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CHALLENGE
Upgrade your Leadership & Lead with Confidence
Learn by experience
to lead by nature
Gain the skills, mindset and network to lead your team successfully. While the best learning is learning by experience, feeling strong emotions, observing yourself in borderline situations where you may not always be in control, that is because Leadership by the book only has value if it is experienced.
We provide you the framework so you can experiment and then take the lessons learned back to your team.
„This experience has given me perspective. Being among others like myself, the school made me realize, without false modesty, that I am a leader. You have to accept that about yourself. You are objectively born with certain qualities, you have to see them and use them.”
Entrepreneur and investor “Imperiul Leilor”. Graduate of Leaders Challenge #1
WHY LEADERS CHALLENGE?
From the training room to the sailing boat – these are the experiences that develop your leadership.
Challenge is based on a unique curriculum: learning happens both in the training room, alongside successful practitioners, and in contextual learning spaces: you learn the secrets of coordination at sea, on a sailing boat, you understand the secrets of effective communication through games, and you train your expressiveness on the stage of the National Theatre in Bucharest.
The Leap of Faith
Practicing an authentic leadership style effectively involves taming your primal emotions and putting them to work for you. Out at sea, on the sailboat, you will undergo a test in relation to nature where you will confront your primal emotions and transform them into catalyst for change.
The Team Game
You will work on individual and group principles and learn to address internal team convergence, discover unwritten communication paths for those times when you feel your message is not getting through to the team and efficiency seems a distant goal.
The Community Challenge
Mentored by leaders from civil society, you will develop from scratch and implement a project in the community with observable results in the short term, but with medium and long-term impact. Thus, you learn essential skills in managing results and realize the importance of the community factor in your daily work.
The Final Act
With the stage of the National Theater in Bucharest as your classroom, you will train your oratory, your ability to express your ideas and vision charismatically, verbally and non-verbally, you will gain control over the emotions that speaking in front of large audiences inevitably brings.
DEVELOP THE SKILLS THAT ENABLE YOU TO
UPGRADE YOUR LEADERSHIP AND LEAD WITH CONFIDENCE
PERSONAL LEADERSHIP
To lead others, you must first lead yourself. Personal leadership involves a high degree of self-awareness, conscious decisions regarding personal growth, and managing the inner “theatre”: a process of personal management that allows you to focus your efforts on what matters without ignoring internal signals.
CHANGE MANAGEMENT
In the age of speed, dynamic situations and constantly changing contexts require flexible leadership, prepared to manage the unknown. You learn how to integrate changes starting from internal emotions to thought structures and practical challenges, derived from your professional reality.
COMMUNICATION MANAGEMENT
Crisis situations, negotiation sessions, one-on-one meetings are just a few contexts that require adapting communication styles, choosing the right words, and carefully formulating conveyed messages. You will gain experience in assertive communication, tailored to the contexts and situations around you.
NURTURING TALENTS
Training others and ‘passing on the torch’ are essential in the leadership process. Discover how to identify and nurture talents by recognizing strengths and creating contexts that challenge and facilitate growth.
TEAM LEADERSHIP
Leadership also involves followership. You learn how to create that healthy environment where people feel safe, act, innovate, and feel like they belong to a team.
STRATEGIC THINKING
Providing clear direction solves 50% of the leadership act. Developing a strategic thinking ability involves aligning your personal vision with industry trends, performance objectives, and team needs.
To find out more on the skills, agenda, speakers & pricing and benefits, download the Leaders Challenge Brochure!
IS CHALLENGE
FIT FOR ME?
You are an entrepreneur or manager at the beginning of your career, you discover the challenges of professional growth in relation to your team and your own leadership style and you need an upgrade on the specific skills of your new status.
In the past, you performed as a professional – now, you need to pass on know-how to the team, develop and delegate work processes, and develop a big picture vision that facilitates strategic thinking on the way forward: personally, at team level, as well as at organizational level.
In each edition, we create a mix of participants from different industries and fields to give you the chance to interact with and learn from as many different people as possible.
AGENDA
Leaders Challenge – Modul 1
22 june - 24 june
Leaders Challenge – Modul 2
23 july - 25 july
Leaders Challenge – Modul 3
18 september - 19 september
Leaders Challenge – Modul 4
11 october - 13 october
MAKE MISTAKES ALONGSIDE THE BEST
Andreea has over 25 years of executive management experience, leading local and international teams of over 1,000 employees. She has successfully established operational centers in multiple countries and expanded existing ones. She holds a degree in Management from ASE and has completed Executive Development programs at Queen’s University in Canada and INSEAD in France.
Valentin Radu is an entrepreneur with 16 years of experience in Technology and Online Marketing. He is Founder and CEO of Omniconvert, a conversion optimization platform that has received numerous international awards.
