Career Workshop Series

For GSO’s KT Boost Fund Fellows

January 12: Assessing your own capacity to lead

• Workshop slides.

• Mural Board link.

• Additional resources:

  • LCP Brochure.

  • KONU’s information about the LCP.

  • Article on Gender Differences in Leadership Effectiveness

  • LCP Items per Dimension

  • LCP Interpretation Manual

December 8: Practicing Self-Care

• Workshop slides.

• Mural Board link.

• Additional resources:

  • “When Your Job Is Your Identity, Professional Failure Hurts More” by KONU Co-Founder Tim O’Brien.

  • KONU Worksheet on Self Care Practices.

November 10: Being an effective manager

• Workshop slides.

• Mural Board link.

• Workshop handout on Authority and Mural Board link.

• Additional resources:

  • “The Most Underrated Skill in Management” by Nelson P. Repenning, Don Kieffer, and Todd Astor

  • “Distinguishing Leadership from Authority” by Ronald Heifetz, Alexander Grashow, and Marty Linsky

  • “Working with Authority” (podcast episode) by KONU

  • "Exercising Influence without Formal Authority" from Becoming a Manager by Linda Hill

October 7: In-Person Kickoff Workshop

• Workshop slides.

• Workshop handouts on Dyad Walk, Ambitions and Aspirations, and Peer Groups.

• Additional worksheet on Strengths and Resources for pursuing your purpose.

Peer Group meetings

• Meeting #1 handout.

• Meeting #2 handout.

• Meeting #3 handout.

• Meeting #4 handout.

Next steps

• Stay in Touch! Feel free to reach out to us (Judit and Elise) with any questions or to talk through these ideas.

• Connect with New Ideas in Leadership. Subscribe to KONU’s LinkedIn Page and our On the Balcony Podcast, which features interviews with leadership practitioners