"First day...New job...Now what?" Gregory's transformational journey started on the day he was promoted to lead goose.
First time leaders to C-suite executives have identified with Gregory's story. And now you can learn Gregory's leadership secret.
Created by Judith Glaser, author of Creating We and The DNA of Leadership, this in-depth workshop includes an animated video, comprehensive Facilitator's Guide and a PowerPoint Presentation. Select the "Support Materials" tab above to view the complete guide and PowerPoint Presentation.
The Leadership Secret of Gregory Goose is a fresh way to understand how sharing power releases the leadership instincts in others.
The Learning Objectives of the workshop are:
Identify the difference between old leadership and new leadership (positional power vs. relational power)
Examine feelings and beliefs about leadership and how to make the shift from power-over to power-with leadership
Create inclusive vital conversations and practices in the workplace to strengthen relationships with direct reports, peers and colleagues and to achieve business results
Develop an action plan for expanding inclusive and co-creative leadership practices and conversations in the workplace.
A great companion to a performance management system.by Reviewer of Training Med (Cambridge, MA)
Jun 21, 2008
I recommend this as a resource, especially for the coaching of brand new supervisors or managers. Often those of us who are leadership “experts” think that everyone else has been reading all the latest books and research about leadership and so we think common sense practices are, well, common sense.
However, in addition to introducing some contradictory thinking that surrounds leadership, I think that Glaser helps the new leader develop his or her vocabulary and pay attention to key concepts about how leadership has changed over the years.
The Leadership Secret of Gregory Goose™
Workshop
What is The Leadership Secret of Gregory Goose™ workshop?
To reach our next level of greatness, depends on the quality of our culture,
which depends on the quality of our relationships,
which depends on the quality of our conversations.
Everything happens through conversation!
The Leadership Secret of Gregory Goose is a half day or full day workshop for any organization or group of people who wish to define and strengthen their Leadership DNA.
While the world agrees that "command and control" leadership is the dinosaur of the past, many of us disagree on what new leadership is all about. Is it about hard and soft? Is it hubris or humility? Is it visionary or heroic? Many executives - both men and women - fear that giving up toughness means letting go of results.
In this provocative session, leaders will learn that there is another emerging framework - that finally speaks to a "new order" of inclusion, candor and interdependence. Executives will understand that when we move on from "command and control," we do not step into the soft and mushy. Instead, by uniting candor and caring we step into a new level of greatness energized by demand and desire.
Learn what this looks like and how to give more of your real self in an interaction - and in a relationship. In this highly interactive session, leaders will engage in vital conversations and experience what "really" happens when people talk with each other. Come prepared to see and experience yourself as a leader in a whole new light. Everything happens through conversation.
What will it help us do?
The Leadership Secret of Gregory Goose workshop will help you develop the leadership awareness that you need for shaping environments to bring out the best in yourself and others. You will...
Identify the difference between old leadership and new leadership (positional power vs. relational power)
Create new distinctions about vital leadership such as: power-with and power-over, inclusive rather than exclusive leadership, appreciative rather than judgmental, sharing rather than withholding, generative rather than conventional, developmental rather than dictatorial, and celebratory rather than punishing
Learn how to make the shift from power-over to power-with "in the moment"
Learn how to create workplace environments filled with inclusive vital conversations and practices that strengthen relationships with direct reports, peers and colleagues to achieve business results
Develop an action plan for expanding inclusive and co-creative leadership practices and conversations in the workplace.
What skills will I learn by participating in The Leadership Secret of Gregory Goose workshop?
Judith believes that leadership success comes from a leader's ability to see the connection between intention and impact. When leaders are only focused on intention, they drive their own agenda. When leaders recognize how their beliefs and behavior impact others, they gain mastery over their own ability to create success with others. Glaser's highly dynamic, interactive and experiential group process techniques helps CEOs "make the invisible visible," by providing executives with insights into their leadership state of mind. Many programs discuss leadership attributes. Glaser's program draws on the power of coaching to give leaders tools and techniques that enable them to gain personal insights and to take these back with them to apply every day.
Participants will leave with the ability to shift from I-centric into We-centric leadership states of mind, to connect intention and impact, to transform breakdowns into breakthroughs, and to coach themselves in real-time through their leadership challenges.
