High-Impact Leadership - TekRidge Center, Jessup

NEPIRC’s High-Impact Leadership Program is designed for employees who are taking on more challenging job assignments and leadership responsibilities. NEPIRC created this interactive learning experience that involves classroom discussion, multiple assessments (in class and virtually), case studies, dynamic lectures, group activities and performance coaching. During multiple sessions, participants will receive feedback about their personality style, emotional intelligence and leadership behavior. This program is only open to those who have completed at least 24 hours of NEPIRC’s Leadership Development Essentials training. High-Impact Leadership is eligible for WEDnetPA funding. Course outline is as follows: Session1: Advanced Topics in Leadership: Participants engage in personality assessments to gain a deeper understanding of their personality traits. This knowledge helps create stronger interpersonal connections, enhance communication, and promote empathy within a team. Psychological Safety focuses on creating a workplace culture where individuals feel safe to express their ideas, take risks, and be vulnerable without fear of judgment. Cultivating a Growth Mindset instills the importance of embracing challenges and viewing failures as opportunities for learning and improvement. Session 2: Advanced High-Performance Teams: This session provides group members with a "safe" way to talk about their behavior and how it affects the group's performance. Through highlighting styles of interactions that are helping or hindering their teamwork, it empowers them to change the way they approach problems and interact with each other — leading to better cooperation, communication and consensus, more innovative thinking and higher quality solutions. Session 3: Emotional Intelligence: This interactive and enlightening session is designed to enhance emotional intelligence and foster meaningful connections in both personal and professional realms. Through engaging activities, real-life scenarios and expert guidance, participants develop a deeper understanding of their own emotions and learn to navigate the complexities of interpersonal relationships with finesse. This program explores the four key components of emotional intelligence: Self-Awareness, Self-Management, Social Awareness (Empathy) and Relationship Management. Additionally, participants complete an Emotional Intelligence Skills Assessment (EISA) that measures adult emotional intelligence on five scales: perceiving, managing, decision making, achieving, and influencing. Session 4: Innovation by Design: This session is designed to unleash an individual’s creative potential by integrating the principles of design thinking into the innovation process. Participants will explore key innovation concepts, hone their problem-solving skills and cultivate a mindset that fosters innovation. This course helps individuals and teams understand that innovation is a systematic approach to creating better products and processes.