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“AQ for Leaders” (Full-Day). When it comes to today’s adversity-rich environment, leadership competencies only go so far. Many of the most “competent” leaders fall short in the face of adversity.

Tough times are the true test of every leader. When are you at your best? How effectively do you make decisions, solve problems, innovate, keep cool, remain focused, execute and lead others in the most difficult circumstances?

Today’s leaders must successfully guide their people through good times and bad, through smooth terrain and adversity.

The Leadership Vision

Your leaders now possess, demonstrate, and operate with a superior level of resilience. Their ability to respond effectively to whatever comes their way inspires new levels of agility, innovation, and performance. They generate possibilities in even the worst circumstances, inspiring those around them to take on uncommon levels of accountability, and execute effectively. The new “excuse-free” environment invites others to step up and get things done.

Program Description

The high-energy, high-involvement program dispels many of the common assumptions about leadership and equips leaders with the real-time tools and mindset required to inspire the best in others, even in the worst of times. The program consists of four modules:

Discovery. The day begins with the major revelation that a person’s leadership AQ has a profound ripple effect upon his or her team and enterprise. We explore the gap between conventional assumptions about leadership effectiveness and what it takes to demonstrate exceptional resilience. Self-assessment, discussion, and challenges create a wisdom-packed morning.

Measurement. Participants measure, graph, and interpret their “leadership AQ,” with full results, metrics, and implications for becoming a more resilient leader.

Improvement. We apply and practice advanced, leadership-level, AQ-improvement skills at the individual, dyadic, and team levels. Participants learn and demonstrate the dramatic contrast between normal- and high-AQ leadership.

Integration. Participants explore ways to integrate the AQ leadership principles and practices into their existing culture, processes, systems, and business imperatives... and compelling opportunities to weave AQ into existing values, norms, and desired outcomes.

Outcomes

Leaders who complete the AQ for Leaders program:

	Demonstrate greater resilience, agility, and “response ability” in their own decisions and behavior

	Implement the AQ-building tools within all their key relationships

	Apply the team AQ tools to create more productive, inclusive, energizing meetings

	Generate greater possibilities, solutions, and innovation, even in the most trying circumstances

	Help their people focus and capitalize on their “moments-of-truth”

	Measurably improve performance and engagement, while reducing stress and blame

	Strengthen accountability

Making it Stick—Reinforcing the Tools

Participants engage in a “leaders’ climb” for 90 days immediately following the completion of the 1-day session. This e-mail and web-driven process requires them to reinforce, apply, and build their leadership AQ skills along the way. All leaders have the opportunity to measure their progress 90 days after the session to measure how far they have come and identify areas they have left to work on going forward.