Leaders will take away the 3 Key principles for Creating Success in Organizations, the Language of Leadership, Leadership DNA , the Practices of Successful Leader, as well as many valuable insights that can be used as a daily reference of the techniques covered during the presentation.
Why is this important?
Too often we think of leadership in terms of old style leadership attributes such as strong and courageous which can easily lead a person to become a power-over others rather than power-with others. In my coaching practice, many of the leaders that "detail" demonstrate the "I-centric" model rather than a "we-centric" model of leadership.
This program helps new leaders, and existing leaders have the benefit of working with a seasoned "coach" who can help them see what good leadership looks like, feels like and really is. When leaders gain self-awareness and can make leader shifts when they are much more able to create workplaces that inspire leadership in others.
What is the difference between the Leadership Secret of Gregory Goose half day and full day workshops?
The half day session will introduce participants to the concepts of I-centric and We-centric leadership along with power-over and power-with. Participants will have a chance to work together to understand and shape their conversation for co-creation.
During the half day session participants will have an opportunity to:
View The Leadership Secret of Gregory Goose DVD
Watch video clips of people in conversation to "deconstruct" the conversations and understand how to make a leader shift.
Work together on Inclusive behaviors and practices as well as phrases
During the full day session participants will have an opportunity to:
Do all of the above
Watch a few additional video clips of people in conversation to ?deconstruct? the conversations and understand how to make a leader shift.
Learn a co-creating practice to talk back to the workplace
Experiment with "real-plays" which are real situations from their own work environments
Create individual action plans
Additional Materials
Participants will each get a copy of Judith Glaser's books: Creating We & The DNA of Leadership
How many participants can attend a workshop?
The ideal workshop size is 25 - 30 participants. The maximum number for a workshop is 35. For larger groups, it is recommended that you divide the group and offer multiple sessions. Two half day workshops can be offered in a single day.
Are Keynote Presentations also available?
Yes, keynote presentations (60 - 90 min) are motivating, engaging and give executives provocative insights about their leadership within shorter time frames or with larger audiences. The Leadership Secret of Gregory Goose keynote presentations are ideal for meetings or conferences in these areas:
Leadership
Communication
Teamwork
Coaching and Mentoring
Leadership Development
Keynote attendees will be moved and energized to "change one thing" and "change everything."
About Judith E. Glaser
Judith E. Glaser is one of the most innovative and pioneering change agents and executive coaches in the consulting industry. She considers herself an Organizational Anthropologist, working with clients at the intersection of culture, leadership and brand. In 1980 she founded Benchmark Communications, Inc., a firm that works with CEOs and their teams helping them focus on competitive challenges in a world of moving targets ? with a direct line of site to the customer.
Her two books Creating WE: Change I-Thinking to We-Thinking & Build a Healthy Thriving Organization and The DNA of Leadership (Platinum Press, an imprint of Adams Media), made Amazon Business Book Best Seller Lists in 2005 and 2006, and were also selected by both Forbes and Business Book Review as two of the top business books of 2005 and 2006. Creating WE has been translated into Chinese, Korean, Spanish and Russian, and The DNA of Leadership has been translated into Spanish.
She has appeared on the NBC Today Show, ABC World News, Fox News Channel, News 12 Connecticut, NY 1, Martha Stewart Show and the Family Network talking about We-Centric Leadership, Bully Bosses and Culture Transformation. She has been quoted many times in the NY Times, WSJ, Crain's, Newsday, Star Ledger, Harvard Management Review, AMA World and other print media talking about her Revolutionary Workplace Approaches. She is contributing Editor of Executive Excellence Magazine and is listed in the Excellence 100 Consultants.
Judith is a principle Faculty Member and Board Member of The Liminal Group. She served as an Adjunct Professor at Wharton, visiting guest speaker at Kellogg, Loyola, University of Chicago, NYU, IIT and others. She was awarded the Benno Curtis Entrepreneur of the Year and Quality Consultant Award. She is currently on the boards of The We Are Family Foundation, WITH (Woman in Transition Helping and Healing), and was a founding member of The Executive Woman's Business Forum. She was awarded Business Woman of the Year in New York City in 2004, and in 2006 she was inducted into the Temple University Gallery of Success. Other Books: Random House Book of Business Terms; Ultimate Power; Discovering the Power of We.
