People:TRIBE
Program Summary
Managers work to get their employees to do what they did yesterday, but a little faster and a little cheaper. Leaders, on the other hand, know where they'd like to go, but understand that they can't get there without their tribe, without giving those they lead the tools to make something happen.
Managers want authority. Leaders take responsibility.
We need both. But we have to be careful not to confuse them. And it helps to remember that leaders are scarce and thus more valuable. [1]
TRIBE is a program designed to cause our good leaders, and those with the potential to be good, to become our best. The curriculum will challenge each participant to explore their own leadership strengths; to better understand how to use them to create sustained, positive transformation within Mozilla. Beyond that, the program will help our current and future leaders learn how to nurture an environment of mutual trust and respect, one that creates stronger employee performance and engagement and ultimately results in greater overall impact on objectives.
All courses are two full days beginning at 9:00am and ending at approximately 4:00pm (local time). Your manager must be aware and supportive of your participation in each session. Registering to participate means you will be given one of a set number of spots within the session and that the entire cohort will expect you to attend. If, after your have been approved, you are unable to attend, we require at least five days notice and the support of your manager in order to withdraw you.
Sessions Overview
Leadership Discovery: Know Your Strengths, Build Your Skills* – 2 days
*Prerequisite for all other sessions
This two-day, immersive leadership course is based on the research of Dr. Donald O. Clifton. His work uncovered the idea that all people have a unique combination of talents, knowledge, and skills -- strengths -- that they use in their daily lives to do their work, achieve their goals, and interact with others. And, when people understand and apply their strengths, the effect on their lives and work is transformational.
Together with a small cohort of Mozillians, participants in Leadership Discovery will work together to develop an awareness of their individual strengths and limitations, learn to appreciate failure as a key part of success, and understand their reactive tendencies.
Practical Outcomes
Participants in Knowing Your Strengths, can expect to come away with not only new awareness of their own leadership strengths, but also a detailed action plan for how to practically apply the awareness in their work, and personal life, everyday.
When people are able to use their strengths every day, their engagement with work increases by 6x. Fully engaged leaders cultivate committed employees who strive to lead as well. The cycle is a beautiful thing.
Collaborative Leadership: Working with Others – 2 days
In most successful organizations, the best leaders create environments where people naturally work together to do remarkable things. In this two-day session, participants will come together to learn how to develop and support a culture of trust; one where people feel valued and teams are adaptive, stable and confident. With a cohort of peers, our good leaders will work to become our best, by learning the value of courageous conversations, genuine curiosity and expressed gratitude on those they lead.
Practical Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, participants will have learned and practiced a set of skills that enable them to have “courageous conversations” with anyone - whether as initiator or recipient. Over time, with application, these small acts of leadership will begin to transform our culture to one where everyone feels like they belong and our collective energy is aimed at the same goals.
Leadership Presence: Discovering your Impact – 2 days
Practical Outcomes
- Be authentic and bold
- Be conscious of your impact
- Stay on type (I Am Type)
- Hold the room
- Develop your range
- Be compelling
Dates & Locations For 2015
| Session Name | Session Location | Session Date | Sign up for this Session |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leadership Discovery: Know Your Strengths* | Mountain View | April 15-16 | Sign up Link |
| Leadership Discovery: Know Your Strengths* | Toronto | May 13-14 | Sign up Link |
| Leadership Discovery: Know Your Strengths* | San Francisco | July 15-16 | Sign up Link |
| Collaborative Leadership: Working with Others | San Francisco | July 22-23 | Sign up Link |
| Leadership Presence: Discovering your Impact | Toronto | August 19-20 | Sign up Link |
| Leadership Discovery: Know Your Strengths* | Mountain View | September 16-17 | Sign up Link |
| Leadership Discovery: Know Your Strengths* | Paris | October 7-8 | Sign up Link |
| Leadership Presence: Discovering your Impact | San Francisco | October 28-29 | Sign up Link |
| Collaborative Leadership: Working with Others | Toronto | November 18-19 | Sign up Link |
*REMINDER -- Leadership Discovery: Know Your Strengths is a prerequisite to the remaining sessions.
Questions
If you would like to inquire about or be added to a wait list, please email TRIBE@mozilla.com