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A 12-week development program for emerging leaders to accelerate their professional growth

OVERVIEW: The Leader Lab is a 12-week program, designed for emergingprofessionals, that combines hands-on learning, collaboration and

an individualized focus. Meaning, the program is aimed directly at your professional growth. This is an innovative program that will noticeably impact your career and lay the foundation for lasting growth.

TERMINOLOGYThe Leader Lab is a blended training program that includes classroom and digital learning.

“ The Studio” is theprogram's classroom learning environment. In the studio, expect to learn, think, connect and practice new ideas.

“ The Lab” is the program’sonline learning platform. It is where you will conduct your learning experiments, done right from your daily workplace. In the lab, expect to try, fail, reflect and collaborate.

YOUR LEARNING JOURNEY

STUDIO SESSION 1: Your first day in the studio is to cover leadership fundamentals. Game on! This is about taking ownership of your leadership journey and building foundations for growth.

INTRO TO THE LAB: In between your first and second studio sessions, you will join your group in the online learning platform. A few activities will be enough to get your feet wet.

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The space to learn, experiment, build confidence, increase accountability, and develop leadershipwith minimal time away from the office… the perfect blend to elevate your professional capacity.

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The Leader Lab is based on a 70 – 20 – 10 learning model, designed to maximize impact as well as return on investment.

FOUNDATION FOR LEARNING

STUDIO SESSION 2: Coming back into the studio, the goal is to get you ready for action. Uncover the tools needed for self-directed learning, collaborative growth and action learning. Roll up your sleeves.

STUDIO SESSION 3: Your final session in the studio, let’s recap. Then, develop a learning plan for future growth. The Leader Lab wraps up, but not the impact. Complete your scorecard and graduate with a leadership certificate from the UofA!

THE LABORATORY:Welcome to eight weeks of guided learning experiments. Dig in and grow more than you thought possible. Interesting videos, a small team to work with, and a process for reflection and feedback that will keep you on track. Try, observe and practice. You’ll have fun in the lab.

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MODULE 1 – In the Studio: Your Leadership JourneyYour first step into this program will convince you, something’s about to change. Uncover the principals and potential of personal leadership, leaving with practical tools and awareness to guide your upcoming development.

Building Emotional IntelligenceAs you are discovering, professional ability is greatly impacted by emotional intelligence (EQ). Thankfully, your EQ is developable. Complete a scientifically validated EQi assessment and develop a personalized roadmap for building your EQ.

Intro to the Lab: Setting Your FoundationYour first step into the lab is an easy one. Join the Leader Lab community, meet your new network and start becoming accustomed to this online platform. This experiment is straightforward: complete your leader profile, write your professional bio, and write a post on a leader who inspires you.

MODULE 2 – In the Studio: Growth Through Action LearningYour entry back into the studio is for action. Discover and practice your skills tied to self-directed learning, communication, and collaboration. This session will set the foundation for your leadership experiments.

Partner and Team LearningShortly, you will be conducting experiments and activities that will stretch your confidence and capabilities. Thankfully, you will have support through the process, being grouped into a cohort and being split into learning partnerships. Leave this session with a personal leadership goal, tools to build capacity, and new ability to guide the growth of others.

MODULE 3 – Into the Lab (8 weeks) This impactful portion of the program is conducted in your day-to-day work environment. It’s a game changing environment. Expect to be pushed, supported and given the space to further your progression as a leader. Much of the learning will be built around your previously defined leadership goal. While in the lab, you will cycle through four learning experiments, made up of:

1. Engaging videos

2. Action learning activities

3. Reflection posts

4. Cohort and partner feedback.

MODULE 4 – In the Studio: Leadership Experiments into ActionComing out of the lab, you enter the studio for the final module. Time to review, share and discuss the lessons you have been uncovering. This session includes the wrap-up of your leadership goal, and lays the foundation for an individualized growth plan. Leave this session with a vision and clarified values.

Growth Plans and CommitmentsYour final session is focused on your immediate and longer-term future. Go through a structured process to build your growth plan, share feedback, and identify commitments with your learning partners. Leave the Leader Lab with direction for you and your work, a plan for tangible impact, and the new tools to make it all happen.

Modules Outline

IN THE LAB TOPICSWEEKS 1 + 2 ... Success Launch, leadership

principals that focus and impact

WEEKS 3 + 4 ... Leadership Identity: Using awareness to accelerate

WEEKS 5 + 6 ... Developing Resilience: Working through unavoidable challenges

WEEKS 7 + 8 ... Strength Building: Growth from where you are

UNIQUE FEATURES OF THE PROGRAM· Blended learning environment that includes

classroom, team and online learning

· Shaped around a 70:20:10 learning modelto maximize experience, exposure andeducation

· Enter and engage with the emergingleader lab community

· Receive a certificate from the University of Alberta, Executive Education and IN.FORM

· Get lots of practice through your leadershipexperiments

· Personal accountability scorecard to keepyou on track

EXAMPLE EXPERIMENTSThink of the game-changing development when you:

· Connect with a hero-leader to ask them abouttheir journey and ask for advice in return

· Take on the personal hurdle getting in the wayof your professional success

· Uncover the observations needed to build aprofessional story that clarifies and attracts

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In this program You will:· Further clarify your abilities as a leader

· Discover the EQi emotional intelligencemodel and learn how to improve your EQ

· Explore a reflective learning frameworkto enhance your awareness

· Develop your ability to work in a teamand support the learning of others

· Explore long-term career strategies thatwill stabilize and clarify your pursuit

· Further identify your leadership andprofessional identity

· Learn a process to overcome hurdlesand develop solutions for inevitablechallenges

· Develop a personalized leadershipplan for immediate and lasting impact

Who Should Attend· Ideal for individual contributors, emerging

professionals and new leaders

· Those who have growing responsibilitiesbut have little formal leadership ormanagement training

· Employees who are interested inlearning by doing

· Team members who want to growthrough enhanced EQ and self-awareness

PROGRAM DETAILSSTART DATE: March 14, 2017

PROGRAM FEE: $1,800 +GST ($7,500 +GST for a group of five)Leader Lab is designed to be affordable for your up-and-coming leaders. Group enrolments are encouraged.

LEARN MORETo find out more about this ground-breaking program, please visit Uab.ca/LeaderLab or contact us at 780-492-5832 or ExecutiveEducation@ualberta.ca

LEAD INSTRUCTOR'S PERSPECTIVEFor some time, I have been fascinated by leadership. Not the buzz word, of course, nor the fuzzy definition. Rather, the power it has to change the future. Leadership, in its purest form, is the mechanism for change… within you, within your team, within your organization. The Leader Lab offers this pure form of leadership. The one that excites and engages. The one that creates opportunity and places responsibility exactly where it should

be, on your shoulders. The one that transforms through learning, accountability and action.

How do you develop the tools, mindset and skills needed to take ownership of your journey? How do you uncover strengths and use them to drive new levels of value within your organization? Who are you as a collaborator, a team player, a listener, a vital contributor? Who are you as a leader? Come discover.

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The Leader Lab is powered by Executive Education with the University of Alberta School of Business, and IN.FORM. Partnering up with good reason, both groups bring unique expertise and knowledge to this innovative program.

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