Download a complete brochure

Constant change has become a defining element of modern organizational life, requiring leaders who are flexible, adaptable, and skilled at working with people. As an executive, you depend on the people working with you to accomplish your business goals, so it is essential that you know how to get the best from them. The pressure to achieve necessitates constant learning: about your field, your teams, yourself, and how well you are working together.

Few leadership development programs teach the capabilities necessary to realize this goal.  GISC’s Leadership Program uses a well-established and proven approach for increasing personal impact that will expand your knowledge about yourself as a leader and help you build on your strengths and those of the people who work with you.

The program is presented in two modules over a five-month period. It requires a commitment to attend both modules and to conduct a learning inquiry between sessions. Each participant will be provided with a coach who will work with you during, between and after both Modules, to support the integration and application of your learning.

The program provides a range of learning methods and tools: experiences that give you immediate learning about yourself and teamwork, opportunities for intensive skill practice, time to reflect on your own leadership and a set of concepts to help you raise the performance of your organization.  Our aim is to ensure that you return to your organization with new skills, increased confidence to lead effectively and fresh perspectives on the role you perform.

Our Program provides you with:

• Crystal clarity about your leadership style and how it impacts others, allowing you to become more flexible in how you approach the situations and people you lead;

• A practical and empowering approach to leading teams and other work groups, providing you the means to harness the capabilities of all team members to deliver their goals;

• The tools to influence others over whom you do not have direct authority, so that you develop a wider range of approaches for a broad range of situations;

• The skills to use your daily work and colleagues as a place for ongoing learning and personal development;

• The skills to manage conflict and resistance and see them as a force for change;

• Intense periods of contact with other leaders from a wide range of organizations, exposing you to business issues, best practices, and people who challenge and expand your thinking.

As a result, your organization achieves its targets with less effort and more creativity; is better able to adapt and change course when needed, and with less staff resistance; and makes better use of its people.

The Program is designed for upper-level executives in business, education, government and nonprofit service organizations who wish to deepen their capacity to lead a high-performing organization.  These individuals may now be at the top of their organizations, or are being groomed for this level of leadership. They will work with diverse leaders, and will learn from others who function in different organizational settings.  The mix of leaders who come to the Center coupled with highly accomplished faculty creates a rich and intense environment for learning.