Leader of Self Series
For individual contributors who want to make an impact
The Leader of Self Series helps early-career employees and individual contributors focused on succeeding within their own role build the self-awareness, communication skills, and personal accountability to contribute more effectively to their teams.
- Monthly 3.5-hour sessions, delivered live in person
- Application and manager check-ins between sessions
- Two one-hour individual Emotional Intelligence (EQ) coaching sessions
Offered as a private cohort for organizations.
Individual Effectiveness – Connecting individual work to team and organizational goals and understanding PI’s impact on personal work style
Emotional Intelligence – Overview of EQ and building awareness of thoughts, actions, and results to more effectively ask for and receive feedback
Communication and Me – Fundamentals for self-expression through body language, asking effective questions, and adapting communication with PI.
Communication and Collaboration – Building interpersonal skills to enhance collaboration and connection in the workplace
Decision-Making – Strategies to self-manage and reality test to more effectively solve problems
Sustained Impact – Reconnecting work to organizational impact with program reflection and application planning
Full Curriculum
Session 1: Individual Effectiveness
Live in-person | 3.5 hours
Participants will:
- Meet the cohort and facilitator
- Connect individual work to team and organizational goals
- Learn about the Predictive Index (PI) to better understand personal work style and impact
Post-session manager check-in | 30 minutes
Participants meet with their manager to reinforce learning and apply it to their day-to-day work.
Session 2: Emotional Intelligence
Live in-person | 3.5 hours
Participants will:
- Learn about Emotional Intelligence and its importance for being effective in the workplace
- Reflect on the EQ self-perception skills
- Build awareness of thoughts, actions, and results
- Practice asking for and receiving feedback effectively
Post-session manager check-in | 30 minutes
Participants meet with their manager to reinforce learning and apply it to their day-to-day work.
Individual EQ Coaching 1 | 60 minutes
Participants meet one-on-one with an ADVISA EQ-certified coach to:
- Explore their personal EQ results in more depth
- Turn insight into action by focusing on 1–2 areas of impact with a clear action plan
Session 3: Communication and Me
Live in-person | 3.5 hours
Participants will:
- Reflect on the EQ self-expression skills
- Focus on body language when communicating with others
- Practice asking effective questions
- Adapt communication through PI insights
Post-session manager check-in | 30 minutes
Participants meet with their manager to reinforce learning and apply it to their day-to-day work.
Session 4: Communication and Collaboration
Live in-person | 3.5 hours
Participants will:
- Reflect on the EQ interpersonal skills
- Learn strategies for active listening
- Discuss building trust through connection and relationship-building
- Understand the impact of their communication in the workplace
Post-session manager check-in | 30 minutes
Participants meet with their manager to reinforce learning and apply it to their day-to-day work.
Individual EQ Coaching 2 | 60 minutes
Participants meet one-on-one with an ADVISA EQ-certified coach to:
- Continue exploring how their EQ data shows up in their day-to-day work
- Revisit their areas of action for reinforcement and set a new area of focus
Session 5: Decision-Making
Live in-person | 3.5 hours
Participants will:
- Reflect on the EQ decision-making skills
- Learn strategies to self-manage and reality test to more effectively solve problems or challenges
Post-session manager check-in | 30 minutes
Participants meet with their manager to reinforce learning and apply it to their day-to-day work.
Session 6: Sustained Impact
Live in-person | 3.5 hours
Participants will:
- Reflect on the EQ stress tolerance skills
- Learn skills for stress tolerance and adaptability
- Reconnect work to organizational impact and metrics
- Reflect on the program and plan application moving forward
Interested in bringing the Leader of Self Series to your organization?
The series is offered exclusively to private groups. To learn more about the program and get pricing based on your group size, complete our contact form and an ADVISA consultant will be in touch soon.