The Leadership Challenge :: Pre-Conference Workshops

Pre-Conference Workshops

The Leadership Challenge: Public Workshop
August 3-4, 2010, San Diego Hotel & Marina, San Diego, CA

The Student Leadership Challenge: Facilitator Certification
August 3-4, 2010, Sheraton San Diego Hotel & Marina, San Diego, CA

The Leadership Challenge: Public Workshop
August 3-4, 2010, Sheraton San Diego Hotel & Marina, San Diego, CA

The Leadership Challenge® Workshop is a unique, intensive, and highly interactive program that consistently receives rave reviews from attendees. It has served as a catalyst for profound leadership transformations in organizations of all sizes and in all industries. Participants experience and apply The Five Practices leadership model through video cases, workbook exercises, group problem-solving tasks, lectures, and outdoor action learning. Quite often we hear workshop attendees describe how The Leadership Challenge is more than a training event. In many cases they talk about how it changed their lives. It's a bold statement, we know, but we've watched it happen time after time, leader after leader. For more information about The Leadership Challenge® Workshop please visit www.leadershipchallenge.com.

What you will receive:

A two-day Leadership Challenge® Workshop, a highly experiential workshop that focuses on The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership®, developed from the original and proven research of bestselling authors Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner
Participant's Workbook (167 pages)
The Leadership Challenge (4th edition) book
The on-line Leadership Practices Inventory (assessment tool) for one Self and up to ten "Observer" respondents (direct reports, manager, co-workers, etc.). Participants receive confidential feedback relating to the frequency of their use of The Five Practices.
Other standard program materials and takeaways
Experiential activities (indoor)
A truly memorable experience, with lessons that stick

Benefits and Outcomes:

If people are to become leaders, they must believe that they can be a positive force in the world. But some management scholars claim that leaders have little impact on organizations, that other forces—internal or external to the organization—are the determinants of success. Our evidence strongly demonstrates quite the contrary. Managers, individual contributors, volunteers, pastors, government administrators, teachers, school principals, students, and other leaders who use The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership® more frequently are seen by others as better leaders. For example:

They're more effective in meeting job-related demands.
They're more successful in representing their units to upper management.
They create higher-performing teams.
They foster renewed loyalty and commitment.
They increase motivational levels and willingness to work hard.
They promote higher levels of involvement in schools.
They enlarge the size of their congregations.
They raise more money and expand gift-giving levels.
They extend the range of their agency's services.
They reduce absenteeism, turnover, and dropout rates.
They possess high degrees of personal credibility.

In addition, people working with leaders who demonstrate The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership® are significantly more satisfied with the actions and strategies of their leaders, and they feel more committed, excited, energized, influential, and powerful. In other words, the more people engage in the practices of exemplary leaders, the more likely it is that they'll have a positive influence on others in the organization.

Registration Information:

Cost: $1,499 for attendees of The Leadership Challenge Forum (you will be charged one rate of $2,148 which covers registration for both events, a savings of $500.) and $1,999 for public workshop only.

Includes: All materials listed above, two breakfasts, two lunches, and snack.

Registration: Click here to register

Cancellation Policy:
Full refunds, less a $100 cancellation fee, will be made if the cancellation notice is received 30 days or more prior to the event. Cancellations less than 30 days prior to the event are not permitted, however substitutions are permitted if enough time remains before the event. Failure to attend the event without notice results in liability for the entire event fee.

Hotel Accommodations:

The Sheraton San Diego Hotel & Marina, San Diego, CA is proud to host The Leadership Challenge and The Leadership Challenge Workshop. Click here for hotel information.

The Student Leadership Challenge Facilitator Certification Program
Six 1-hour online synchronous classes plus a live 2-day face-to-face immersion workshop on August 3-4, 2010, Sheraton San Diego Hotel & Marina, San Diego, CA

Teaching leadership to students presents its own unique opportunities and challenges. This certification program enables teachers, educators and administrators in higher and secondary education to become immersed in The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership—the core of The Student Leadership Challenge®—and develop a level of expertise aligned with the depth and integrity of The Leadership Challenge® brand. To achieve certification participants must satisfactorily complete all steps of the program as described below.

Step 1: Attend six 1-hour online classes through which you will:

Develop a deep understanding and ability to communicate The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership by Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner
Learn about the twenty-five years of research that generated and continue to support the Five Practices
Complete the Student LPI Online to assess the frequency of your own leadership behavior
Learn to administer, interpret, and explain Student LPI results to your students
Complete an assessment at the conclusion of the courses to demonstrate knowledge competency

Step 2: Complete pre-work prior to moving on to Step 3. This includes preparation for delivering a small sample of The Student Leadership Challenge during the immersion workshop, along with an outline of the program to be developed during the workshop.

Attend a two-day face-to-face immersion workshop where you will:

Discover and practice facilitating experiential learning tools and activities for each of The Five Practices
Develop your own modularized agenda for teaching the Five Practices, customized to your program or institution
Complete a Final Project to demonstrate that you can effectively communicate and train the Five Practices. Through satisfactory completion of this process and final project, you will earn the title Certified Student Leadership Challenge Facilitator

All participants will receive:

The Student Leadership Challenge book
The on-line Student Leadership Practices Inventory (assessment tool) for one Self and unlimited "Observer" respondents. Participants receive confidential feedback relating to the frequency of their use of The Five Practices
Other standard program materials and takeaways
Experiential activities
The opportunity to become a Certified Facilitator for the Student Leadership Challenge upon successful completion of the program and a final project.
Membership and ongoing support of a community of facilitators, including tips and tricks, early exposure to new materials as they are developed by the publishers, etc.

Registration Information:

Online courses will begin June 22nd and will run through July 27th (click here for complete schedule and description of each class). After registration, you will be contacted by a Certification Program Administrator to gain access to the course site.

Cost:$850 for those also attending The Leadership Challenge Forum (you will be charged one rate of $1,499 which covers registration for both events, a savings of $350.) $1200 for Certification Program only.

Includes: All materials listed above, two breakfasts, two lunches, and snack.

Registration: Registration is limited to 35 people and will be first-come, first-served. Due to popular demand, we have extended the registration deadline until June 21, 2010. Please be aware that registrants signing up from this date on will not have their completed SLPI in time for the start of the online classes, however you are still welcome to start the course with the group.
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Cancellation Policy
If you cancel prior to June 10, 2010 you will receive a full refund minus a $200 cancellation fee.

Cancellations after June 10, 2010 will receive no refund, though you may find someone else to attend in your place as long as the same person completes the entire process, or you may transfer to a future session.

Hotel Accommodations:

The Sheraton San Diego Hotel & Marina, San Diego, CA is proud to host The Leadership Challenge and the Student Leadership Challenge Certification Workshop. Click here for hotel information.