Ellsworth, ME - Leadership Development Training 2024

Readings & Resources

Pre-Reading for the Workshop

• Excerpt of Chapter 2, “The Theory Behind the Practice” from The Practice of Adaptive Leadership by Ron Heifetz, Marty Linsky, and Alexander Grashow here.

Additional Resources

We will add links to these new resources every week:

• “The most underrated skill in management” by Nelson Repenning, Don Kieffer, and Todd Astor here.

• “Strategies for Learning from Failure” by Amy Edmondson here.

• “Exercising Influence Without Formal Authority” from Becoming a Manager by Linda Hill here.

• Chapter 10, “Act Politically” from The Practice of Adaptive Leadership by Ron Heifetz, Marty Linsky, and Alexander Grashow here.

• “Keep Confidants and Don’t Confuse Them with Allies,” from Leadership on the Line by Ronald Heifetz and Marty Linsky here.

• “31 Powerful Questions” from the Co-active Training Institute here.

• “When Your Job is Your Identity, Professional Failure Hurts More,” by Tim O’Brien here.

Workshop presentations

• Day 1: PowerPoint presentation (including pictures of chart papers) here.

• Day 2: PowerPoint presentation (including pictures of chart papers) here.

• Small Group Case Consultation Guide here.

• Virtual Closing Workshop Slides here.

Workshop Worksheets

• Case Analysis Tool (Steps 1-4) worksheet here.

• Scheduling Small Group Sessions worksheet here.

• Closing Workshop Experiments Reflection worksheet here.

• Leadership Rubric here.

• Small Group Closing Reflection worksheet here.