Complement your education with critical leadership and interpersonal skills to enhance your success in the classroom and beyond!

In this program, you will:

Increase your self-awareness, emotional intelligence, and potential for growth.
Gain the confidence you need to deliver outstanding presentations and lead projects.
Earn a Leadership Certificate upon completion.

Leaders today are faced with unprecedented levels of organizational, social, cultural, and economic change. The opportunities for both major breakthroughs and breakdowns abound. To maximize one’s value, it is necessary to be both technically savvy and interpersonally astute. The Leadership Infusion Program is a powerful development experience that increases personal and interpersonal awareness, and emotional and social intelligence.

Please note that this is a noncredit program and will not count as credit toward your master’s degree. Check your company’s training program reimbursement policy.

Topics Covered

Leading Change: How does a person with significant scientific, engineering, and/or managerial competence make a successful transition to being an effective leader?
Emotional and Social Intelligence, Appreciative Leadership: What is the path for leveraging the strengths of your colleagues for innovative and successful performance?
Coaching, Managing Conflict, Leading Teams: How do you become more comfortable and skilled with the interpersonal challenges of leading a team or organization?

Faculty

A team of experienced leadership and organizational experts have designed and will facilitate this integrated program. The small size of these classes will enable valuable personal attention and coaching.

Agenda

The Leadership Infusion Program takes place in two sessions over the course of two months: Session I comprises three days of instruction and Session II comprises two days. All sessions meet 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. The program takes place at Rensselaer's Hartford Campus, 275 Windsor Street, Hartford, Connecticut.

SESSION I	SESSION II
Day 1 Understanding Self as Leader Increase awareness of self Learn how to enhance one’s effectiveness through emotional intelligence Learn ways to better engage others through appreciative inquiry Learn and apply the skills of feedback and feed-forward Learn ways to better engage others for support, idea generation, and decision-making	Day 4 Leading for Improved Performance Introduce the behaviors of the Leadership Practices Inventory as it relates to effective leadership Receive your 360° feedback Learn and practice the skills of managing accountability Understand and practice coaching others for performance and success
Day 2 Building Interpersonal Effectiveness Understand the importance, utility, and application of emotional and social intelligence Practice how to create learning conversations for managing performance and conflict Understand and practice the power of peer coaching	Day 5 Emerging Leadership Applications Explore leadership as it applies to organizational change Identify the characteristics for leading positive change Identify and understand your preferred style for handling change Create a personal vision for your emerging leadership Consolidate your learning from this course
Day 3 Leading Teams Identify the success factors of teams Use a team development model to identify success factors within a team Explore team leadership styles and their effect upon team members’ motivation and effectiveness Practice the skills of effective team leadership Identify the behaviors of shared leadership that contribute to team effectiveness

2009-2010 Session Dates

SESSION I: Wednesday - Friday
December 2, 3, 4, 2009

SESSION II: Thursday and Friday
January 14 - 15, 2009

Registration

Registering for the Leadership Infusion Program is easy. You can register online by clicking on the button below. Or, if you prefer, you can contact Mike Bozzi, Program Administrator, both to register and to simply get more information about the program. Mike can be reached at:

Telephone:	(860) 548-5347 or (800) 433-4723, Ext. 5347
E-mail: