Leadership Presence
Participant Guide
Leadership Presence Participant Guide
Workshop Goals
This workshop will explore:
● What leadership presence means to you.
● How you want to be perceived as a leader.
● Methods to develop your leadership style.
● Creating an action plan for how to build on the skills that matter to you.
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Group Activity: Leadership Presence Today
Who within or outside of our organization demonstrates leadership presence?
How does this person demonstrate leadership presence?
What does this person’s leadership presence inspire you to do?
Independent Activity: Exploring My Personal Values
Part 1
Reflect and identify a moment that resonates with the following statements:
● You were truly feeling and being your best.
● You felt fulfilled, empowered, and peaceful.
● You experienced a peak moment.
Describe this moment.
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Part 2
Were any of these items present in this moment? Anything missing? Add your own
below.
Open-mindedness Compassion Curiosity Success
Friendship Patience Integrity Service
Determination Risk-taking Innovation Education
Positivity Drive Transparency Competence
Strategy Passion Adaptability Respect
Creativity Collaboration Reliability Responsibility
Focus Personability Accountability Expertise
Flexibility Energy Leadership Belonging
Humour Trust Quality Giving back
Vision Courage Diversity Honesty
Resiliency Loyalty Fairness Confidence
Add Your Own:
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Part 3
List the behaviours or actions that support these values.
Then, list the behaviours or actions that do not support these values.
Identify the warning signs that suggest you’re gravitating toward unsupportive
behaviours.
Value #1:
Supportive Behaviours Unsupportive Behaviours
Warning Signs
Value #2:
Supportive Behaviours Unsupportive Behaviours
Warning Signs
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Independent Activity: What is My Leadership Presence?
How do you want to show up as a leader? Thinking about your personal values,
describe leadership presence you want to have. Celebrate and acknowledge what you
are already doing today, and recognize what you want to work towards doing more. .
What I am doing today...
What I want to do more of...
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Partner Activity: Demonstrating Leadership at Every
Opportunity
Are any of these scenarios familiar to you? Describe your initial reaction in these
scenarios or what you imagine this reaction might be.
Then, describe how you would react differently with leadership presence. Consider:
● Your authentic leadership style ● Political savviness
and qualities
● Speaking up and listening in
● Situational and social awareness
Your team hasn’t hit their monthly targets.
Initial Reaction Responding With Leadership Presence
One of your team members comes to you to discuss a personality conflict on the team.
Initial Reaction Responding With Leadership Presence
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In a leadership meeting, you’re asked to present something on the spot about an
initiative on your team.
Initial Reaction Responding With Leadership Presence
On a conference call, a member of the leadership team suggests that you’re not really
addressing the issue strategically.
Initial Reaction Responding With Leadership Presence
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Independent Activity: Building My Leadership Presence
Leadership
Opportunity:
Learning Goal How I’m Going to Get There
I will...
Leadership
Opportunity:
Learning Goal How I’m Going to Get There
I will...
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Post-Workshop Activity: People Leader Interview
Schedule a 30-minute coffee chat with a people leader in your network.
The objective of this interview is to discover what leadership presence means to this
person and what they do to demonstrate this.
Possible Questions
Create Your Own
What does leadership presence mean
to you?
Did you have challenges demonstrating
leadership presence at first?
What did you do to develop your
leadership presence?
How did you know what you needed to
develop further?
How do you get feedback?
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