Topic(s)
- People-centric leadership
This content will not be available on-demand.
Overview
Many leaders know they need to coach more and let their teams solve their own problems. Yet, being the chief problem solver can be a difficult habit to break. Based on the bestselling book, “Let Go to Lead,” attendees of this workshop will practice six habits for effective leadership and take away a plan for building these skills going forward. Attendees have said they feel much better prepared to improve their team’s performance in simple steps they can easily follow. Not surprisingly, these same habits have helped leaders implement any initiative by ensuring their teams are clear and well-prepared for what lies ahead.
Key learning objectives
- Share experiences with other participants to establish the purpose of a coaching style of leadership as an element of a continuous improvement workplace.
- Learn the basics of the six habits of a coaching style of leadership that create the necessary skills in developing independent work teams.
- Practice diagnosing the root cause of identified performance gaps using a performance improvement cycle and identifying the right action steps to make improvements.
- Create a habit-building action plan to continue developing leadership skills after the workshop.
Interactive components
Participants share experiences to develop greater confidence in trying new ways of leading. Smaller practice exercises cover being clear in communication, asking better open-ended questions, reflective listening, managing emotions and understanding others. A longer exercise involves peer coaching based on supporting another participant in solving their own issue. Participants will diagnose a current performance gap to identify the root cause and establish next steps to solve the people aspect of a problem. Lastly, attendees will develop an action plan for a habit they want to build related to being a stronger coach in the workplace.
Company
The Lean Leadership Center works with people-centric companies to increase the capability of their people to create limitless organizational value. This requires the development of leaders ready and able to support a high performing workforce. The company transforms workplaces by providing long-term approaches for developing every person to their highest potential. www.leanleadershipcenter.com
Presenter
An experienced and motivated senior manager passionate about keeping things simple and building the capability to drive continuous improvement, Kevin Bennett has delivered a wide range of performance and process improvement programs across many industries and sectors globally.
A graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, an advisory group member for the Manufacturing Excellence Forum - Sunshine Coast, and an accredited Lead Auditor for ISO 9001, he is able to support organizations across many areas such as team building and coaching, project management, business and workforce excellence, leadership and management development, customer experience and lean thinking, tools and techniques. Bennett loves working with organizations looking to improve performance by building a positive culture of continuous improvement. 
Meg McKee Brown is the vice president of human resources at Cambridge Air Solutions and has a heart for unlocking and unleashing the potential of those around her. She holds a degree in environmental engineering from Northwestern University and has diverse employment experiences in the manufacturing, environmental, construction, IT, and consulting industries.
Brown has spent more than fifteen years cultivating her expertise in building up people and organizations. It was through her HR experience that she crossed paths with Cambridge and fell in love with the company’s culture, helping them strengthen and scale their people systems.
As vice president of human resources, Brown is responsible for all aspects of Cambridge’s employee experience. This includes talent lifecycle processes, executive, leadership and employee development, organization development, and change enablement. 
Cheryl Jekiel, founder of the Lean Leadership Center, works with visionary organizations that require strong people strategies and systems to achieve their business vision. She and her team help leadership teams increase the capability of their people to create limitless organizational value. Jekiel has developed expertise in optimizing Lean manufacturing cultures while working with various organizations on their transformational journeys.
Before opening the Lean Leadership Center, Jekiel held numerous senior leadership roles, including head of operations, head of human resources, and chief operating officer. As the author of ““Lean Human Resources: Redesigning HR Practices for a Culture of Continuous Improvement,”” Jekiel has illuminated how the role of HR in organizations optimizes people’speople’s talents. Jekiel also released a book in 2023 on ““Let Go to Lead: Six Habits for Happier, More Independent Teams (With Less Stress and More Time for Yourself).” 
