Curriculum
Saline Leadership Institute’s program foundation is based on Peter Senge’s Five Disciplines of a Learning Organization complemented by Traditional and Progressive Leadership Methods.
Personal Mastery
This is the discipline of personal growth and learning. A learning organization, or community, will encourage all of its members to develop themselves toward the goals and purposes they choose. During these sessions you will learn how to:
- Clarify and deepen your own personal values and vision
- Focus energies on what’s important in your life
- Commit to continually improving key skills
- Develop a better balance of work and home life
Shared Vision
A shared vision is not an idea, it is a compelling and powerful force that guides leaders and people in the organization. It is a picture of what we want to create together. Vision is truly shared when we have a desired picture of the future and are committed to realizing it. People who share a vision are connected by common aspirations which generate focused energy, commitment to organizational goals and empowerment of individuals to work toward attaining the vision and goals.
Mental Models
This learning discipline helps us better understand and recognize our internal pictures of the world. By being aware of these internal pictures, we are able to realize how they shape our actions and decisions. Our minds move at lightning speed. Ironically, this often slows our learning because we “leap to generalizations” so quickly that we seldom think to test them.
Team Learning
Team Learning is our capacity to think and work together more effectively and efficiently tapping the collective intelligence of a group, team, department, family… The goal is to transform conversational and collective thinking skills so that groups of people can reliably develop intelligence and ability greater than the sum of individual members.
Additional topics covered include:
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Change Management
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Personal Leadership Development Plan
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Conflict Resolution
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Public Speaking
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Workforce Motivation
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Reflected Best Self Exercise developed by the University of Michigan Center for Positive Organization
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Dialogue with Community Leaders regarding Priority Issues Identified by Participants
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