In-Person Program
Leading With Courage
Overview
Successful leaders foster a culture of trust and confidence. To accomplish this they must be able to influence and inspire people at every level, in situations that range from routine to highly stressful. This innovative program will help you improve your understanding of and ability to:
- Handle high impact situations that test your power and influence.
- Gain support for your ideas from anywhere in the organization and influence others to achieve joint goals.
- Exercise your personal leadership style for maximum positive influence.
- Utilize various sources of power more effectively.
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Program Overview
Practice state-of-the-art experiential simulation with physiological and behavioral measures, self-assessment, executive coaching and peer discussions, and discover how best to motivate, influence and manage relationships across your organization.
- Explore workplace courage and behaviors that are difficult to adopt, but crucial to organizational success.
- Adapt and grow as a leader through an experiential leadership lab approach that delivers a highly individualized, personalized self-discovery journey.
- Work on your own challenging influence situations at work, and get input from others about best practices and next steps.
- Build skills around issue framing, emotion management, storytelling and other critical aspects of successful persuasion.
There are no prerequisites for participation. Advanced preparation includes:
- Leading with Courage Pre-Program Survey
(Learn about your challenges and opportunities.) - Workplace Courage Acts Index
- Pre-program webinar
People can accumulate lots of sophisticated tools (frameworks, formulas, findings and fact patterns) and know which tools are useful for addressing which kinds of managerial problems, but ultimately this won’t be worth much if they don’t have the courage to use those tools when the time arises.
Outcomes & Impact
- Set goals and identify specific courageous behaviors needed to improve your workplace environment.
- Learn to influence and achieve positive outcomes in difficult and defining moments.
- Improve your confidence in your ability to persuade key stakeholders and expand your influence.
Certificates
Leading With Courage counts as one credit toward a Certificate in Leadership. Complete this program and earn three additional credits to earn your certificate.
Participants
- Experienced professionals interested in improving their leadership and influence skills
- Leaders interested in honing their behavioral response in high-stress, high-impact situations
- Leaders who need to gain organizational support to develop innovative ideas or solve complex problems
- High potential leaders with increasing responsibility
In order to be awarded full credit hours, you must be present for the entirety of the program.
Faculty
James (Jim) R. Detert
John L. Colley Professor of Business Administration
Bidhan L. Parmar
Shannon Smith Emerging Scholar in Business, Associate Professor of Business Administration
Continuing Professional Education (CPE) Sponsorship
UVA Darden Executive Education offers continuing education credits as part of our commitment to encourage lifelong learning.
- Instructional Delivery: Group Live
- CPE Credits: 32.0
- Field of Study: Personal Development
- Program Level: Beginner
Refund/Cancelation/Concern Resolution Policy:
All cancellations and transfers must be received in writing. Submit your request via email to Darden_ExEd@darden.virginia.edu with the name of the program, followed by "cancellation" or "transfer" in the subject line. Cancellation or transfer fees may apply. Visit our Registration & FAQ page for full details on transfers and cancellations.
If you have any questions, concerns or complaints, please contact us at 1-434-924-3000 or Darden_ExEd@darden.virginia.edu to resolve your issue.
UVA Darden School Foundation - Executive Education is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Concerns regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its website: www.nasbaregistry.org.
Location
Darden School of Business
100 Darden Blvd
Charlottesville, Virginia 22903
As a participant in this program, materials and some meals are included in your program fee.
Accommodations
Lodging is included with the program fee and will be provided for participants at:
Hyatt Place
2100 Bond Street
Charlottesville, VA 22901
Hotel accommodations includes breakfast, wifi, and free parking at the hotel.
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