UNTAPPED LEADERSHIP COURSE

Overview:
This module provides an introduction to Interpersonal Leadership Styles (ILS), a framework for understanding how leaders use power and approach activities. It helps you recognize your leadership style preferences, especially in relation to others, and how you respond under stress.

What You Will Learn:

  • The two axes of leadership styles: Power (challenging vs. supporting) and Activity (spontaneous vs. disciplined).

  • The four leadership styles: Persuading, Counseling, Analyzing, and Directing.

  • Common stress triggers for each leadership style.

  • How to adapt (flex) your leadership style for more effective interpersonal engagement.

  • How the Context of You from our last module may influence your ILS style and its impact.


By the end of this module, you will have a clearer understanding of your own leadership style and how it affects your interactions with others. You’ll also learn to recognize stress triggers and how to adapt your leadership style for improved collaboration and decision-making.

Introduction

Overview:

This session provides an introduction to the Interpersonal Leadership Styles (ILS) assessment, a tool to help you better understand your leadership style in relation to others. Similar to tools like MBTI or StrengthsFinder, ILS offers insights into your interpersonal dynamics and leadership potential.

What You Will Learn:

  • How the ILS assessment can enhance your self-awareness and leadership style.

  • The role of interpersonal dynamics in effective leadership.

  • Key similarities between ILS and other leadership tools like MBTI and StrengthsFinder.

  • The benefits of personalized assessments for deeper leadership insights

01.

Leadership Styles

Overview:

This module explores a model for leadership styles based on two key factors: power (challenging vs. supporting) and activity (spontaneous vs. disciplined). You'll learn how different styles emerge from these dynamics and how to identify your own leadership approach.

What You Will Learn:

  • How power and activity influence leadership styles

  • Key traits of persuading, counseling, analyzing, and directing styles

  • How to map your own leadership style for better self-awareness

  • Strategies to align your leadership with your strengths

02.

Self Reflection

Overview:

This session focuses on self-reflection and identifying your leadership strengths, areas for growth, and how you build trust. Through guided questions, you’ll gain deeper insights into your leadership style and how you behave under stress.

What You Will Learn:

  • How to identify your three key leadership strengths.

  • Reflection on two areas for leadership growth and development.

  • The role of trust in leadership and how it reflects your style.

  • How your behavior under stress reveals your leadership tendencies.

  • Practical reflection exercises to deepen self-awareness as a leader.

03.

Facts About Stress

Overview:

This session delves into how stress impacts leadership styles, introducing research on stress dynamics and exploring how different leadership styles respond to stress. You'll reflect on your own stress triggers and typical responses, helping you understand how stress influences your leadership behavior.

What You Will Learn:

  • How stress is influenced by the interplay between demand and control.

  • Typical stress triggers for persuading, counseling, analyzing, and directing leadership styles.

  • How your leadership style responds to stress in high-pressure situations.

  • Strategies for identifying and managing your personal stress triggers in the workplace.

  • Reflection exercises to uncover your default behaviors when under stress.

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05.

Typical Reactions

Overview:

This session explores how different leadership styles react to intolerable stress, particularly when facing high-stress, burnout-level situations. It highlights how stress reactions differ across styles and how understanding these differences can help manage interpersonal conflicts in the workplace.

What You Will Learn:

  • Typical stress reactions for each leadership style (persuading, counseling, analyzing, directing).

  • How stress responses can create interpersonal conflicts at work.

  • Reflection on your own stress reactions and how they impact your leadership.

  • Strategies to recognize and adjust to the stress reactions of others.

  • How to adapt your leadership approach to manage stress more effectively across different styles.

06.

Pattern Interrupt

Overview:

This session focuses on recognizing the default reactions to stress for each leadership style and how to flex your style in response. It encourages reflection on how societal and personal contexts shape how your leadership style is perceived and how to adapt to others.

What You Will Learn:

  • Strategies for each leadership style to manage stress more effectively (restraining, stretching, deciding, and listening).

  • How your lived experiences and identity influence how your leadership style is perceived.

  • Reflection on whether your leadership style is innate or learned.

  • Practical tools to improve interpersonal engagements by understanding both your style and the styles of others.

  • How to explore your personalized leadership style further with ILS assessments.