Event Description

Leadership - Insights for Thinking Differently

Nov. 25, 2020

Optional Course  - QNET Certificate in Management Development (CMD)

8:15 a.m. to 4:15 p.m.
Location: QNET - Suite 660, 175 Hargrave Street, Winnipeg; note that the workshop will be switched to a virtual / online offering if needed

Based on the book The Ordinary Leader: 10 Key Insights for Building and Leading a Thriving Organization, this course explores how to make each of these insights a reality in your own organization. 

Particular attention is given to employee engagement and organizational health - two areas that are of great importance to leaders and employees. 

As a participant, you will learn new and different ways to work through challenges and capitalize on opportunities. You will also be encouraged to think critically about your own approach to leadership.

This course is for leaders, managers, supervisors and anyone providing leadership within an organization. It will be delivered using presentation, video, personal reflection and small group discussions.

Some of the topics included:

• Employee engagement matters most
• Passionate leadership is rooted in purpose
• Vision should drive our work
• Mitigating and managing our weaknesses
• The role core values play in talent selection
• Keeping great talent
• Human and financial costs of unhealthy workplaces
• Organizational health is the glue
• Getting the right things done
• Innovation is not about technology, it's about solving problems
• The number one task not to delegate
• Leaders don't arrive

Facilitator: 

Randy Grieser is the founder of ACHIEVE Centre for Leadership and the Crisis & Trauma Resource Institute (CTRI). He holds a Master of Social Work degree and a Bachelor's degree in Conflict Resolution. He is the author of The Ordinary Leader and co-author of The Culture Question. Randy gives presentations on leadership and management principles to a wide range of audiences in business, education, health, and government settings. He believes leadership requires us to always be intentional about what we do and how we do it. Randy is a dynamic presenter who delivers insightful presentations that are engaging, humorous and informative.