Learning outcomes

The critical leadership skills developed on this program include the following :

– Awareness of the Characteristics of High Performance Leaders and how to create cultures of sustainable high performance through Psychological Safety
– How to Create Empowered Teams through Coaching & Mentoring
– How to Communicate with Maximum Impact & Influence
– How to Accelerate Trust Relationships with all colleagues & key stakeholders.
– How to hold Impactful Courageous Conversations
– Transforming Conflict Situations into Collaborative Solutions
– How to Give & Receive Effective Feedback and How to Manage Poor Performance
– Maximizing Personal Influence through the Power of Active Listening
– How to Run Efficient & Effective Meetings to maximize team collaboration and effective decision making.

Course Outline

The Program begins with a ninety-minute virtual Program Launch which provides participants with a detailed description of the leadership journey ahead. The Program Launch is followed by three full day in-person Leadership Workshops. The first workshop will explore how to create cultures of sustainable high performance , how to replace organizational drama with effective leadership and how to communicate to maximize influence and leadership effectiveness. A process to accelerate trust building and Psychological Safety will also be covered in this first workshop. Workshop 2 will focus exclusively on Mentoring and Coaching and how to create empowered team members and empowered teams through effective delegation. The final workshop will cover the two important topics of transforming conflict and differences of opinion into collaborative outcomes and the art of holding effective courageous conversations. Once all three workshops have been completed, each participant will receive five ninety-minute Executive Coaching sessions to support them to integrate the leadership models and theory into their leadership roles to support them to take their leadership impact to the next level. The program concludes with a Program Graduation and Report Out.

Midas Ireland Proposed Program Schedule

Who is the course for

This course is applicable to Leaders of large organizations , Project Leaders and Individual Contributors such as Technical Fellows who need to create cultures of maximum collaboration, empowerment, and engagement.

Trainer Profile

JJ O Riordan’s original qualifications were in Electronics Engineering and Computer Science and following his graduation in 1984, JJ joined Analog Devices where he worked for twenty four years. During his time in Analog Devices, JJ was the Chair of the Test Technology sub-group of the Midas organization. In 2008 he left Analog Devices to establish his own leadership development company , called The Mindful Leader Academy and since then JJ has facilitated leadership development program in more than thirty locations around the world including China, India, Singapore as well as many locations throughout the US and Europe. To date more that 1000 leaders have completed this Mindful Leader Program and more than 120 leaders have completed this program here in Ireland through the iTAG Skillnet in Galway. Companies such as Fidelity Investments, Hewlett Packard Enterprizes, Boston Scientific , Abbott and Analog Devices have all sent team members to participate in the iTAG Skillnet co-sponsored Mindful Leader Program.

Along with his Engineering qualification , JJ is also an accredited Psychotherapist and Business Coach and his hobbies include travel, golf and continuous learning.