Fifth Annual Native American Leadership Forum – West

Agenda Purpose: We will engage in a lively two days of hands on, interactive training in personal and shared leadership skills to foster inspiration, collaboration, and excellence. Specific areas of focus will include personal leadership development and courageous communication. We will be in applied leadership practice with frames and tools that shift work cultures of stress and toxic attitudes  toward work cultures of well being.  We will also playfully experience collaborative frames that you will leave the conference with, for working effectively as a part of any team, including employees, partners, and investors. There will be specific opportunities for solving challenges together that will also allow you to connect more deeply with the other tribal leadership participants.

Justin O’Connor
President
NNE Leadership Solutions Group

• Welcome by Lori.
• Agenda Review for the Day.
• Jim, Lori & Jodi sharing what has brought them to care about leadership.
• Whole Group Introduction: Leadership Stories – This will set the tone for the rest of our time, allowing the group to connect with each other while sharing your core leadership values.

Lori Hanau
Founder
Global Round Table Leadership
Faculty Partner & Co-Chair
Marlboro College Graduate School-Management Program

Jim Stroker
Coach
NNE Group Leadership Solutions Group

Jodi D. Clark
Steward for Collective Awesome
Global Round Table Leadership
Core Consultant
Marlboro College Graduate School

• Who Am I?
• Becoming the best version of myself.
• Building in a mindset of calm, focused and confident.
• Using this critical framework in safe, rugged or hostile environments.

In a series of interactive activities you will be practicing showing up and choosing to be present, embodying the core values that guide your decision making and the heart of your communications. This is about standing for what has heart and meaning for you.

Whole Segment Summary: We will be offering and taking two frames more deeply, with principles, tools and activities for you to practice leading collaboratively within your own organizations and across your communities and tribes. We hope these frames will be useful mindsets and heart sets for how you show up every day, continue to build a vibrant culture, conduct meetings and strengthen teamwork and trust. Get ready to play!

Beginning with our stories, we will hear from each other about experiences and examples that show us the power of teams leading together in excellence.

Any space where people gather is an opportunity to practice radical hospitality. We will explore this first frame and mindset of Shared Leadership in the workplace, what the essentials of a well hosted workplace are, building a collaborative culture and being an excellent host to each other every day.

We will dive into practicing the essential principles and skills that have led so many great sports teams, musical and theater groups to operate at their very best. These are powerful principles to take into the workplace.

We will spend time in reflection, looking back to see and feel the heart of where we have been opened, strengthened and stirred. Where have we been inspired, challenged and surprised?  Share what you are going to put into action – what are you bringing back to your workplace/teams?

The key ingredient that often times is overlooked in leadership strategy is the time and effort to truly get to know the challenges and adversities that each team member is facing. This simple strategy universally heightens bonding and is crucial to having a team function at its highest level. Trust Circles take time and effort but in the end make all the difference. The specific skills and strategies practiced will include deep listening and authentic speaking, cultivating empathy and compassion.

• Participants will be guided through how to have meaningful and effective peer-to-peer coaching conversations. The session will be highly participatory and will include one-to-one practice as well as a structure for group practice.
• 10:20-10:30 am: Setting the Frame: Healthy Communication for Workplace Health Group culture is created by how teams speak and act together. It is essential that we have the conversations that matter most when they matter most, speaking to each other directly and in empowering ways. We will practice the specific skills for how we coach each other on what we do well, how we can improve our performance and address concerning behaviors or habits.
• Practice deep listening
• 10:30-10:45 am: Learning to ask open ended questions practice.
• 10:45-11:15 am: Setting the conditions for coaching conversations including the quality of your presence, co-creating goals and being aware of any triggers that might cause overly emotional responses.

• Role plays on how to hold “courageous conversations” that address toxic attitudes/behaviors.