With over 20 years of Gallup experience, she began her venture as an independent consultant and entrepreneur in 2018. Besides her passion for numbers and relevant insight in building marketing strategies developed over many years of market research analysis, Ioana is a Gallup-Certificated Strengths Coach. The last 10 years have given her the opportunity to expand her area of expertise and work not only with consumer needs and expectations for products, brands and services but also with employee needs and expectations.
Florin Petrescu is an educational partner of the LEADERS Foundation, facilitating memorable sessions on leadership and adapting to change. He is Senior Faculty at the Center for Creative Leadership for Europe where he helps companies increase their organizational agility and develop new generations of leaders. She holds a Masters in International Human Resource Management from Cranfield School of Management in the UK.
Beatrice is CEO of the Leaders Foundation. A graduate of Polytechnic and of one of LEADERS’ successful programs, she discovered that there is no such thing as „no can do” and today she puts her energy, optimism and overflowing confidence into organizing the most ambitious project for high school students in Romania and coordinating teams of volunteers in ten cities across the country, keeping the ideas and actions of the foundation at a constant temperature. She scrupulously analyzes and implements the LEADERS vision, aiming for long-term impact in the communities of students we reach.
Elena believes in people’s ability to evolve and discover their path. She is involved in education, cultivating healthy behaviors and leadership. She is an ANC licensed vocational counselor and a licensed user of the Jackson Vocational Interest Survey (JVIS) psychometric instrument, a graduate of the Master’s Degree in Psychodiagnosis, Experiential Psychotherapy and Personal Development (PEU) at the University of Bucharest.
Mădălina is a trainer, training designer and coach. Her role within the Leaders Foundation programs is to create and deliver the most effective educational content through creative methods. She has expertise in training, credit risk, sales and HR. She practices systemic coaching and conducts equine guided education programs.
Your Contribution
The participation fee is 3000 EUR and can be covered in three ways:
Cover It Yourself
You can choose to pay the amount in installments – and we’ll decide on them together, depending on what’s the best option for you.
Your Employer
Go to your HR representative or manager and convince them to support your development by covering your participation costs. After Leaders Challenge you will deliver better for both you and your manager – win-win!
Scholarships
Our partners reward initiative and performance and provide opportunities for the exceptional managers and entrepreneurs.
What’s included in my contribution?
The entire educational experience
(trainers, educational materials, curriculum, experiential modules) during the 6 months of Leaders Challenge;
3 individual performance coaching sessions
Accomodation for live sessions taking place outside Bucharest;
Lunch & Coffee breaks during live sessions;
Advisory Board – participatory development sessions, where solutions or new ideas for tackling problems are discovered by tapping into the intelligence of the group;
Access to the LEADERS Alumni Community
Leadership in Action
„I participated in the Leaders Challenge program looking to test and develop my skills. I believe that exposing ourselves to challenges in a supportive environment is key to pushing our limits. Leaders Experience managed to create the necessary contexts, I met beautiful people and many many sources of inspiration.” – Alex Turdean
„For me the Leaders Challenge was more than a learning experience. It was an opportunity to meet valuable people, to make new friendships and at the same time to build business relationships. I have been in the management area for more than 10 years, some skills I had before, some I acquired along the way. The management area puts you in situations you may never have encountered before and it is largely up to you, as a leader, to come out of them well, to learn the necessary lessons, to develop the team with you, so that the boat keeps the desired direction, no matter how high the waves. The Leaders Challenge, in its 4 modules, put me in real life limit situations that I have never experienced before. For me Leaders Challenge was real.” – Ionel Timis
„Through Leaders Challenge, I learned to see every challenge as an opportunity for growth, approaching each situation with innovation and courage. The program equipped me with the necessary skills to lead teams with confidence, no matter the complexity of the challenges faced. I have discovered the importance of effective communication and adaptability in leadership, essential elements to inspire and motivate a diverse team. The experience gained prepares me to successfully navigate the dynamic landscape of today’s professional world.” – Paul Soare
„I understand that you need Challenges to become the best version of yourself. I’ve participated in every Leaders program so far and thought it would be hard to surprise me again. There were so many things I did for the first time that the experience can’t be compared to anything. Instead, the people are the same, and the fact that for the 10 years I’ve known them we’ve been together on this project shows that they know how to build real teams.” – Paula Cionca
„My experience in the Leaders Challenge project was truly remarkable. By participating in this project, I had the opportunity to discover not only the skills and talents of my team, but also effective ways to coordinate and collaborate with others. It was a profound learning experience that helped me develop my leadership skills and understand the importance of effective team communication. I am grateful for this opportunity and for having the chance to grow both professionally and personally through this project.” – Vladislava Coneschi-Covalciuc
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