LEAP: Leadership Essentials, Actions, and Practices

Whether you’re a newly promoted leader or new to the district, the LEAP workshop delivers the right leadership training so you succeed, your team grows, and ultimately the district and our students succeed!

This 4 day workshop takes place over 3-4 months. LEAP is designed for leaders with 0-3 years of supervisory or management experience, who have been in their current role for 6 months or less, and have at least one direct report. Please feel free to register if you feel this course content would support you, regardless of your level of experience.

You’ll learn in a 25-30 person cohort with other new-to-their-role leaders who have various years of experience with class instructors are also workplace leaders.

Featuring content from FranklinCovey’s 6 Critical Practices for Leading a Team and Crucial Learning’s Mastering Your Dialogue.

Essential Skills:

  • Holding successful 1:1 meetings
  • Goal setting
  • Understanding communication styles
  • Delegation
  • Giving effective feedback
  • Holding difficult conversations
  • Conflict resolution.

Workshop Outcomes:

  • Communicating effectively by recognizing the communication styles of yourself and others
  • Building and maintaining relationships
  • Managing effective teams and work groups through delegation and feedback
  • Identify the assumptions you and others may bring to a difficult conversation
  • Conflict resolution skills
EligibilityIdeally leaders with 0-3 years of supervisory or management experience who have been in their current role for 6 months or less, and at least one direct report. However, if you feel you would benefit from the content, feel free to register! If you have already taken FranklinCovey’s 6 Critical Practices for Leading a Team, please do not register for this class.
Competency AlignmentCommunicating effectively, Building and maintaining relationships, Managing effective teams and work groups
DURATION3-4 months
TIME COMMITMENT4 full days over 3-4 months in person at 42 W. Madison. Must attend ALL 4 days.
APPLICATION WINDOW

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CONTACT

Questions? Email leaderdevelopment@cps.edu

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