The Self-Aware Leader: Transforming Strengths into Leadership Excellence
“The Self-Aware Leader” is an immersive three-day executive education experience designed for all levels of leaders seeking to elevate their leadership effectiveness through deeper self-understanding. This transformative program guides participants through a three-part journey: first discovering their unique leadership strengths via Gallup’s Clifton Strengths assessment, then learning how effective conflict navigation and feedback delivery become leadership superpowers, and finally mastering emotional regulation to create lasting behavior change.
Participants will emerge with a comprehensive leadership profile that integrates their strengths foundation, emotional patterns, conflict approaches, and development priorities. Through interactive workshops, peer feedback, and practical application, leaders will learn to leverage their natural talents while navigating potential blind spots, ultimately transforming self-awareness into tangible leadership excellence that drives both personal and organizational success.
Who Should Attend
This program is particularly valuable for leaders navigating organizational change, managing diverse teams, or seeking to break through performance plateaus. Those who thrive in this experience are curious about their leadership identity, open to feedback, and committed to personal growth.
Personal Benefit
- Leverage your natural strengths
- Master emotional regulation
- Transform conflict into opportunity
- Break through limiting mindsets
- Create a personalized leadership roadmap
Organizational Benefit
- Develop more effective leaders
- Reduce costly leadership derailment
- Improve team dynamics and productivity
- Enhance leadership bench strength
- Drive cultural transformation
Curriculum
Day 1: Sept. 9
Leading with Strengths and Emotional Intelligence
- Understand your unique strengths profile and its impact on your leadership approach
- Identify how to intentionally leverage your strengths in leadership situations
- Recognize potential blind spots created by overreliance on certain strengths
- Develop strategies for managing blind spots without abandoning strengths
- Begin creating a strengths-based leadership development plan
Day 2: Sept. 10
Navigate Conflict and Harness the Power of Feedback
- Understand your conflict style and how this contributes to your success or lack thereof
- Identify patterns between your strengths profile and conflict style
- Develop proactive strategies to prevent conflicts
- Practice the art of giving and receiving feedback
- Build flexibility in applying different approaches based on situation
Day 3: Sept. 11
Emotional Regulation and Mindset Transformation
- Master emotional regulation techniques applicable to workplace situations
- Identify limiting mindsets that undermine your leadership effectiveness
- Master techniques for reframing mindsets to support positive behavior change
- Create a comprehensive leadership profile through AI
- Develop a detailed implementation plan with specific behavior change targets
Faculty
Dr. Andrew Loring
Clinical Associate Professor
Associate Director, Reynolds and Reynolds Sales Leadership Institute
Mays Business School
Dr. John Sanchez
Clinical Assistant Professor
Mays Business School
