Sunovion ELP 2022

Emerging Leader Program COURSE OUTLINE

WELCOME

Congratulations on attending the Emerging Leader Program. This experience was designed for professionals like you to provide greater exposure to key people and team leadership competencies with consideration of the challenges of leading in a complex and dynamic environment. This course outline brochure will provide you with information about what you can expect over the next six months including course objectives, learning outcomes, and any pre-module work requirements. Be sure to keep this brochure handy and follow along as your development journey takes place.

Making the Transition

The Art of Prioritization Focusing and Decision on Making People

Module 1

Developing & Thinking and Motivating Communicating Individuals Strategically and Teams

2

3

Leadership Simulation and Capstone Presentations

4

Level 2 Reconnect

6

Asynchronous application assignments Program Launch Webinar

Micro-learning Reinforcement

Manager Meetings/Check-ins

Group Coaching

YOUR JOURNEY STARTS HERE © 2020 Starfish vILT

This is a vILT session. vILT stands for Virtual Instructor Led Training – a highly interactive and participative learning event. This is not eLearning nor a Webinar, but a very engaging and active development process.

Therefore, come to the sessions prepared to be involved in open discussions, work in breakout groups, do presentations, argue and debate with your cohort colleagues, be called on by name to contribute and, most importantly, learn something new and have some fun!

All modules take place using Zoom.

The URL for all modules is: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/3326530156

● Find a quiet and comfortable space without interruptions or background noise and with a good internet connection ● Make sure you have a working microphone and speakers (or headset), and webcam ● Take opportunities offered to network and engage with other participants ● Be ready to engage and respond openly to facilitators ● Log off from your emails and check your mobile is on silent

● Grab yourself a tea or coffee and enjoy the modules!

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PROGRAM COMPONENTS

Launch Pre-recorded webinar and interactive flipbook

Content Delivery vILT program with six, 2-hour modules

Application/Microlearning

Asynchronous application assignments and microlearning application

MS Teams Ongoing cohort collaboration through dedicated MS Teams Channel

Capstone Leadership Simulation and Capstone Presentations

Group Coaching Participants receive three group coaching sessions throughout the program

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MS TEAMS CHANNEL Your place to connect and share You have access to a dedicated MS Teams channel that contains all pre work materials, job-aids, supplemental videos, podcasts, plus additional articles and resources relevant to the topics being studied.

In addition, you will be asked to upload post-session assignments you complete to the MS Teams Channel for facilitator feedback and peer review.

Most importantly, being a commons, you are encouraged to send further resources (that you find interesting and relevant) to the facilitator for review and upload to the site, thereby creating a community feel to the MS Teams channel.

Group Coaching You will each receive three, 1-hour coaching sessions. The coaching sessions will focus on takeaways and action items related to module content in addition to your reflections and action items associated with your 360⁰ assessment.

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MICROLEARNING

Following each module, participants will be provided access to relevant microlearning courses, which they can complete on a laptop, tablet, or cellphone.

The microlearning offers three-to-five-minute engagements that refreshes participants' memory of the content covered during the module, motivates thinking around real-time application of the learning, and provides suggestions for further resources to deepen participants’ understanding of the topic.

Microlearning courses are highly interactive including quizzes, mix-and-match activities, free-form text entry, videos, and gamification to make each session fun and engaging.

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Module 1

MAKING THE TRANSITION Exploring the first transition in the leadership pipeline (from individual contributor to first level leader) and understanding why it is the most challenging transition requiring new skills and a mindset shift Objectives: • Understanding what the leadership pipeline is • Exploring the challenges of making the first transition • Understanding the new skills required to become a leader • How to balance the priorities of being an individual contributor and leader

PRE-WORK •

Read the article: The Leadership Pipeline Model: Building the Next-Generation Leaders

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Watch the Video: Top Leader Skills

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Module 2

FOCUSING ON PEOPLE Learning how to focus on a team (rather than simply on oneself) Objectives: • Examine the role of the leader in team engagement • Learn how to raise individual and team performance levels • Understand how to build trust and team cohesion • Learn how to balance the needs of the team and each individual team member

PRE-WORK •

Read the article: 10 Tips to Help you Boost Team Performance

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Watch the Video: Trusting Teams

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Module 3

THE ART OF PRIORITIZATION AND DECISION MAKING Explore the role of the leader in prioritizing their own activities as well as learning how to differentiate between decisions that require team input and collaboration and those that can be made in a leader-alone fashion Objectives: • Explore what a leader needs to prioritize • Examine how the leader can use the team to be productive • Explore decisions that need to be made as a leader • Understand the different decision-making styles and options

PRE-WORK •

Read the article: Why Managers Should Involve their Teams in the Decision-Making Process

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Watch the Video: The Power of Decision-Making

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Module 4

DEVELOPING AND MOTIVATING INDIVIDUALS AND TEAMS Learning how to balance the needs of the team and individuals while still focusing on achieving the task.

Objectives: • Explore the stages of team formation and the role of the leader at each • Discover what motivates individuals and teams • Learn how to adapt to different motivation situations and how to provide leadership to keep the team and individuals focused on goals and objectives

PRE-WORK •

Read the article: How to Motivate and Inspire your Team to Achieve Better Results

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Watch the Video: The Surprising Truth in How to be a Great Leader

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Module 5

THINKING AND COMMUNICATING STRATEGICALLY Learning how to view the ‘bigger picture’ as a leader of people and exploring the strategic planning and decisions that now need to be made Objectives: • Understand the new strategic landscape of leadership • Explore the role of the leader in formulating and executing strategy • Learn how to translate higher-order strategic thought into action-oriented tasks • Learn how to communicate with clarity so that the team can understand the message

PRE-WORK •

Read the article: How to Demonstrate your Strategic Thinking Skills

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Watch the Video: Learning to Think Strategically

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Module 6

LEADERSHIP CAPSTONE SIMULATION RECONNECT Apply the learning from the program to lead a team for the first time.

Objectives: The First Level Leader business simulation helps new leaders successfully transition from being an individual contributor to a first-time leader by helping participants refine their leadership approach and skills. The simulation immerses participants in a storyline and surrounds them with characters that react to their decisions. Participants work in teams to solve leadership problems and then present their learnings during a leadership capstone reconnect session.

PRE-WORK •

Read the article: Stepping in to a Leadership Role: Be Ready to Tell your Story

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Watch the Video: Great Leadership Starts with Self Leadership

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