Many of us have invested heavily in developing ourselves as leaders. We have learned a great deal about what it takes to be an effective leader and we are committed to using what we’ve learned. But there’s a new challenge. How do we effectively put the principles and practices we’ve learned to use in the virtual arena where we find ourselves? How do the principle and practices translate in the web2.0 space? How do we have impact in a world where we seldom see our constituents, but must engage them in the vision and values that we hold?
L.I.V.E.: Leading in the Virtual Environment™
is a curriculum is designed to address that challenge. It is a series of programs that pick up and support leaders where they left off with their leadership development training. Most of us will be trying to apply our leadership skills in virtual scenarios, using delivery channels not covered in traditional leadership training. These channels new and changing all the time and offer great opportunity for leaders. This program series will help you take the principles and practices you’ve explored and committed to and try them out in this new arena. These channels also offer great opportunity for the leader who is willing to explore them
L.I.V.E. Core Principles:
- To be effective as a leader, you must be clear on your vision and values.
- To effectively lead in the virtual environment, you must engage your constituents in a new ways: you must meet them where they are.
- The most effective leaders seek feedback. In the virtual environment this feedback is abundant. How you incorporate it will determine your success as a leader in this environment.
- As leader, you must come across in virtual channels as compelling and consistent.
Benefits and Outcomes: In these programs, you will
- Clarify your values as a leader and the vision you hold for the future.
- Identify the audience you wish to engage and analyze where they reside virtually.
- Understand and explore basic virtual channels available to you.
- Develop a plan for communicating your vision in a virtual channel.
- Develop a plan for shaping your image as a leader in virtual channels.
- Build a virtual application.
- Get feedback on your effectiveness as a leader in the virtual environment.
Target Audience:
- Leaders who are eager to extend their leadership capacity.
- Leaders wishing to develop their skills in using virtual tools.
- Leaders who want to establish their voice in the virtual environment.
Program descriptions:
L.I.V.E. Basics
An introduction to the issues and opportunities facing those who chose to lead in the virtual environment. Participants should have a good understanding of themselves as leaders, what they value, what their vision is for the future and what they consider their leadership style. Armed with that information, they will explore the challenges of developing and nurturing these qualities in an environment with unique qualities and challenges. Participants will learn to assess their constituency’s involvement in the virtual space and explore the opportunities they see to use web2.0 technologies to be increasingly effective as leaders. They will have the opportunity to design and develop a virtual application (a blog, a podcast, a socal network, a webinar, etc.) and will have the opportunity to get feedback on that application and test their own readiness to use that feedback to improve their leadership capacity.
Delivery format: currently available as a traditional workshop with online support.
Blended learning approach available in 4th quarter ’09.
E.I. L.I.V.E.
This program focuses on the results of the EQI instrument and exploring the implications of those results for those who lead predominantly in a virtual environment. Participants will use their results to challenge themselves by examining opportunities available using web2.0 technologies. They will develop an application they believe addresses an issue they have identified from the EQI and test it out with the group.
Delivery format: currently available as a traditional workshop with online support.
Blended learning approach available in 2010.
Showing Up L.I.V.E.
This program is intended for executives who are refining their online “appearance”. How someone shows up online has a big impact on potential constituents Whether they present via streamed video, audio only recordings, as avatars, or any combination, image is a very big part of the reality of how they are viewed as a leader. What can you do to insure the image you put out to your constituents is in line with image you have of yourself as a leader. Each participant will have the opportunity for 1-1 coaching on their voice, their video delivery, their “look” online. Each participant will have the opportunity to adjust that image and test it in a web2.0 application.
Program Delivery Format options include customized onsite with online support and customized offsites with web support.
For more information: Contact Beth High, HighRoad Consulting, highroadconsulting@gmail.com, or visit www.OnLeadershipOnline.com