Increase your capacity to lead authentically and courageously.

If you have ever felt under qualified, burnt out or alone as a leader and are looking to improve your leadership capabilities the Future Ready Leader's Toolkit is for you.

We bring together an intimate and diverse group of managers and leaders to give you an incredible opportunity to accelerate your development to help you lead confidently and effectively in today's world.

This 16 week advanced program provides Leaders like you with tools to:

• Accelerate your impact.
• Create motivating personal goals and an inspiring team vision.

• Identify opportunities to bring out the best in those you lead and manage.
• Build unbreakable trust.
• Future-proof your leadership goals.
• Use change and uncertainty as a catalyst for exponential growth.
• No longer be bogged down by workplace drama.
• Prevent burnout and increase wellbeing for yourself and those you lead.
• Delve into your mindset to discover what defines your unique leadership style.
• Shift internal contradictions that prevent progress.
• Better manage relationships to create a positive reputation as a leader.
• Confidently create boundaries, make decisions and solve problems.
• Double down on your own development to lead others compassionately and confidently.
• Intelligently adapt in the complex game of leadership.

What’s in store?

• Access to the latest maps, models, frameworks and theories on leadership + human potential.
• Intimate cohort capped at 10 Managers/Leaders to promote rich and diverse dialogue.
• Content to help you lead your self, others and your team vision effectively.
• A safe space to share personal leadership challenges + stories.
• Identify your priorities and evolving values.
• Acquire the confidence and expertise to embrace and master change.
• Apply a proven approach to master key components of your personal and professional life.
• Improve your mental health and overall wellbeing.
• Easily adapt the program into your existing schedule as you participate from anywhere via virtual classrooms, in person integration, peer coaching, personal mentoring and self study materials.

Hone you personal leadership approach with an
intimate group of fellow leaders.

A Future Ready Leader knows how to deliberately create an environment of trust and ongoing development for themselves and those they lead.
They encourage people to dial up and showcase their unique gifts.

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An insight packed 12-session guided program.

After 20+ years of coaching and mentoring Managers and Leaders we have curated a toolkit full of breakthrough strategies to help people in organisations who are responsible for either productivity, people and/or performance.

The digital training is designed to help Managers and Leaders make a positive impact not only in their work, but in their personal life too.

The targeted content allows you to overcome everyday hurdles, struggles and dilemmas that stop you from becoming the Manager or Leader you want to be. Become deeply acquainted with the information presented while being supported and challenged by cohort members as you share notes, stories and feedback, bringing accountability and community to your development. You will be encouraged to deploy what you learn throughout the program and inspired to live and lead at your highest level.

The Future Ready Leader's Toolkit is for:

• Existing leaders looking to improve their leadership approach.
• Emerging leaders wanting to step into the role of leader confidently and courageously.
  
• Mangers who have been thrust into a leadership role unexpectedly.
  
• Business owners and career professionals ready to take action to develop their leadership capabilities.
• Leaders looking for tools and frameworks to enhance their current expertise.
• Managers + Leaders wanting to bring out the best in themselves and those they lead.
• Leaders looking for approaches to leading and managing that have been pioneered at well respected organisations such as Harvard, Stanford, The University of Sydney and the US Naval College.
• Leaders who are feeling stuck or stagnant in their role.
• Leaders looking for creative solutions to help solve wicked problems and navigate uncertainty.

The content and learning interventions have been designed with your professional growth in mind. When we grow and learn together, we not only form deep personal connections, we develop higher levels of self awareness, emotional intelligence and superior thinking capabilities.

I learned a lot of new concepts, it’s a great way to discover tools and techniques for personal growth and leadership, a very empowering overview about how to achieve growth” - Linda Manager Department of Education

Take this incredible journey with an intimate group of peers to create a foundation of knowledge and sustainable practices that will unlock your potential as a leader.

What's Included?

Select from two different participation levels.

1) Future Ready Leader's Toolkit 16-week course includes:

• Intimate Cohort
• Ten self paced educational modules covering proven principles to support personal and professional growth.
  

• Online modules include: Video, audio, worksheet and resources.
• Twelve live group Q&A sessions held via video conferencing
  
• Ongoing support from a leadership partner, the group and your facilitator.
• Access to the Blue Chip Minds private community
• *Add private coaching sessions for use during the course.
  

*Additional fees apply

2) The Leadership Long Game includes:

• All the 16-week Future Ready Leader's Toolkit features
• 6 months private coaching post course completion (8 x 45 minute sessions)

Select your participation level at checkout.

Collect the latest tools to confidently step into your authentic leadership style and become a positive influence at home, at work and the wider world.

16 Week Course Schedule

To ensure you learn and live what is presented, the information is released and discussed progressively over an extended period using various interventions leading to deeper understanding, real life application and leadership growth.

