships of significance in your life via your ability to create buy-in, comfort in communicating uncomfortable messages, and harmony. That’s leadership.

Knowledge Base / Theory: You will leave understanding the essentials of:

• Leadership, leadership development, social/emotional intelligence: Definitions,  styles and training thereof today and yesteryear; significance for career success
• The various buzz words regarding (in)effective leadership: Social and emotional intelligence, self-awareness, authenticity, transparency, servant leadership, etc.
• How leadership is different from management and their interrelationship
• Individualistic barriers to effective leadership, communication, and relationships; what it takes to make positive changes (both the nature and stages)
• Statistics/research supporting need for leadership development: Their impact on (dis)engaged workforce, managerial effectiveness, retention, ability to motivate, etc.
• Your unique leadership communication style and your inherent strengths and weaknesses according to how you actually play out your style (assessment results)
• How others’ leadership/communication type can support or undermine yours, and how to make constructive use of those differences while capitalizing on similarities

Practicalities / Applying the Knowledge: You will leave understanding how to…

• Identify your strengths, potential limitations, and triggers to capitalize on specific communication strengths and minimize specific communication liabilities
• Identify the strengths, potential limitations, and triggers in others close to you to modify specific interpersonal relationship dynamics to optimize trust
• Start an action plan for viable positive change by using the various leadership, communication, and personality models that speak specifically to your style 
• Use your Myers Briggs type to identify what is working and not working in your relationships (i.e., communications) with others in order to commit to new specific behaviors and retiring those that are holding you (and them!) back
• Use your Myers Briggs results to 1) create buy-in, 2) establish harmony/trust,  3) manage conflict, and
• Use your Myers Briggs results to 1) optimize team performance and 2) optimize team decision-making
• Chart your journey towards positive change.

About Dr. Holly Latty-Mann

Dr. Holly Latty-Mann is president and co-founder (with the late Dr. Jim Farr) of The Leadership Trust®. She served as Executive Professor of Leadership at Wake Forest University’s School of Business and later formed alliances with Duke's Fuqua School of Business (Coach K Center on Leadership and Ethics) and North Carolina State’s Department of Organizational Behavior where she is currently extending their earlier research on (in)effective leadership behaviors.

Licensed with two doctorates, two Master’s, and an undergraduate degree in the social sciences (Social, Personality, and Clinical Psychology), Holly’s entire career has focused on helping people optimize their relationships both at work and beyond via workshops, onsite/offsite team-building retreats, and organizational development projects. Her alma maters include Duke University Medical Center, Kent State, and the University of South Carolina.

In 2016, 2015, and 2014 Holly was named a Top Thought Leader in Trust and Trustworthy Business by Trust Across America - Trust Around the World. In 2012 she co-authored her anthology Roadmap to Success with Ken Blanchard, Deepak Chopra, et al.  An author of hundreds of articles and presentations on successful interpersonal relationship dynamics, Holly guarantees her work to for-profit organizations and selectively offers her work pro bono to non-profit organizations. Accessible and approachable, Holly welcomes hearing from you at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

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