Course Category: Leadership

Get on the
Balcony

Get on the Balcony Leadership requires assessing the overall environment, which can be done by stepping back to view the patterns, relationships, and context. It’s the understanding of the big picture that separates leadership from management. We know this isn’t as easy as it sounds, so this microlearning (just over 3 minutes) will provide some …

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Leading Change with
Vision

Leading Change with Vision A shared vision inspires creativity, sustains motivation, and enables people to work past barriers. Learn effective & ineffective strategies for developing vision statements for change initiatives in just 2 minutes and then give it a try! Completing this course will develop your leadership skills in the Leading Change and Fundamental Competencies domains of …

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Adaptive
Leadership

Adaptive Leadership This course explains the difference between adaptive challenges and technical work and provides opportunities to practice applying these concepts. It also covers the practical application of Adaptive Leadership including the major behaviors that will help you address and manage change successfully. Completing this course will develop your leadership skills in all domains of …

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Open to All
Voices

Open to All Voices Working effectively with a variety of stakeholders impacted by a change requires a diverse set of competencies which is why this microlearning (4 minutes) on this critical adaptive leadership behavior (list in handout below) is chock-full of resources. [vc_snc embed_type=”lightbox” item_id=”101″ item_name=”Open to All Voices” button=”large” button_text=”Open Course Module” width=”90%” height=”800px” slider_script=”nivo” …

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Coaching: What’s In It For Me?

Coaching: What’s In It For Me? This 3-minute microlearning will explain the Leadership Academy’s approach to coaching and its role in your leadership development and the execution of a change project. [vc_snc embed_type=”lightbox” item_id=”97″ item_name=”Coaching: What’s In It for Me?” button=”large” button_text=”Open Course Module” width=”90%” height=”800px” slider_script=”nivo” nivo_transition=”fade” href=”https://ncwwi.org/wp-content/uploads/uncanny-snc/97/index_lms.html”] For assistance about this course please …

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7 Behaviors of Adaptive Leadership

7 Behaviors of Adaptive Leadership Do you solve the same problems over and over again? Learn how technical problems and adaptive challenges need to be approached differently and the behaviors that will help you manage change successfully. Takes just 5 minutes to complete. [vc_snc embed_type=”lightbox” item_id=”93″ item_name=”7 Behaviors of Adaptive Leadership” button=”large” button_text=”Open Course Module” …

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Giving Work Back

Giving Work Back (3 1/2 minutes) Heifetz and his co-authors identified seven major behaviors that can help you address challenges successfully and manage change (see #1 below). This microlearning will focus on one of those – giving work back to the people. [vc_snc embed_type=”lightbox” item_id=”92″ item_name=”Giving Work Back” button=”large” button_text=”Open Course Module” width=”90%” height=”800px” slider_script=”nivo” …

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Leading in Permanent Whitewater

Leading in Permanent Whitewater Change is constant in our environment and in child welfare, in particular. Just under 8 minutes, this microlearning describes the characteristics of permanent whitewater and offers strategies for navigating these rough waters; how people can keep the vision alive and stand in the gap of the creative tension between the vision …

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Orchestrating Conflict

Orchestrating Conflict (2 minutes) Heifetz and his co-authors identified seven major behaviors that can help you address challenges successfully and manage change. This microlearning will focus on one of those – orchestrating conflict. [vc_snc embed_type=”lightbox” item_id=”98″ item_name=”Orcestrating Conflict” button=”large” button_text=”Open Course Module” width=”90%” height=”800px” slider_script=”nivo” nivo_transition=”fade” href=”https://ncwwi.org/wp-content/uploads/uncanny-snc/98/index_lms.html”] Download: 7 Behaviors Job Aid Orchestrating Conflict Job …

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Leadership Foundations

Leadership Foundations This leadership module first explores different leadership styles, including strengths-based, adaptive, transformational, and daring leadership. These leadership styles have in common certain behaviors that help leaders navigate the complexity of child welfare. The final section of this module describes NCWWI’s research-based leadership framework, which supports the development of child welfare leaders regardless of …

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