This document provides an overview of an executive leadership program. The program will cover leadership essentials and practices, emotional intelligence, critical thinking, ethics and conflict resolution. It will involve self-reflection exercises. The goal is to help participants develop leadership skills and become better leaders by focusing on inner work, situational leadership, and developing an action plan to improve after the program.

1. Welcome to Your Program THE LEADERSHIP EXCELLENCE PROGRAM FOR EXECUTIVES Facilitator: Rami S. Kantari PARTNER & Senior Consultant Certified in Neuro-Linguistic Programming NLP Meirc Training & Consulting

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4. Before We Begin Title / Department # of subordinates Years of Experience Type of Experience (or Area of Specialty) Expectation(s) from this program? What makes you happy in life? Or what is happiness to you?

5. Learning = Living Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever

6. Leadership Essentials Leadership: Why, Who, What Leadership & Management Leadership Practices

7. Leadership Practices Model the Way Challenge the Process Inspire Shared Vision Enable Others to Act Encourage the Heart

8. Vision without action is merely a dream. Action without vision just passes the time. Vision PLUS action can change the world. Joel Barker

9. How We Learn Leadership

10. Know Yourself - Inner Work Brings into awareness all of who we are Helps break habitual patterns Taps into a well-spring of insight and inner wisdom Contributes to improved focus and concentration

11. Wisdom is equal to the amount of time spent in reflection. Thoreau

12. Situational Leadership The Key Leadership Dimensions Task behaviour versus Relationship behaviour

14. What do you look for and admire in a leader, someone whose direction you would willingly follow?

15. Be careful of your thoughts, for your thoughts become your words; Be careful of your words, for your words become your deeds; Be careful of your deeds, for your deeds become your habits; Be careful of your habits, for your habits become your character. Be careful of your character, for your character becomes your destiny. Author Anonymous

16. How do we develop leaders for the future ?

17. “ Anyone can be anything they want to be if they just try hard enough.”

18. What is Emotional Intelligence (EI)?

19. How emotionally-intelligent are you? (an emotional intelligence quiz)

20. Goleman Emotional Intelligence Model http://www.eiconsortium.org Self- Awareness Social Awareness Social Skills Self- Management Emotional Self-Awareness Accurate Self-Assessment Self-Confidence Empathy Organizational Awareness Service Orientation Self-Control Trustworthiness Conscientiousness Adaptability Achievement Orientation Initiative Developing Others Leadership Influence Communication Change Catalyst Conflict Management Building Bonds Teamwork & Collaboration

21. The Power of Emotions

22. Power of the Non-Anxious Presence Your non-anxious presence will reduce the anxiety in the system. Remember, you influence all members of a system, directly or indirectly. If you are connected with people and an issue and remain calm, you will help others to function.

23. Leadership Skills and Styles in Conflict Management and Resolution

24. Principles of Ethical Leadership Ethical Leadership Shows Justice Serves Others Respects Others Builds Community ManifestsHonesty

25. POWER: The ability to influence or affect the environment INFLUENCE: The use of power to cause a change in another person or thing in the environment

26. Critical Thinking What one thing separates those who go to the top from those who never seem to get there? The answer: Good Thinking! John C. Maxwell, Thinking for a Change

27. Critical Thinking Our life today is a result of your thinking yesterday. Your life tomorrow will be determined by what you think today. John C. Maxwell, Thinking for a Change

28. Critical Thinking I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts. -- John Locke (1632-1704),

29. Critical Thinking A man is but the product of his thoughts. What he thinks, he becomes. -- Mahatma Gandhi

30. Critical Thinking Thought is action in rehearsal. — Sigmund Freud

31. Critical Thinking Nurture great thoughts, for you will never go higher than your thoughts. Benjamin D

32. TEACH HIM HOW TO FISH, AND YOU FEED HIM FOR A LIFETIME” “ GIVE A MAN A FISH AND YOU FEED HIM FOR A DAY;

33. Learning = Living Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever

34. ACTION PLAN Please consider what you could do to improve your leadership skills after you return to your job.

35. THANK YOU NICE MEETING YOU WISH YOU ALL THE BEST [email_address] Rami S. Kantari