Leadership Development Workshop
Managers, team leads, leadership development programs
Build self-awareness, surface leadership values, and create space for honest team reflection.
Workshop Goal
The Problem
Build self-awareness, surface leadership values, and create space for honest team reflection.
What You'll Achieve
- Establish psychological safety
- Surface leadership values and tradeoffs
- Reveal team perceptions of leadership culture
- Generate ideas for leadership improvement
- Structured reflection on team dynamics
Facilitator Value
Safe For The Office™ handles the technology, timing, and participant experience. You focus on the conversation.
Workshop Timeline
A step-by-step structure for the full 75-minute session.
- Icebreaker Experience 12 minEstablish psychological safety.This session works best when the leader participates as a peer, not as an authority.
- Would You Rather 10 minSurface leadership values and tradeoffs."There are no wrong answers here. Leadership is full of genuine tradeoffs."
- Team Polls 12 minReveal team perceptions of leadership culture.If results show low confidence in any area, name it: "This is worth a conversation."
- Idea Storm 12 minGenerate ideas for leadership improvement.Keep ideas forward-looking. Redirect complaints to: "What would you change?"
- Team Retrospective 15 minStructured reflection on team dynamics.Retrospective is the emotional anchor of this session. Give it full time.
Facilitator Guide
Key Notes
- This session works best when the leader participates as a peer, not as an authority.
- After WYR: "There are no wrong answers here. Leadership is full of genuine tradeoffs."
- After Polls: if results show low confidence in any area, name it: "This is worth a conversation."
- Retrospective is the emotional anchor of this session. Give it full time.
- Avoid rushing the close. The last 4 minutes matter.
Discussion Tips
- What does this result tell us about how we work together?
- If you could change one thing about how this team leads, what would it be?
- What's a leadership behavior you want to see more of?
Closing Prompts
- "What's one leadership commitment you're making after today?"
- "What's one thing you appreciate about this team?"
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