Judith E. Glaser is one of the most innovative and pioneering change agents and executive coaches in the consulting industry. She considers herself an Organizational Anthropologist, working with clients at the intersection of culture, leadership and brand. In 1980 she founded Benchmark Communications, Inc., a firm that works with CEOs and their teams helping them focus on competitive challenges in a world of moving targets - with a direct line of site to the customer.
Her two books Creating WE: Change I-Thinking to We-Thinking & Build a Healthy Thriving Organization and The DNA of Leadership (Platinum Press, an imprint of Adams Media ) , made Amazon Business Book Best Seller Lists in 2005 and 2006, and were also selected by both Forbes and Business Book Review as two of the top business books of 2005 and 2006. Creating WE has been translated into Chinese, Korean, Spanish and Russian, and The DNA of Leadership has been translated into Spanish.
She has appeared on the NBC Today Show, ABC World News, Fox News Channel, News 12 Connecticut, NY 1, Martha Stewart Show and the Family Network talking about We-Centric Leadership, Bully Bosses and Culture Transformation. She has been quoted many times in the NY Times, WSJ, Crain's, Newsday, Star Ledger, Harvard Management Review, AMA World and other print media talking about her Revolutionary Workplace Approaches. She is contributing Editor of Executive Excellence Magazine and is listed in the Excellence 100 Consultants.
Working with her team, leaders learn to partner with each other and with customers to set and achieve new benchmarks for success. Through a wide range of services and innovative technologies including enterprise and executive coaching, strategic consulting, and interactive workshops leaders also learn to reshape their company's genetic code, by "grafting" new practices into their patterns of engagement - resulting in higher levels of profitability, expanded market share, engaged leadership and a renewed vision for the future. Our innovative processes lead to breakthroughs, enabling leaders to redefine challenges, rethink strategies, reinvent new products and services, leverage mergers and acquisitions and create new business models that drive profitability and growth.
Benchmark's clients span a wide variety of industries including pharmaceuticals, fashion, retail, consumer goods, finance, technology, communication, consulting, entertainment and manufacturing. These include clients such as: Clairol, Inc., Reed Elsevier, Merrill Lynch, Siemens, Pfizer, Coach, Inc., Liz Claiborne, Lipton, VeriSign, Thomson, Novartis, Verizon, Citibank, Donna Karan International, Champion International and Exide Technologies.
She earned a B.A. from Temple University in Interdisciplinary Studies, and an M.S. in Human Behavior & Development from Drexel University, where she was a Research Fellow. She has earned credits from Harvard University's Bales School of Social Relations, with a focus on Organizational Studies. She later received a Master's Certificate in Corporate and Political Communications from Fairfield University.
Judith is a principle Faculty Member and Board Member of The Liminal Group. She served as an Adjunct Professor at Wharton, visiting guest speaker at Kellogg, Loyola, University of Chicago, NYU, IIT and others. She was awarded the Benno Curtis Entrepreneur of the Year and Quality Consultant Award. She is currently on the boards of The We Are Family Foundation, WITH (Woman in Transition Helping and Healing), and was a founding member of The Executive Woman's Business Forum. She was awarded Business Woman of the Year in New York City in 2004, and in 2006 she was inducted into the Temple University Gallery of Success.
Keynote Topics
Co-creating Lessons from Successful Leaders
When we explore case studies of successful leaders, we often find that they have been faced with incredible challenges bigger than what they can handle alone. Creating engagement and releasing passion are vital to the success of an organization. Equally important is to balance candor and caring. In this interactive session leaders will have the opportunity to share and work on real life challenges in creating companies everyone wants to work in.
Vital Conversations
The quality of the culture depends on the quality of relationships, which depend on the quality of conversations. Everything happens through conversation. In this hands-on session, participants will ?deconstruct? conversations to uncover what happens in conversations that turns us on, turns us off, and causes us to discover our potential or get stuck in the past. We will use ?real-plays? to help leaders discover new ways to converse with power, influence and positive impact.
Deciphering the Language of Leadership
As we talk with others, we are not only talking about information/content, we are also negotiating for power and influence. Encoded in every conversation is a language of leadership ? both positional and personal ? that establishes a contract from which we operate with others. Learn how to see the code, change the code and create powerful partnerships in the process.
