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Our future is calling for brave leaders; people who lean into vulnerability, take smart risks, use their values to guide their behaviors and build trust with their peers and communities. 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 led by Certified Dare to Lead™ Facilitators. 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 to support individual to move from armored to daring leadership.
In this 3-Day Intensive, designed exclusively for virtual engagement, you will gain:
Individuals who successfully complete the series are invited 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 led by Certified Dare to Lead™ Facilitators. 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 to support individual to move from armored to daring leadership.
In this 3-Day Intensive, designed exclusively for virtual engagement, you will gain:
- An engaging and interactive format led by a Certified Dare to Lead™ Facilitator with over 30 years of experience working with groups and individuals
- An opportunity to connect with and learn from like-minded people
- A PDF workbook to guide you through the series
- Access to exclusive videos only available to Certified Dare to Lead™ Facilitators
- A private communication channel for participants to maintain connection throughout the series
- An experience of the four-skill sets of courage building and more!
Individuals who successfully complete the series are invited to put a "Dare to Lead Trained" badge on their LinkedIn account.
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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 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 ones 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 yet it can feel challenging to engage in conversations about trust when needed. 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 people know that failure and setback are part of the learning process and they practice rising skills.
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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 |
Brené Brown 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.