Next Cohort Kicks Off February 15th 2022

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CURRICULUM

The Future Ready Leader's Toolkit prepares you to be confident, authentic, focused, calm, and adaptive in the fast paced ever-changing world of leadership. Study the collection of modules at your own pace between group sessions to allow for deep reflection. Each module builds on the previous and is designed to help you effortlessly handle communication breakdowns, uncertainty and rapid change.

 Kick Off

This half day session is an opportunity to meet your cohort and ensure you have everything you need to gain the most out of your time together. We aim to hold this session face to face.

 Topics Covered:

• Best Practice Knowledge retention and learning methods.
• Program structure and schedule.
• Individual Intentions and Collective Commitments.
• Introduction to the five stages of adult development.
• Reflect on the seven key areas of life and commit to a personal goal for the program.
• Boost productivity by deploying Pareto's principle to your leadership priority and create contingencies for productivity blockers.
  

Module 1 - Being Human

Become a resilient and impactful leader by understanding how to effectively boost productivity without burning out. Better manage your time and help others thrive by using your influence to create a positive ripple that role models well-being.

 Topics Covered:

• Understand the 4 pillars of well-being and the importance of self care as a leader in order to make a positive impact.
• How to create grounding daily practices.
• 4 tools for personal de-fragmentation.

Module 2 - Circle of Trust

Understand the components of trust and how to confidently create an authentic attitude that creates high levels of trustworthiness in your personal and professional relationships. Use peer feedback to determine your trustworthiness as a leader.

 Topics Covered:

• The power of attitude.
• Become a trustworthy leader.
  
• Who do you follow.
  
• Your leadership A-team.

Module 3 - The Adaptive Leader

Uncover your purpose as a leader and learn how to adapt various leadership styles to different situations as you navigate workplace relationships and the ever changing world.

 Topics Covered:

• The purpose of a leader and the need for more visionary leaders.
  
• Transactional leadership.
  
• Transformational leadership.
  
• How to be an adaptive leader.
  

Module 4 - Inside Influence

Based on epigenetics, neuroscience & neurobiology you will discover the part of you that has the greatest influence over your results.  Learn the power of mindset to determine performance outcomes.

 Topics Covered:

• The power of mindsets and they are formed.
  
• Fixed & growth mindset continuum.
  
• A complete framework of the conscious, analytical and subconscious parts of your mind.
• Uncover the assumptions, values and hidden commitments that influence (and sometimes derail) your actions and decisions.

Module 5 - Changing Lanes

Learn why  you and those you lead struggle to change unwanted behaviour. Discover the inner auto pilot and it's role to keep you on course to a subconscious (and often outdated) set point. This protective mechanism is designed to keep you safe, but keeps you and those you lead stuck.

 Topics Covered:

• Psycho-cybernetics.
• Self belief as a tool for transformational leadership.
  
• Learn tactics to avoid self-sabotage.
  
• Upgrade your inner self narrative with a Future ready Blueprint using the principles of neuroscience and psychology.
• Prepare for obstacles by creating future ready contingencies.

Module 6 - The Switch

Create positive and empowering outcomes in your personal and professional relationships and positively challenge your team to switch from a victim mentality to a mindset of responsibility, collaboration and creativity.

Topics Covered:

• Finite and infinite games.
  
• Use the Ladder of inference as a guide to inform your interpersonal interactions and to help coach and guide others to becoming self-authors.
  
• Learn two dynamic models to shift thinking and lead better.
  

Module 7 - Yes! No. Yes?

Learn how to say no intelligently to requests for your time and unwanted behavior to protect what's important and increase productivity without damaging your reputation or professional relationships

 Topics Covered:

• Productivity on pause - uncover the 6 blockers to being productive.
  
• Explore why we feel the pressure to say yes to unwanted demands and behavior.
  
• Learn the 3 ineffective ways we say no.
  
• Craft a path to agreement that includes saying no intelligently in order to arrive at a win/win solution.
  

Module 8 - The Decisive Moment

Decisions can either make or break you as a leader. Learn how to be intuitive, intelligent and confident when making decisions to better manage your time and focus on your key priority. 

 Topics Covered:

• The power of decisions.
• Refine your decision making process.
  
• Intuition as a leadership tool.
  
• Advanced decision making.
  

Module 9 - The Gift of Uncertainty

Learn tools to help manage uncertainty and anxiety and take a deep dive into VUCA conditions and the hidden opportunities for growth.

 Topics Covered:

• The uncertainty myth.
• The link between anxiety, uncertainty and fear.
• Cutting edge tools to manage anxiety on the fly.
• Leading through the six stages of change.
  
• Use VUCA conditions as a springboard to growth.
  

Module 10 - Extraordinary Leadership

Peak Performance is not the sole domain of the individual. The collective power of a group of high performing individuals in sync with one another is called Group Flow. The solving of wicked problems requires many minds in sync and its a leaders role to cultivate an environment where a team can thrive. 

