UNTAPPED LEADERSHIP COURSE
Overview:
In this module, we explore the concept of power within systems and how it affects leadership. Power mapping is a technique that helps us identify formal, informal, systemic, societal, and untapped power within our professional environments. The goal is to help leaders better understand the power dynamics at play in their organizations, teams, or fields, and how they can navigate these dynamics to lead more effectively.
What You Will Learn:
How to define different types of power: formal, informal, systemic, societal, and untapped.
How to apply power mapping to your own system or organization to see how power flows and influences decision-making.
The importance of recognizing both formal and informal power to better strategize actions and decisions.
How to identify your own power within the system and leverage it for effective leadership.
How to visually map out power relationships to understand the proximity and connections between individuals, teams, or institutions.
By the end of this module, you will have a clearer understanding of how power operates within your system, allowing you to make more informed and strategic decisions that align with your leadership goals.
Introduction To Power Mapping Your Systems
Overview:
An introduction of the concept of power mapping and its importance in understanding leadership within systems.
01.
Our Objectives
Overview:
This video outlines the session's objectives, explaining how understanding power dynamics will help participants better navigate their systems and lead more effectively.
Session Objectives
Explore the connection between self and system using the Untapped Leadership framework.
Unpack the common sources of power within workplace systems.
Learn to map out the power dynamics in your systems and apply this understanding to your leadership context.
02.
Framing Today’s Session
Overview:
Provides context for the session, emphasizing the importance of understanding power within leadership and systems, and introduces how participants will build contextual agility by examining power dynamics in their environments.
Key Takeaways:
We must understand the complexities of systems and how they impact leadership.
Recognizing the different types of power that influence workplace dynamics and knowing how to navigate them is a practice that all leaders must engage in.
03.
Types of Power
Overview:
This segment explains the different types of power within workplace and professional systems.
Key Takeaways:
Formal Power: Decision-making authority tied to titles or positions, such as C-suite executives, funders, or boards of directors.
Informal Power: Influence without formal authority, often held by individuals who have strong relationships, cultural capital, or informal influence.
Systemic Power: Power held by institutions with legal, financial, or political influence, such as funders, government agencies, or regulatory bodies.
Societal Power: Influence based on societal hierarchies, such as race, gender, age, or class, impacting individuals within organizations and systems.
Untapped Power: Power derived from marginalized perspectives, offering unique insights and leadership potential.
Call to Action:
Reflect on these different types of power and how they manifest within your workplace or professional system.
04.
Individual Exercise- Power Mapping Your Systems
Overview:
Guides you through a self-reflection exercise to map out power dynamics in your own systems. You are encouraged to identify who holds formal, informal, systemic, societal, and untapped power.
Key Takeaways:
Identify the powerholders within your system and categorize their power type.
Understand where your own power lies and how you can navigate the system effectively.
Call to Action:
Take a moment to reflect on your system and jot down notes on who holds power and the connections between these power dynamics.
05.
Previewing Next Session
Overview:
An introduction to the next session, which will focus on how to use the power maps to strategize actions moving forward. The session will introduce the "push, pull, and pause" exercise to determine how to lead systems toward change.
Key Takeaways:
Understanding power dynamics is only the first step—strategizing how to move forward within those systems is the next critical step.
Learn how to leverage your "Zone of Untapped Capacity" to enact change effectively within your system.