Becoming a good HPO-manager for all your staff

In this interactive training, managers explore the “two legs” of their leadership and reflect on ways to elevate their leadership to the next level. Scientific insights from High Performance Organizations (HPO) and neuroscience are combined with practical examples, challenging cases, and exercises. The result? Participants gain a deeper understanding of their leadership style and leave with concrete ideas and actions to enhance safety, inclusion, diversity, AND results within their team.

Length: 3 hours

Program – Key Topics:

1. The leader as a tightrope dancer

• What makes leadership particularly challenging today?
• The four most important predictors of effective leadership.
• Self-reflection: what are your strengths as a leader, and where are your growth opportunities?

2. The two legs of strong leadership

• Daring and caring: why do you need both?
• What is your strongest leadership leg?
• Inspiring examples and compelling research.

3. Diversity and inclusion: essential for leaders and long lasting results

• Why diversity makes teams stronger, even when it doesn’t always feel that way.
• The diversity paradox: opportunities and pitfalls.
• The role of unconscious biases, privileges, and group dynamics.

4. The power of an inclusive team

• How does inclusion contribute to better performance and greater happiness at work?
• How inclusion helps attract and retain diverse talent.
• The devastating impact of exclusion: examples and statistics.
• Micro-aggressions and micro-inclusions: recognizing, addressing, and shifting behaviors.
• Making safety and unwanted behavior discussable within your team.

5. Collaboration in diverse teams

• How do people from different backgrounds build strong teams?
• Cultural differences and the power of connection.

6. Leadership awareness and action plan

• The four stages of leadership awareness: where do you stand?
• Reflecting on your own cases and challenges.
• Practical tips with significant impact: what can you start doing today?
• Future goals: where do you want to be in six months, and what support do you need?

Trainer: Esther Mollema

Target audience

This masterclass fits those who want to learn more about inclusive HPO leadership, including managers, team leaders, HR, managers training programs and executives.

Please contact Robert Smit for more information

Tailor-made

Together with our customers, we create bespoke training courses that support the learning goals of your team and/or organisation. Customisation is what we do by designing and organising programs that are 100% in line with the wishes and objectives of our customers. We help you and your team or organisation to gain more insight and to translate that into a better result. We like to think along with you, design interventions and help you achieve the desired result.