Emerging Leaders
Certificate Program
The best thing about the program is that you are learning, discussing the struggles you have with the topic, creating an action plan with the new information you now have and interacting with people who are in a similar place as you (other CEOs, Executive Directors, managers, etc.). Your "homework" is to read the chapter about the subject and implement your action plan. The next meeting you are reporting to the group your successes and struggles; learning a new topic, discussing your struggles with this new topic; adapting your action plan to make adjustments where necessary and adding your new lessons learned. And so it goes throughout the year.
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Emerging Leaders - Executive Coached Program
Based on the book "Evolving Leadership & Beyond" this coached leadership development and performance improvement program takes the participant through the five levels of leadership. Participants will emerge from this coached program in a "class" of their own. They will learn in small groups learning with and from one another about personal leadership; communicating with others; leading others; leading organizations; and leading organizations that continuously teach their people to lead.
This program will set forth competencies and develop skills that great managers and leaders possess, competencies that are needed for building effective leadership capacity. Seasoned executives will hone their skills with our interactive instruction and learn some new tools to put into use. The new or up and coming manager will create their management tool kit and learn what it takes to make it to the top. The entrepreneur will learn skills needed to grow their business (inwardly) and add value for their clients (outwardly).
Once a group is formed we will set a schedule of one 2-hour meeting each month for 12 months. During each meeting we will discuss a topic and share some of the successes and struggles we each have had with this topic. We will then learn more about the topic and will set a plan of action to be followed and reported on at our next meeting together. We will help participants adjust their plan of action and learn about a new topic. This format will continue each month for a year. The levels of leadership are:
- Level I Leadership - Personal Leadership - Before you lead others you must learn to master yourself. Managing your own time effectively and developing your own personal mission and vision is critical to this first step. You will also learn about the importance of setting goals that are in alignment with your mission and vision and how to tie them to your company's mission and vision. Planning for setbacks helps to overcome the problems that arise when things don't go according to plan.
- Level II Leadership - Communicating with Others - The next step to emerging as a leader is to develop your communication skills and learn how to adapt to the communication (or learning) styles of others. You will develop a style of communication that will lead to a greater understanding of yourself and those around you. Clear understanding and communication is essential to successfully leading others.
- Level III Leadership - Leading Others - Rising in your knowledge of leadership you will begin to lead others in a manner that has been redefined. It begins with an understanding of others and transcends into an understanding of human nature and behavior that will allow you to share your passion and insights with others and learn as much from that interaction as you give.
- Level IV Leadership - Leading Organizations - Learning to lead an organization can be frightening if you expect to know all the answers. Learning to develop those around you will enable you to lead your organization into the future with the confidence that you are going in the right direction and taking others with you, developing them to become the future leaders of the organization.
- Level V Leadership - Leading Organizations that Continuously Teach Their People to Lead - Lastly you will learn what it takes to lead change instead of having change lead you. You will engage those around you to embrace the change and create a better workplace environment because of it. You will learn what it takes to be a leader in the new century; to lead your organization to be more profitable, among the best in its industry and in the world, one that retains the best people, and one that continuously develops leaders at all levels of the organization.
Pricing is $250 down and $150 per month for 12 months for a total of $2,050.00 per person. Multiple participants from one company may be eligible for a price break. This price includes all materials and meeting.
Coaches:
Stanly P DeAngelis, AIA
Nationally reknown speaker, author, creator of WorkPlace Dynamics Inc. and co-creator of Emerging Leaders Stanley P. DeAngelis, AIA has over 25 years of experience in creating results for companies. He has created successful strategies for high performing teams and companies including his own architectural firm, Vision III Architects. He is able to engage the people he is leading whether it is as the leader of the company, a coach, or as the trainer for another company's team. Stanley brings a unique perspective to the training and development field with his hands on approach. He is also known as an "occupational architect". With his background in architecture, organizational design, workflow design, leadership development and facilitation, he inspires people by working with their organizations to help them engage their employees, refine their space and accomplish the same level of success that he has achieved.
Stanley founded WorkPlace Dynamics, Inc., based on his core belief that everyone has a special gift to contribute to his or her home, workplace and community and that it's the organization's role to create an environment that recognizes these gifts and allows them to flourish. He started this company after seeing the power that his workplace philosophies had unleashed in his former company, Vision III Architects. As founding partner and CEO he took this firm in 10 years, from the basement of his home to the 7th fastest growing company in RI, employing 30 people with annual billings of $3.5 million.
He attributes this success to the varied programs he was able to implement within the company to develop and fully engage his employees. His workplace philosophies along with the programs he instituted had a direct and extremely positive impact on the growth of that firm.
Stanley holds a Bachelor of Architecture from Case Western Reserve University and is a registered architect.
Debbie-Jo Horton
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Nationally reknown speaker, author, co-owner of WorkPlace Dynamics Inc. and co-creator of Emerging Leaders Debbi-Jo Horton a retired CPA, has over 25 years of experience in business development and small business taxation & legislation expertise. Debbi-Jo's success has been noted on a national level. She has been called upon numerous times to testify in Congress on issues that effect small business. Her strategy for high performing companies included her own accounting firm, DJ Horton & Associates. She is able to coach and mentor the owners of the companies to make the appropriate and necessary adjustments in their business plans that enable the engagement of their people to lead them to higher levels of success. She is able to gather people of various expertises to bring a holistic approach to the business of developing people and companies. She is a leader whether it is as the leader of the company, a coach, or as the facilitator of a team of business development specialists. Debbi-Jo brings a unique perspective to the training and development field with her hands on approach.
Debbi-Jo founded DJ Horton & Associates and its business development team, based on her core belief that everyone has a unique gift to contribute. She started to harness those gifts and bring them together to strengthen those contributions to the benefit of one's workplace and community. Debbi-Jo's approach to business is very hands on and down to earth. She does not depict your stereotypical CPA. She goes beyond the numbers to view the business issues on a much broader scale and to engage the workforce to go above and beyond their current visioning to see the multitude of possibilities that await them. After 11 years of success Debbi-Jo sold her practice to achieve a longtime dream of developing a very creative center in which businesses could grow and prosper. A kind of center where stretching one's imagination and engaging others to help achieve a vision was commonplace. She joined WorkPlace Dynamics to achieve that dream.
Debbi-Jo holds a Bachelor of Arts from Bryant College and is a retired Certified Public Accountant.
