The Autumn 2010 Programme is made up of three two day workshops: 

When you are making decisions or solving problems what is happening to your emotions? Emotions can be helpmates or enemies. They can signal what you really need to do or simply cause havoc. It all depends on how well you know them and what you do with them. Leaders are able to use emotions as clues to help them know what to do. They can then let them go, and be clear about the way forward.  

 See the effect of emotions on you and others  

 Know how your emotions influence your choices, decision making, and problem solving  

 Recognise the beliefs underlying your emotions  

 Learn how to step back from your emotions  

 Draw from a range of tools to manage your emotions positively 

 Communicate in ways that create understanding and real contact with others  

Our world is built on relationships. Good relationships make a positive difference at work and at home. Leaders know how to build positive relationships with customers, colleagues, suppliers and the community.  

 Get more from your relationships 

 Be clear about the purpose of your relationships  

 Know what makes a good relationship 

 Discover how you can make a positive difference to your relationships 

 Understand the concept of a relationship as a separate entity 

 Clarify your boundaries, rights and responsibilities 

 Make choices that will create successful relationships 

Successful leaders can see a better future, and effective leaders need the interpersonal skills and the resilience to create the right conditions in which it will happen. You need to know yourself well. You need to be authentic, and people need to know that you have integrity.  

 Be more authentic and confident 

Know how your values determine all your decisions 

 Put your point of view persuasively 

 Resolve conflict 

 Use listening skills effectively 

 Unhook yourself from other people's games 

 Identify and use your sources of power 

The Conscious Leadership Programme uses a transpersonal and practical approach that includes reflection, discussion, visualisations, creativity, meditation, and behavioural skills training. 

The Cost of the Conscious Leadership Programme is £2200 or £1950 +vat if the Programme is booked six weeks in advance. The Programme is limited to six delegates to build a supportive learning group, and it is facilitated by Chrissie and Richard. Each workshop will build upon the others to strengthen your skills and understanding. This non-residential programme will be held at our venue in Pulborough, West Sussex. 

(This article is taken from "Ups & Downs" - CIPD Sussex Newsletter) 

Most of us will remember learning John Adair's "Action Centred Leadership" model. You remember, the three overlapping circles: task, group and individual. He suggested that a good leader needed to do activities to meet the needs of all three, and to balance them according to the situation. This is good practice and the basis for many competencies we see used today. 

However, we now recognise that to perform these activities we need not only the practical skills, but also the competencies of confidence, emotional knowledge and control, self-knowledge and the ability to create and maintain productive relationships. Daniel Goleman introduced us to Emotional Intelligence, and showed us that successful people had these competencies. Danah Zohar & Ian Marshall introduced us to Spiritual Intelligence and showed us that successful leaders work with integrity and their personal values.  

There was a flurry of activity generated by EI, with many instruments being developed to identify people's levels of competence in EI, and their training needs, and courses were developed to gain these competencies. Zohar and Marshall have now developed an instrument to measure Spiritual Intelligence. 

Daniel Goleman, with Richard Boyatzis and Annie McKee have since then refined their ideas into the Emotional Intelligence competencies needed for leadership (see "The New Leaders - Transforming the art of leadership into the science of results"). These competencies are: Self-Awareness, Self-Management, Social Awareness and Relationship Management. Zohar & Marshall have identified positive motivators such as "exploration", "co-operation", "power within", "mastery", "generativity", and "higher service" (see "Spiritual Capital - Wealth We Can Live By").  

At Wisborough, we've been using these as the basis of a Leadership Development Programme. Following what we know about how people learn, we divided the programme into 3 x 2 day modules with time in between for the integration of the learning. The modules are: Using Your Emotions to Creat Success, Making & Maintaining Positive Relationships, and Influencing with Integrity.  

Following Boyatzis and McKee's, and Zohar and Marshall's suggestions on how these competencies can best be learned, the programme offers self-reflection, insights, and then practical skills to translate the ideas into actionable solutions. A coaching approach is suggested, and our programme follows the principles of coaching quite closely, both in the process of learning and group size. We've limited the group to six, with two tutors so that people have the advantage of individual attention. 

Although we also run coaching programmes, we decided that there were advantages to running this programme for a group. People not only get a wider perspective by hearing how others do things, they also learn about being part of a group and can practise together and support each other. 

Before the programme we invite delegates to think about a questionnaire based on the EI leadership competencies to help them identify what they would like to learn. Some of the statements are printed here so that you can begin to check out how competent you think you are.  

Simply rate yourself 1-5,(1 = low level of competence to 5 = high level of competence) and see what you discover about yourself.  

 I am self-confident 

 I have a sense of purpose 

 I am able to persuade others about my passion 

 I take myself lightly 

 I have integrity 

 I can be calm or full of energy as I wish  

 I am optimistic, seeing the good in people and situations, and do not get disheartened by set backs 

 I can quickly see what is happening in a relationship, a meeting, or an organisation 

 I am able to get along with people from different cultures or with different values  

 I am candid and authentic, and speak about my emotions, convictions and visions 

 I am able to resolve conflicts 

We have been very pleased with the outcomes of the programmes and some of the comments we received have been included here. 

The Programme costs £2200 or £1950 +vat if paid six weeks before the Programme starts.