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Birkman Method: Assessing Your Leadership Style and Strengths
Dr. Abbey Davis — Director for the Center for the Future of Work, Spears School of Business, and Assistant Professor of Practice, Oklahoma State University
High-performing teams view conflict as an essential element for innovation and change. The key is for the team to experience functional conflict, not dysfunctional. By using The Birkman Method®, teams can develop a common language to work together towards a common goal. In this seminar, participants will learn how to embrace the strengths and needs of each other and work towards a higher level of group emotional intelligence. By the end of the seminar, participants will have a better understanding and respect for each other’s differ - ences, and the importance of team strengths. Upon completion, participants can earn 0.3 to 0.4 continuing education units (CEUs), depending on the length.
This three to four-hour seminar can be customized based on your team’s needs and size.
» KORN FERRY COMPETENCIES Communicates effectively | Manages complexity | Organizational savvy | Situational adaptability
SEMINAR OUTLINE
I. Team ice breaker II. The Birkman Method: An overview III. How would you get the cats out? IV. Team activity: The importance of style diversity in teams V. Birkman map activity and discussion A. Step 1: Discussion around interests B. Step 2: A look at usual styles, which is how we show up each day C. Step 3: What are our underlying needs and how do they differ from usual styles D. Step 4: Understanding stress behaviors and triggers VI. Self-reflection and discussion around strengths, handling conflict, communication and influence
VII. Putting The Birkman Method into practice VIII. Participants will complete an action plan to support self-management For this seminar, we create a giant matrix on the floor for your team to plot themselves on based on their assessment results. This activity is fun and energizing because it gets participants moving, and they can see how they compare to their colleagues.
The Center for the Future of Work in the OSU Spears School of Business offers various certificate programs and customized professional development.
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