Managing Self + Up // Leadership Programs
Learning Objectives
This hands-on one day workshop is designed to provide leaders with the capability to better manage their priorities and their manager.
By the end of this workshop participants will be able to:
- Assess their current mindset and approach to time management
- Apply prioritization filters in order to manage time more effectively
- Recognize the difference between activity and productivity driven behaviors
- Identify opportunities to more effectively manage their time by keeping the “monkey” with its owner
- Select time management best practices to apply
- Define the importance of managing up effectively
- Assess their knowledge about their manager
- Identify their manager’s persuasion and communication style
- Apply the PCAN model when speaking to their manager
- Articulate strategies for managing up
- Describe their role in organizational communication
- Evaluate the impact of one-way vs. two-way communication
PROGRAM FLOW
KEY CONTENT AREAS
Welcome
- Introduction
- Learning objectives
Time Management Mindset
- Assessment
- Rotter’s continuum
- Control, influence and concern
Priority Setting
- Billy’s Homework activity
- Urgency and importance
- Application
Managing Monkeys
- Definition
- Scenarios
Jungle Fire Experiential Activity
- Information
- Goal setting
- Planning
- Activity vs. productivity
Managing Up
- We teach people how to treat us
- Definition and value
- B.O.S.S.
Build Rapport
- Persuasion and communication
- Who’s the Boss assessment
Offer Solutions
- PCAN
Share Effectively
- Information, input or decision
Stay Aligned
- Dealing with feedback
Organizational Communication
- Your role – The mud level
- Whisper Down the Lane activity
- Buttermilk activity
- Three challenges