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We’ve now tested this approach in more than fifty organizations and with approximately ten thousand individuals who are learning these skills on their own or in teams. From the Gates Foundation to Shell, from small family-owned businesses to Fortune 50 companies, to multiple branches of the U.S. military, we have found this process to have a significant positive impact, not just on the way leaders show up with their teams, but also on how their teams perform." ~ Dr. Brené Brown |
The world is desperate for brave leaders; leaders who are not silent about hard things, who ask the right questions, who are self-aware enough to lead from their hearts and not fear. They cultivate cultures where brave conversations are the norm and armor is not needed nor rewarded.
Based on the research of Dr. Brené Brown, Dare to Lead™ is an empirically based courage-building program designed to be facilitated by organizational development professionals.
Brené is a research professor at the University of Houston where she holds the Huffington Foundation – Brené Brown Endowed Chair at The Graduate College of Social Work. She has spent the past two decades studying courage, vulnerability, shame, and empathy, and most recently completed a seven-year study on courageous leadership. She is the author of five #1 New York Times bestsellers: The Gifts of Imperfection, Daring Greatly, Rising Strong, Braving the Wilderness, and Dare to Lead, which also debuted at #1 on The Wall Street Journal and Publisher’s Weekly lists. Click HERE to read more about Brené Brown.
The most significant finding from Brené’s latest research is that courage is a collection of four skill sets that are teachable, measurable, and observable. The Dare to Lead™ program focuses on developing these courage-building skills through workshops, trainings, and coaching to help individuals, teams, and organizations move from armored leadership to daring leadership.
Individuals who successfully complete the full 24-hour Dare to Lead program will receive a certificate of completion and are allowed to put a Dare to Lead Trained badge on their LinkedIn account.
Based on the research of Dr. Brené Brown, Dare to Lead™ is an empirically based courage-building program designed to be facilitated by organizational development professionals.
Brené is a research professor at the University of Houston where she holds the Huffington Foundation – Brené Brown Endowed Chair at The Graduate College of Social Work. She has spent the past two decades studying courage, vulnerability, shame, and empathy, and most recently completed a seven-year study on courageous leadership. She is the author of five #1 New York Times bestsellers: The Gifts of Imperfection, Daring Greatly, Rising Strong, Braving the Wilderness, and Dare to Lead, which also debuted at #1 on The Wall Street Journal and Publisher’s Weekly lists. Click HERE to read more about Brené Brown.
The most significant finding from Brené’s latest research is that courage is a collection of four skill sets that are teachable, measurable, and observable. The Dare to Lead™ program focuses on developing these courage-building skills through workshops, trainings, and coaching to help individuals, teams, and organizations move from armored leadership to daring leadership.
Individuals who successfully complete the full 24-hour Dare to Lead program will receive a certificate of completion and are allowed to put a Dare to Lead Trained badge on their LinkedIn account.
The Four Skill Sets of Courage
1. Rumbling with Vulnerability
Many of us were raised believing that vulnerability is weakness. This is a myth. Vulnerability is not weakness. It is our most accurate measure of courage. Vulnerability is also at the heart of so many of the other qualities that people say they want in their lives and work: joy, belonging, empathy, creativity, resilience, trust, accountability, problem-solving abilities and more. You can't get to courage without rumbling with vulnerability. 2. Living into our Values Being clear on our values, personally and organizationally, helps us to navigate challenges and make difficult decisions. Practicing our values is different from professing them. When we practice our values, we have clarity about the behaviors that support us and which can be derailing. Daring leaders live into their values and are never silent about hard things. 3. Braving Trust Trust is an essential element of relationships and teams, and yet it can feel challenging to engage in conversations about it. When we define trust as a set of specific behaviors, it makes building trust, and discussing when it's been damaged, possible. As we create a shared understanding of the elements of trust, we are on the path to intentionally creating relationships and teams that are more resilient. Clear is kind. Unclear is unkind. 4. Learning to Rise If we are being brave with our lives, the question is not IF we will fall, but when. Learning resiliency is essential so that when we do fall, we can get back up and be ready for the next courageous act. When we have the courage to walk into our story and own it, we get to write the ending. But when we don’t own our stories of failure, setbacks, and hurt - they own us. Courageous organizations know that failure and setback are part of the learning process, and support team members in learning rising skills.
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Daring leaders lean into vulnerability, take smart risks, use their values to guide their behaviors and build trust in their teams, organizations and communities.