Leadership - Follow the LEADER

🧭 Workshop Title:
"Lead to Win: Developing the Leader Within for Growth & Peak Productivity"

✅ Workshop Goals:
Redefine what real leadership looks like.
Identify the core qualities of strong, effective leaders.
Develop actionable strategies to increase influence, growth, and team productivity.
Activate participants to lead from any position — title or no title.
Build confidence through interactive practice and self-reflection.
 
📋 Workshop Breakdown:
🔹 1. Powerful Opening 
Prompt & Interactive Poll:

"What’s the first word that comes to mind when you hear the word leader?"
Participants shout it out or enter on a board/post-it if in person.
Mini-Story: Share a compelling story of someone who led without a title and created impact.

Statement:
“Leadership is not a position — it’s a posture. And your posture determines your productivity and influence.”

 
🔹 2. What is Leadership Really? 
Redefine leadership beyond the traditional view.
“Leadership is influence — nothing more, nothing less.” — John Maxwell
Emphasize leadership as service, vision, and execution.
Quick Activity:
Rate yourself from 1–10 on your current leadership impact in:

Self-leadership
Team leadership
Vision-casting
 
🔹 3. 7 Key Qualities of Strong Leaders
Introduce these with energy, real-life examples, and open reflection.

Clarity of Vision
Confidence with Humility
Emotional Intelligence
Decisiveness
Communication Mastery
Accountability & Ownership
Empowering Others

🔹 4. Interactive Component: Leadership in Action (20 mins)
Scenario-Based Group Challenge:
Split into small teams. Present a challenge (e.g., company crisis, underperforming team, team conflict, unclear vision). Each group must:

Assign a leader
Come up with a response plan
Present their solution using the leadership qualities discussed
Debrief Questions:

What was easy or hard about leading?
What did the leader do well or miss?
 
🔹 5. Leadership = Growth + Productivity 
Break it down:

How leadership drives individual and team productivity
Why poor leadership costs money, time, and morale
Share data/statistics to back it up
Visual Framework:
Growth Mindset + Strong Leadership = Sustainable Productivity

 
🔹 6. Leadership Growth Plan
Create a “Leadership Development Map” with 3 sections:

My Strengths
My Leadership Gaps
My 30-Day Action Plan
Prompt:
What’s one decision or behavior you can change starting today to lead better?

 
🔹 7. Closing Power Circle 
Ask:
“What kind of leader do you want to be remembered as?”
Let 2–3 share.