Emerge as the leader you are! 2023206F

Date and time

Wednesday October 25 2023, 9.30 am to 3.30 pm

Delivery mode

In person at ISV, 40 Rosslyn St, West Melbourne

Audience 

Middle Leaders, those taking on Middle Leadership roles in 2024

Description

This masterclass, based on Gavin Grift’s new book Emerge, will encourage participants to apply the self-knowledge gained from the day to move them closer to their own mission for leading. Participants will learn more about their ingrained dispositions, motivations, and physiological responses to help them grow their emotional intelligence when leading others. They will have potential blind spots illuminated and be encouraged to do something valuable with those as they come to view both problems and people as their greatest opportunity for growth.

You will come away with tools and resources to grow as a leader and learn to overcome five common pain points:

•       The pleaser – overcome the need to be liked
•       The ostrich – overcome the overwhelm of constant change
•       The imposter – overcome self-limiting beliefs
•       The dynamo – overcome constraints on our time
•       The judge and juror – overcome difficult people at work

Gavin Grift has once again sprinkled his magic on the page to create Emerge, a must read for middle leaders and those who mentor and support them. A self described ‘conduit’ between the middle leader and the experience of thousands of leaders, Grift generously invites the middle leader into a journey of self awareness, readily sharing wise insights to enable leadership growth.  The use of personal experience, an invitation to reflect and quality questions in the Emerge exercises at the end of each chapter (Grift is the consummate coach, after all), provide the middle leader with a well structured learning guide to build capability, tackle common challenges and overcome the traits that can sometimes block the leader’s confidence.  Almost as good as participating in a Grift workshop!

Sue Kennedy‑Branford

Assistant Director – People, Leadership and Culture, Catholic Education South Australia                                     

Key takeaways               

• opportunity to dig deeper to identify what kind of leader you are - or want to be - and what you want to work on
• tips to improve your skills to lead and manage conflict productively and positively
• greater awareness of the importance of trust when working with others and use this knowledge in the development of your relationships
• understanding of the importance of frameworks for leadership and adult learning theory
• understanding of the characteristics of effective meetings in building a productive, harmonious team
• communication tools and skills to develop professional relationships and higher performing teams.

Presenter information

Gavin Grift        

Gavin Grift is the Founder and CEO of Grift Education. Gavin’s passion, commitment, humour and highly engaging style have made him one of Australia’s most in-demand presenters. Through his keynotes, seminars, and coaching services, Gavin connects with national and international audiences on how to cultivate authentic collaboration, build success in others and genuinely commit to reflective practice. His belief in the development of defined professional autonomy for educators both challenge and connect the head and heart of his audiences. Having taught in schools and coached educators for over 25 years, Gavin understands the specific challenges teachers face. He is one of Thinking Collaborative’s most in demand Cognitive Coaching Trainers, having delivered the Cognitive Coaching Seminar® for the past 15 years, working across three continents. As a leading Hawker Brownlow Education author he has combined his beliefs, research and experiences on the importance of collaboration and coaching to co-author numerous books including 5 Ways of Being, Teachers as Architects of Learning, Transformative Talk, and Collaborative Teams that Work.