Program for Leadership Development (PLD)
Intake for Module: Leading Systems – Principles of Adaptive Leadership!
Session Dates: May 22-23-24, 2024 (in-person)
Program Agenda: 3 full-day sessions + 1-month full immersion during regular duties & pre-work
Faculty: Prof. Hugh O’Doherty, Prof. Cezary Wójcik
Applications review: Priority Intake: April 16-23, 2024 & Secondary Intake only if seats are available: until May 8, 2024.
The number of seats is limited. Participation is by application only.
Venue: Warsaw
GMP Certification: This program is the General Management Program-track
Fellowships & special support available for:
(a) former applicants to LAP/ALP program from all sectors
(b) non-business, non-profit, and public-sector applicants
(c) LAP/ALP Alumni teams & business partners
Fellowships cover up to 25%-100% of the program fee. Fellowships are granted on a merit-and-need basis.
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FACULTY
Prof. Hugh O’Doherty – Lead Educator
Harvard University
Hugh O’Doherty teaches leadership at Harvard Kennedy School of Government and is a Senior Associate with Cambridge Leadership Associates. Hugh has taught leadership at the Leadership Academy for Poland, Jepson School of Leadership Studies, the McGregor Burns Academy of Leadership, University of Maryland, where he directed the Ireland-US Public Leadership Program for “emerging” leaders from all the political parties in Ireland.
Hugh has consulted extensively with a wide variety of clients including the Irish Civil Service, the American Leadership Forum or the National Conservation Leadership Institute. He has addressed the United Nations Global Forum on Re-Inventing Government and worked with the government of Nepal and with a number of leaders from major political factions in Kashmir and Bahrain. Hugh graduated from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
Prof. Cezary Wójcik – Academic Director
Founder of the Center for Leadership
Professor of leadership and finance, founder of the Center for Leadership, and a former visiting scholar at Harvard, Berkeley, Melbourne, and other universities. Studied at Harvard University where he completed, among other things, a Master Class for Leadership Educators. Graduated from other management and leadership programs at schools such as IESE Business School and HEC Paris. Served as Director of the Institute of Economics of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Director at the National Bank of Poland, Chief Economist at WestLB Bank, Advisor to the Minister of Finance and Governor of the National Bank of Poland as well as Member of the Macroeconomic Council to the Minister of Finance.
In 2011 he received a Letter of Achievement in recognition of his dedication to leadership development from Harvard Kennedy School Government (HKS). Author of books and scientific articles published in the US, UK, Germany, Austria, Estonia, and Hungary.
OVERVIEW
This module of the PLD will change the way you think about leadership, it will offer you new and profound tools to lead in complex situations and will help you increase your capacity to lead in a unique way.
The program will be run by one of the world’s best educators in the adaptive leadership field and it will expose the participants to a powerful experiential learning methodology developed at Harvard University to increase people’s capacity to lead. After the program participants will have a much deeper understanding of how to lead in complex situations, how organizations and people operate, and what it means to lead in today’s complex world. After the program, participants will be better able to act and think about their organizational and individual change and will have more effective options to deal with their challenges in the future.
The module is the essential must-attend for people aspiring to lead in today’s complex world. It will provide the participants with a solid, concise, and practical overview of the Adaptive Leadership framework developed at Harvard University.
The program will go beyond the standard classroom teaching. It will be highly interactive and will feature a variety of teaching methods, including moment-to-moment real-cases, peer-to-peer consultations, and the unique methodology of Full Immersion™. You will meet with world-class educators in a unique experiential learning setting.
The PLD is Matrix Flex™ – which means you can do the program at your own pace, one module at a time, within 1-3 years of study. This will help you juggle work and other obligations and choose flexibly your preferred study track.
The PLD consists of 3 modules:
I. Leading Self – Tools of extraordinary personal leadership
II. Leading People – How to lead people in teams & organizations
III. Leading System – Principles of adaptive leadership (current intake)
You apply for 1 module at a time (unless you come from an organization that is our partner for the whole program).
All modules are fully integrated to ensure the most powerful impact and help participants learn how to cope with difficult challenges and conflict, effective communication, conflict resolution, and more.
Upon program completion the program you will gain access to further world-class education opportunities and fellowships within the GMP – General Management Program track certification.
PARTICIPANTS
Participants:
- • Managers with no less than 3 years of managerial experience.
- • Directors, unit, and team managers.
- • High-potentials and rising talents.
Management roles and specific titles can vary greatly depending on the context, industry, and organization, and some roles might have different names based on the sector they are in.
Is this program right for me?
- • If you have management experience of no less than 3 years and you want to develop your leadership skills in a world-class education setting, this program is for you.
- • This program is well-suited for individuals who are in mid-level and senior-level management positions and would like to advance in their roles in the future.
- • The program is for you, if you are seeking to expand your leadership strategies and want to learn how to cope with challenging situations while leading people, teams, and organizations.
SCHEDULE FOR LEADING SYSTEMS MODULE
Three full-day sessions in-person, with 1-month full immersion during regular duties.
The program will cover principles of adaptive leadership with an enhanced focus on analytical elements of adaptive leadership framework and systems thinking with the key ideas critical for good relationships and team operations (authority-leadership, group dynamics, intervention, balcony awareness).
Program schedule:
DAY 1
- • Setting up the stage
- • Leadership, Power, and Authority
- • Group dynamics
DAY 2
- • Conflict & leadership
- • Change & progress
- • Peer case consultations
DAY 3
- • Expanding leadership strategies
- • Purpose & leadership
- • Leadership interventions
- • Peer case consultations
The program goes beyond the standard classroom teaching. It will expose you to a deep learning experience. Residential sessions are supported by a Full Immersion Program ™ conducted during your regular work to help you integrate the program into your daily duties. Participants are fully able to focus on their regular daily tasks while participating in the immersion program.
GMP – Track & Certification
This program gives access to the GMP certification – General Management Program. GMP is a unique opportunity for managers to have top business school-level education and certification that would normally require foreign enrollment and travel.
The GMP is a matrix flex format aimed at developing management leadership.
APPLICATIONS & FELLOWSHIPS
Fellowships & special support are available for:
(a) former applicants to LAP/ALP program from all sectors,
(b) non-business, non-profit and public sector applicants.
You can apply for a fellowship covering up to 25%-100% of your participation costs. Fellowships are granted on a merit-and-need basis.
As a rule, it is expected that participants who can be supported by their organizations, do not require support.
Important: For all fellowship participants there is a non-refundable registration fee to cover minimal organizational costs.
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