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The Evolving Role of Leadership: Transforming Good Leaders into Great Ones
3-Hour (Virtual)
Apr 17, 2025
Mike McCartney
Live on Zoom
11am - 2pm EST | 10am - 1pm CST | 8am - 11am PST
$395 (US) per person
You Will Learn: Leadership Skills  |  Results / Execution
What You'll Walk Away With
  • Develop influence and earn respect without relying on positional authority.
  • Learn how to give, receive, and apply feedback effectively to drive personal and team success.
  • Use persuasion, active listening, and coaching to create buy-in and enhance team performance.
You'll also walk away with recognized continuing education credits (CPE and SHRM), a certificate of completion, and a shareable digital badge for LinkedIn or other platforms. These can highlight your expertise to your manager and help strengthen your professional profile.
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About This Session

The demands on leaders today are greater than ever. Achieving success requires a diverse and profound skill set, particularly fostering human connections that drive high performance. In this engaging, fast-paced session, you will acquire practical skills to enhance your leadership abilities, regardless of your current stage of development.

Today’s leaders bear three critical responsibilities: achieving targets, uplifting the lives of those they lead, and committing to their growth. This program will equip you with strategies to master all three. You will discover how "positional authority" has shifted to a model where respect is earned from colleagues, understand the importance of feedback for personal and professional growth, and learn practical techniques for giving and receiving it.

By the end of this program, you will see that involving others in your personal development journey can achieve next-level leadership.

Topics Covered

Leadership vs. Management

  • Beyond Positional Authority – Why influence matters more than titles
  • The Three Responsibilities of Leaders – Achieve targets, uplift others, and commit to growth
  • Balancing Leadership and Management – Strategy vs. execution in decision-making

Feedback Skills

  • The Art of Feedback – Giving, receiving, and applying feedback for growth
  • Building a Feedback Culture – Encouraging open, constructive conversations

Collaboration and Influence

  • Mastering Influence and People Skills – Persuasion, active listening, and conflict resolution
  • Enlisting Others in Your Success – Coaching, creating buy-in, and fostering shared leadership
  • The Power of Connection – How relationships drive high performance

Self-Improvement

  • The Human Side of High Performance – Emotional intelligence, motivation, and psychological safety
  • Engaging Others in Your Development – Leveraging mentorship and team insights for improvement
Mike McCartney
Mike McCartney has successfully coached leaders at all levels, from Fortune 500 C-Suites to family-owned businesses. He's one of a few who's earned the title, "Master Coach" from Marshall Goldsmith and the credibility to be one of his instructors. Mike is also an executive coach with University of Michigan's Ross School of Business, and a graduate of The Ohio State University. In days past, Mike was a professional rodeo athlete; lessons learned then are used in his coaching today-"It ain’t his first rodeo."
Program Level: Beginner/Intermediate
Delivery Method: Group Internet Based (Zoom platform)
Prerequisites: None
Advanced Preparation: None
Participants will earn 3 CPE credits or 3 PDC credits
Field of Study: Personal Development
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