Introduction
This 4-day immersive program is designed to equip PSU leaders with deep self-awareness, emotional agility, and the skills to navigate complex organizational dynamics. Blending cutting-edge leadership frameworks with experiential methodologies, the program offers a powerful space for reflection, dialogue, and transformation.
Participants embark on a structured journey — from reconnecting with their leadership identity to understanding inner emotional dynamics, mastering relational influence, and finally integrating their learning into a personal leadership manifesto.
Whether you’re navigating change, leading teams, or building a resilient leadership presence, this program offers the tools and insights to lead with authenticity, purpose, and impact.
DAY 1: SELF-IN-ROLE – Reconnecting with Leadership Identity
Focus: Grounding in self-awareness, exploring leadership roles, and initiating personal inquiry.
Key Topics & Explorations:
- Understanding the dynamic between self, role, and system
- Exploring how personal identity impacts leadership style
- Identifying personal leadership myths and mental models
- Creating psychological safety for reflective learning
Frameworks Used:
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- Johari Window (Self vs Others’ Perception)
- Role Biography Mapping
- Tavistock’s Group Relations Theory – Identity, Role, Task,Boundary (IRTB)
DAY 2: INNER DYNAMICS – Managing Emotions, Anxiety & Authority
Focus: Building emotional intelligence and resilience in high-stakes leadership.
Key Topics & Explorations:
- The neuroscience of leadership under stress
- Personal anxiety as a blocker to strategic clarity
- Emotional granularity: Naming and working with emotions
- Developing awareness of one’s triggers, coping responses, and projection patterns
Frameworks Used:
- Daniel Goleman’s 5 Pillars of Emotional Intelligence
- The “Window of Tolerance” for stress management
- Systems Psychodynamics – understanding resistance and shadow dynamics
- Internal Family Systems (IFS) for managing internal conflict
Methodologies:
- EI Self-assessment and reflective dialogue
- Deep listening exercises in facilitated pairs
- Conflict mapping and role simulation
- Individual coaching conversations and emotional processing
Feedback Mechanism:
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- Second round of One-on-One Feedback
- Daily Reflection Journal reviewed by a mentor
DAY 3: RELATIONAL LEADERSHIP – Power, Influence & Group Dynamics
Focus: Understanding power, authority, and interpersonal complexity within and across organizational systems.
Key Topics & Explorations:
- Navigating organizational politics with integrity
- Holding power and working with powerlessness
- How perception, status, and projection shape relationships
- Creating influence without formal authority
Frameworks Used:
- French & Raven’s Power Typology
- Organizational Role Analysis (ORA)
- Sociodynamic Mapping
- Polarity Management (Managing opposing truths)
Methodologies:
- Group Simulations (mock boardroom dynamics)
- Role-playing real PSU scenarios (e.g., stakeholder negotiation, conflict resolution)
- Peer coaching and system feedback loops
- Collective “Shadow Work” Circle
Feedback Mechanism:
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- Structured peer feedback using observation cards
- Anonymous 360 feedback compiled and delivered in one-on-one session
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DAY 4: INTEGRATION & TRANSFORMATION – Designing the Leader Within
Focus: Synthesizing learning and designing an authentic leadership path forward.
Key Topics & Explorations:
- Personal resilience and adaptive leadership
- Letting go of legacy behaviors and building new commitments
- Living your leadership legacy in PSU context
- Balancing vulnerability with authority
Frameworks Used:
- Theory U (Otto Scharmer) for transformation
- Immunity to Change Map (Kegan & Lahey)
- Circle of Influence and Concern (Covey)
- Hero’s Journey – Transition Framework for Mature Leaders
Methodologies:
- Creation of a Personal Leadership Manifesto
- Guided group ritual to release limiting beliefs
- Commitment sharing in a final peer council
- Presentation of feedback summary and action plan
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