How To Apply Circular Leadership™ Concepts In Your Team

WHAT: Six 60-minute online interactive discussions.
WHY: Build team leadership skills using the latest thinking and tools.
HOW: By using the Circular Leadership™ methodology to optimise team psychological safety and performance.
WHO: Facilitated by Alex Glassey. Connect with him by email or book a chat here.
WHEN & WHERE: Six Thursdays from 2p-3p starting November 9. More details below.

OBJECTIVES
You will learn practical leadership approaches that:
• support psychological safety for every person in your team;
• improve how well your team functions; and
• enhance inter-team communication.

APPROACH
You will work collaboratively with other participants. Together, you’ll identify potential options to support and enhance how your team feels and performs. In addition, you’ll think about how to work together with other leaders to better support Durham Region’s mission.

You will learn a deliberate process that touches on each of the 25 survey questions.

BONUS!
You could earn a rare and coveted Circular Leader coffee mug! ☕️ Learn how in the first session.

DISCUSSION DETAILS

1ST DISCUSSION: A NEW WAY OF LEADING

Nov 9, 2023 at 2:00p Eastern
Zoom Room: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2505893230?pwd=YmRSTnNXZmxJbUxIUFVkVTh2K3Vmdz09

Pre-read: Proof That Positive Work Cultures Are More Productive

Agenda

• Check-in
• Overview of six discussions
• The coffee cup challenge
• Recap: psychological safety’s impact on the workplace 
• The peril of the Accountability Loop
• The pros and cons of linear leadership
• What is circular leadership?
• Breakouts: What does Durham Region do?
• For next time: Think about how your team supports Durham Region’s mission

2ND DISCUSSION: HOW TO CONFIRM YOUR TEAM’S OBJECTIVES

Nov 16, 2023 at 2:00p Eastern
Zoom Room: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2505893230?pwd=YmRSTnNXZmxJbUxIUFVkVTh2K3Vmdz09

Pre-read: The Counterintuitive Thing About Trust

Agenda

• Check-in
• Group: How clear are we about our team’s role in Durham Region?
• Understand how certainty supports our sense of psychological safety AND our ability to perform.
• Explore the concepts of trust and psychological safety and our role as leaders to shape them.
• Breakouts: The questions that support “Confirm Team Objectives”
• For next time:
  – Discuss some of these questions with your team
  – Think about how you interact with the individuals on your team

3RD DISCUSSION: HOW TO SUPPORT THE INDIVIDUALS ON YOUR TEAM

Nov 23, 2023 at 2:00p Eastern
Zoom Room: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2505893230?pwd=YmRSTnNXZmxJbUxIUFVkVTh2K3Vmdz09

Pre-read: How Humble Leadership Really Works

Agenda

• Check-in
• Why do a check-in?
• Group: How did the discussions with your team go?
• The 10X power dynamic
• Understand how autonomy supports our sense of psychological safety AND our ability to perform.
• Breakouts: The questions that support individuals
• For next time:
  – Discuss some of these questions with your team and/or individuals on your team
  – Think about your team’s dynamics

4TH DISCUSSION: HOW TO STRENGTHEN YOUR TEAM’S DYNAMICS

Nov 30, 2023 at 2:00p Eastern
Zoom Room: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2505893230?pwd=YmRSTnNXZmxJbUxIUFVkVTh2K3Vmdz09

Pre-read: Diverse Teams Feel Less Comfortable – and That’s Why They Perform Better

Agenda

• Check-in
• Understand how important relatedness and equity are to people
• Explore how safety and inclusion impact our ability to work
• How many ways can people be diverse?
• Breakouts: The questions that lead to strengthened teams
• A team support checklist
• For next time:
  – Discuss some of these questions with your team and/or individuals on your team
  – Think about what accountability means

5TH DISCUSSION: HOW TO BUILD ACCOUNTABILITY INTO YOUR TEAM

Dec 7, 2023 at 2:00p Eastern
Zoom Room: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2505893230?pwd=YmRSTnNXZmxJbUxIUFVkVTh2K3Vmdz09

Pre-watch: How to Think Constructively About Accountability

Pre-watch: How Trust Drives Team Performance

Agenda

• Check-in
• Accountability and psychological safety are closely related
• Breakouts: What can we do to build accountability into our team?
• For next time:
  – Discuss some of these concepts with your team
  – Think about what other teams does your team rely on to get its work done. And what other teams rely on your team?

6TH DISCUSSION: HOW TO WORK COLLABORATIVELY WITH OTHER TEAMS

Dec 14, 2023 at 2:00p Eastern
Zoom Room: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2505893230?pwd=YmRSTnNXZmxJbUxIUFVkVTh2K3Vmdz09

Agenda

• Check-in
• What is Circular Delivery?
• Group (chat): What other teams does your team rely on to get its work done?
• Group (chat): What other teams rely on your team?
• Discussion: What will you do in the immediate term (before the New Year) and short-term (Jan-Feb) to boost psychological safety in your team?