Amplify

This section provides some background on how this course came together, gives you clues on how the learning will unfold, and sets up a few “make the most of this” tasks..

In this module, we quickly explore 70,000 years of human evolution to understand how we overcome our innate fears and are uniquely qualified to thrive in groups.

We are, at our core, highly social animals, and our ability to thrive depends on our ability to communicate effectively with each other. Here, we'll explore some of the basic biological wiring that makes human interaction possible - and problematic.

Connect With People starts with the premise that humans are hard-wired to thrive in groups, and our ability to communicate makes that work. This section explores ways to amplify the essential, brain-based, and improvable skills that allow you to communicate effectively with the people you interact with.

Embracing the disequilibrium of not knowing how to do something - or not being able to do it as well as we think we should - is the first step to developing a Growth Mindset.  Focusing on the pursuit is how we achieve learning, creativity, and mastery of the skills we need to unleash potential.

Starting with the premise that humans are hard-wired to thrive in groups, and our ability to communicate makes that work, this module explores ways to amplify the essential, brain-based, and improvable skills that allow you to communicate effectively with the people you interact with.

During the Expand Your Thinking module, we’ll explore the art and science of making good decisions:  balancing emotional and logical data in every situation discerning your best role (and response) to inspire action. We’ll explore the vital role of defining what success looks like – in your mind and in those of the people you are trying to lead.  

Spark Growth, starts with a unique approach to arguably the two most fundamental leadership skills: giving feedback and coaching. To get there, we’ll explore the neuroscience of how people change their habits and ways of thinking; we’ll practice tools for discerning your best role in influencing change in others; and practice tools to ensure that everyone has a shared definition of what success looks like – and how we’ll know when we get there.

The human brain does not learn anything until it wants to.  Sparking growth in yourself and others means shifting thinking to look past the current maps (the Instinctual and Emptional brain) and move towards making new maps.

Learn and practice brain-based coaching skills to help people in your span of influence accomplish their goals.

Understand why feedback is so hard to give and receive and learn three skills to make feedback more effective…and common…In your team.

Two things about change are true: It is always happening in thriving cultures. It is stressful—usually exhausting—on both the personal and organizational levels. So, we tend to view change as something to be managed, something to get through, and, wherever possible, avoided. 

To balance the inevitability and stress of change, perhaps a better way to think about it is Leading In Change.

In Build Confidence and Trust, we tie it all together into a personal and replicable playbook for inspiring growth and change.  It starts with understanding how to build trust with the people around you and learning tools to ensure that everyone has a shared definition of success – and how we’ll know when we get the

Explore more useful ways of thinking about trust, and the observable and measurable behaviors that cultivate trust in others.

This lesson explores the four drivers of a culture that leads to high-performing teams.

Reflections, Activities, and Tools you can use now to spark growth in your group or span of influence.