 Topics Covered:

• The science of Flow.
• Create a good business team with laser-like focus, improved productivity, and increased productivity.
• How to create Flow inducing environments, opportunities and challenges for your team to produce extraordinary results.
• Learn how to remove blocks to flow and harness the psychological triggers of peak performance.
• The formula for Group Flow.
  

Conclusion

Reflect on your leanings, clarify principles and get set to fully and courageously live your Leadership journey.

 Topics Covered:

• Recap of the principles and tools.
  
• Reflect on insights and challenges.
  
• Create your flexible leadership action plan.
  
• Celebrate your achievements with the cohort.
  

"I liked the exercises along the way to tackle my own individual issues and attitudes. (Time to reflect) It was good fun, refreshing, good to re-learn and plan applications – reinforcing behaviors to change. Georgia is very charismatic and capable”

Cherie Project Manager Public Transport Victoria.”

Contact Hours

• Program duration: 16 weeks.
  
• Course pre-work: 1hr
  
• Online modules and worksheets: ~1.5 hrs per week.
• 10 Group Online sessions to unpack each module: 1.5 hrs per session.
• Kick-off Masterclass (Online or Live) : Between 3 - 4 hrs.
• Final Action Plan Session (Online or Live): Between 3-4hrs.
• Leadership partner catch up: Approximately 30 minutes every two weeks.
• Personal check in with your facilitator:  1 x 30 minutes.
• Private coaching: Optional

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FAQs

Q: Do I need to lead a team to participate?
A: No, if you are responsible for business productivity and performance, manage a business function or deal with internal and/or external stakeholders you will benefit greatly from the content.

Q: I am not based in Melbourne can I participate?
A: Yes! The program is delivered online and depending on locations of participants some elements may be delivered face to face. This is determined once a cohort is finalised. In some instance if we decide to run an element face to face we will either live stream or record the sessions making the program available to leaders from different locations and time-zones.

Q: Are there any prerequisites to participate?
A: No, however we usually provide pre-course reading to ensure all participants start from a similar foundation of understanding.

Q: Is this an online course?
A: We have a global community and have made the course accessible to anyone from anywhere. The course is a mix of self study (online modules) and live online group sessions. We have factored in 2 face to face group sessions however, with the current COVID climate and depending on the location of cohort members these may be held online. Any face to face elements will be held in the Melbourne metropolitan area.

Q: I'd love to do the course however I am experiencing financial hardship what can I do?
A: We offer 'pay what you can' scholarships to approved participants. Apply here.

Q: Can I enroll a group from my workplace to participate together?
A: Yes. You can register more than one person from the same workplace to participate in our public program or create a cohort exclusive to your workplace and to fit with your schedule (minimum numbers apply). Contact us directly to discuss your organisations specific needs.

Delivery Methods

Our programs are based on the principle that “Learning is not Fast Food” participants are exposed to powerful concepts, principles and frameworks that have been continually tested and found to be the most useful tools for transformation. We have selected approaches that have been pioneered at Harvard, Stanford, The University of Sydney, the US Naval College and deployed personally by our team in their personal and professional lives. 

Each module is based on the principle of "Triple Loop Learning" allowing for deep personal reflection that informs new behaviour. Group learning environments are know to heighten learning, allowing you to delve deeper into the principles presented.

Insights on Demand

Access videos, mp3 recordings and worksheets to level up your leadership. Access the resources online from any desktop or mobile device anytime you like.

Group Q&A sessions

Join the team 60-minute group check-in sessions held via video conferencing.
This is a place to switch off from the demands of work and come together with your cohort to deep dive the content, maps, models and frameworks. Questions are answered and insights, wins and challenges are shared.

Where possible and depending on location of participants and COVID restrictions, we may hold the Kick-off, Checkpoint and/or Conclusion sessions face to face.

 Ongoing Support

Learning is a personal experience and is greatly enhanced with peer coaching.

Managers and Leaders can choose to *upgrade to receive personal 1:1 coaching sessions with their facilitator.

*additional investment applies

Meet The Program Creator

In my role at Blue Chip Minds, I see first-hand the effects on businesses and their workforce when conventional thinking and traditional leadership is the norm. Participants of our corporate programs often share stories of Leaders they don’t trust, toxic work environments, feeling undervalued and not heard. Most express deep appreciation to us for creating the right circumstances for them to take time to reflect on their work and life, to integrate knowledge within themselves and for helping them to gain clarity on how they can be a better human personally and professionally.

I created the Future Ready Leader's Toolkit in response to the common development opportunities identified while coaching executives, managers and leaders.  I observed an ever increasing need to create a platform to specifically assist Managers and Leaders to reflect on their results and adapt accordingly and to grow with other leaders in similar situations. My aim is to help leaders embrace their deepest need for love and growth, to help motivate them to pursue their personal and professional goals, to identify and manage priorities effectively, to show them how to confidently step into the unknown future, to build greater levels of trust with the people they live and work with and to rekindle the joy that comes naturally from leading others.

Georgia

GEORGIA ELLIS

Founder Blue Chip Minds

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