Program Brief

Unlock your potential to lead and inspire with The Financial Academy's Emerging Leader Program (ELP), tailored for ambitious professionals ready to leave a lasting impact. ELP encapsulates the core of transformative leadership by blending interactive sessions with actionable insights, aiming to develop a growth mindset, master strategic communication, and exert powerful influence. This journey of self-discovery encompasses engaging lectures, in-depth case studies, and personalized coaching, all designed to arm you with vital leadership skills for today's ever-evolving financial sector. ELP not only boosts your confidence to lead but also encourages you to inspire others. The program developed in partnership with the Center for Creative Leadership, the program is a lighthouse for those determined to redefine norms, foster innovation, and steer teams toward unparalleled success. Embrace the future as a visionary leader who navigates with precision, energizes with actions, and turns obstacles into opportunities. Embark on your leadership journey—enroll in the Emerging Leader Program today.

Program Goals

At the end of the training program, the participant should be able to:

  • Develop self-awareness and adopt a growth mindset to enable continuous development
  • Explore leadership within the context of social interactions and dynamics
  • Leverage one's unique interaction styles and strengths to establish a solid foundation for effective leadership
  • Master effective communication skills to build strong, collaborative teams
  • Enhance trust to foster positive relationships within teams and across stakeholders
  • Improve influence strategies to efficiently inspire and guide team members towards shared objectives & organizational goals
  • Enable team members by employing dynamic network and stakeholder management to cultivate a results-driven culture
  • Apply "feedforward" strategies to convert insights and learnings into proactive actions to facilitate growth
Program Agenda
Launch Session (Face to Face)
  • 1 Introduction

    • 2 The program objectives

      • 3 Preparation stages

        Theme 1: Building Leadership Foundations: Mindset, Social Process, and Self-Awareness (Face to Face)
        • 1 Introduction and expectations for joining

          • 2 The difference between a growth and fixed mindset

            • 3 Use Leadership metaphor cards to identify personal key leadership challenge

              • 4 Defining the leadership versatility and the roles

                • 5 Determining the time distribution of leaders: player, manager, coach, and leader

                  • 6 Shaping the leader’s future role distribution at work to be successful

                    • 7 Helium stick activity

                      • 8 The concept of leadership

                        • 9 Designing key learning competencies for personal and professional development

                          • 10 The stages for developing DAC at work

                            • 11 Exploring the interaction leadership styles with FIRO-B assessment

                              • 12 Group discussion focusing on both strengths and areas for development

                                • 13 Apply one key learning to participant’s KLC

                                  Theme 2: Creating the Social Process of Leadership through Trust, Better Communication and Being Curious (Face to Face)
                                  • 1 Activity: Puzzle

                                    • 2 The challenging assumption

                                      • 3 Introducing mental models

                                        • 4 Exploring the impact of personal biases on treatment of others

                                          • 5 Aactivity: Spy game

                                            • 6 Introduce the concept of building trust as a leader through the Reina Trust model

                                              • 7 Evaluating trust-self and identifying areas for development to build trust in the workplace

                                                • 8 The effectiveness of feedback in strengthening relation and leading others

                                                  • 9 The concept of SBI (situation-behavior-impact) a non-bias and non-judgmental framework for giving feedback

                                                    • 10 Develop your SBI skills by watching a video and then creating an SBI for one or two coworkers

                                                      • 11 Fostering trust and enhancing communication by introducing the ACTS method of creating powerful questions

                                                        • 12 Practice asking powerful questions around a real work situation

                                                          • 13 Applying one key learning to participant’s KLC

                                                            Theme 3: Creating Impact Teams and Interdependent Teams through Influence and Getting Results (Face to Face)
                                                            • 1 The line activity for introducing influence and our impact on others

                                                              • 2 Introduce ISI (Independent Schools Inspectorate) report

                                                                • 3 Identify the concept of influence and how it supports in getting results using the five styles

                                                                  • 4 Launch the Hydro Simulation

                                                                    • 5 The importance of stakeholders, communication, and building networks

                                                                      • 6 Hydro Simulation - Part 1: focuses on interdependent teams and their collaborative efforts

                                                                        • 7 Hydro Simulation - Part 2: Immersed in the simulation and make choices to shape the outcome

                                                                          • 8 Discuss on what is working well, what can be improved, and what is needed to move forward

                                                                            • 9 Hydro Simulation - Part 3: Immersed part 2 in the simulation and make choices to shape the outcome

                                                                              • 10 Defining the strategy change

                                                                                • 11 .Applying one key learning to participant’s KLC

                                                                                  Theme 4: Feedforward- Taking it Back to the System (Face to Face)
                                                                                  • 1 Building the future: The envision and impact of emerging leaders on shaping the future of the financial industry

                                                                                    • 2 Crafting the future vision using Lego Serious Play activity

                                                                                      • 3 Creating Individual action plan based on the four-day learning of leading self, leading others, impacting the organization.

                                                                                        • 4 Introduce the concept of mentee and mentor

                                                                                          • 5 Conducting one key learning to participant’s KLC

                                                                                            Program Requirements

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                                                                                            Program Path

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                                                                                            Program Method
                                                                                            • Lecture
                                                                                            • Case Studies
                                                                                            • Brainstroming
                                                                                            • Dialogue Teams
                                                                                            • Exercises and assignments
                                                                                            Evaluation Method
                                                                                            • Discussion Panel
                                                                                            • Other
                                                                                            Training Type
                                                                                            • In Class Training
                                                                                            Partners
                                                                                            • center for Creative Leadership

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