Leadership Development Program
Convenient, Online Training
Our 10-day Leadership Development Program has been refined and successfully implemented for high-potential employees, mid- to senior-level managers, and executives across North America. Designed for vice presidents, directors, experienced managers, and senior leaders ready to take their careers to the next level, the program enhances leadership skills while strengthening organizational competence through real-time problem-solving exercises.
Delivered in a live, virtual format over 10 sessions (8:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m. EST, total of 35 hours/3.5 CEUs), the program blends interactive collaboration with the flexibility to learn from anywhere. Participants benefit from immediate feedback, peer engagement, and practical application, ensuring the concepts are not only understood but can be applied directly to their day-to-day roles.
Course Outline
| 2/10/2026 | Module 1: Your Role as a Transformational Leader |
| 2/24/2026 | Module 2: Enhancing Emotional Intelligence |
| 3/10/2026 | Module 3: Leadership Self-Management |
| 3/24/2026 | Module 4: Enabling Performance and Strategically Developing Capabilities |
| 4/7/2026 | Module 5: Developing High-Performance Teams – Part 1 |
| 4/21/2026 | Module 6: Developing High-Performance Teams – Part 2 |
| 5/5/2026 | Module 7: The Art and Science of Strategy – Part 1 |
| 5/19/2026 | Module 8: The Art and Science of Strategy – Part 2 |
| 6/2/2026 | Module 9: Creating a Culture that Drives Success |
| 6/16/2026 | Module 10: Guiding Change for Sustainable Results |
Who Should Attend
- Vice Presidents
- Directors & Senior Managers
- Experienced Managers
- Upper to Middle Level Managers
Participants Learn Through
- Live Instructor-led sessions
- Group discussion
- Skills practice exercises
- Multiple assessments
- Live feedback
- Networking & best practice sharing
- Session pre-work & post session application
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Module 1: Your Role as a Transformational Leader
- Leadership purpose at the functional, departmental and organizational level
- Balancing task, individual and team needs
- Leading in the current environment
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Module 2: Enhancing Emotional Intelligence
- Emotional intelligence defined
- Review of individual Eqi 2.0 instrument results
- Applying EQi
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Module 3: Leadership Self-Management
- Understanding stress, leadership impacts and stress management
- Review of individual Stress Processing Report results
- Self-management: know your triggers
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Module 4: Enabling Performance and Strategically Developing Capabilities
- Aligning purpose and creating engagement
- Performance management, feedback and reviews
- Strategic capability development for today and the future
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Module 5: Developing High-Performance Teams – part 1
- Teams, work groups and committees
- Understanding team member capabilities
- The characteristics of effective teams
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Module 6: Developing High Performance Teams – part 2
- Generating team consensus – simulation exercise
- Leadership to maximize team cohesion and impact
- Leading and engaging virtual teams
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Module 7: The Art & Science of Strategy – part 1
- Strategic thinking vs. strategic planning
- Evaluating strategy – relevant case study review
- The strategic planning process
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Module 8: The Art & Science of Strategy – part 2
- Applying innovative thinking to strategic goals
- Setting strategic goals – the what and the how
- Critical success factors and key performance indicators
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Module 9: Creating a Culture that Drives Success
- Defining culture and its components
- The bias of paradigms in blinding leaders
- Leverage points for shaping culture – the impact of experiences
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Module 10: Guiding Change for Sustainable Results
- Understanding change and responses to change – Change Style Indicator assessment
- Guiding large-scale organizational change
- Communication and building commitment for organizational change
Instructors
Amy Bandalos, CEC
Amy is an executive coach and certified talent optimization consultant with Workplace Synergistics, a management and organizational development consulting firm, working with small and mid-size businesses. She is a Human Resources professional, leader, and consultant with 30 years of experience working in large healthcare and service industry organizations including Vistana Resort, Nemours Children’s Care, and Florida Blue and its parent company GuideWell. Her career has been dedicated to helping companies develop and advance strategies for culture and team environment, leadership and employee development, high-potential talent development, and talent planning and succession. Amy is committed to helping leaders and employees achieve their maximum potential for today, tomorrow and beyond.
Rusty Bozman, SHRM-SCP, CCP
Rusty held various senior leadership roles in all aspects of human resources for large publicly traded and private organizations for over 30 years. He built his career establishing human resources strategy in the information technology, healthcare, and real estate sectors, with organizations including Computer Associates International, The St. Joe Company, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Maryland, and a contractor supporting the Department of Defense. He is a certified compensation professional, certified talent optimization consultant, SHRM-SCP and the principal of Workplace Synergistics, a management and organizational development consulting firm.