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Building Brave Leaders & Courageous Cultures Delivered by Leading Facilitator, experienced Certified Dare To Lead™ Facilitator and Executive Coach - Debra Birks.

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Delivered over 3-DAYS IN-PERSON for the full experience. No self-directed learning. All lessons completed in the room with your fellow Dare to Lead™ participants. Learn, Connect, Celebrate and Graduate to-gether...it is the best!

PLUS BONUS COACHING - 'Circle Back' Group Coaching sessions available post the workshops.

(Value $500.00) join and learn with other graduates.

In-Person Melbourne

Day 1: Tue 2nd March - 8:30am - 5:00pm

Day 2: Wed 3rd March - 8:30am - 5:00pm

Day 3: Thu 4th March - 8:30am - 5:00pm

Why Dare To Lead™ Leadership?

The Dare To Lead™ program cultivates Brave Leaders and Courageous Cultures with a focus on accountable, self-aware and empathic leadership skill development. Leaders will strengthen skills to rise from failures and set-backs, to align values into behaviours, to unlearn and relearn what vulnerability is and is not. This program supports emotional well-being and is transformational in leadership and life.

About the Dare To Lead™ program

Based on the research of Dr. Brené Brown, Dare to Lead™ is an empirically based courage-building program of four skill sets that are measurable, teachable and observable, and designed to be delivered by a Certified Dare To Lead™ Facilitator. This is a highly interactive and experiential workshop that delivers on its research in clear and practical ways.

Who should attend?

Brené defines a leader as, "someone who takes responsibility for finding the potential in people and processes and has the courage to develop that potential."

A Call to all Leaders - people leaders, self-leaders, emerging leaders, educators, community and business leaders, health professionals, coaches and consultants; this is a deep dive into 'Brave Leadership' and if you're committed to leading authentically, ethically and inclusively, with your whole heart, this program is for you.

Discover how to...

Cultivate courageous cultures and brave leaders
Increase innovation and creativity
Operationalise values - realign values to meaning and purpose
Build empathy - practice of self-care and emotional wellbeing
Build trust through accountability, reliability and boundaries
Rise from setbacks - aquire strategies and skills to reset from failure and disappointment

Key Learning Outcomes

Defining your Leadership identity
Identify the 4 skill sets of courage
Recognise the critical role that self-awareness plays in daring leadership
How to show up for hard conversations
Understand why courage requires vulnerability
Why self-protection (armour) - not fear - is our greatest obstacle in daring leadership
Identifying the myths of vulnerability
Understand how courage is measurable, teachable and observable
Cultivating an essential feedback culture

Program Includes

Dare to Lead™ official workbook only available from your Certified Dare To Lead™ Facilitator
Dare to Lead™ ‘Participant Trained’ digital LinkedIn seal a globally recognised leadership credential* and digital Dare To Lead™ Trained Certificate
Daring Leadership Assessment - measuring individual's courage skills-set
Brené Brown videos - created exclusively for the Dare To Lead™ program
Resources to continue and embed the learnings
Access to ANEWDAY's private group coaching circles. Exclusive to DTL graduates

*N.B. This program does not provide you with a Dare To Lead™ Certified Facilitator credential to facilitate the Dare To Lead™ program.

About Debra Birks - Your Facilitator

Debra, a Leading Certified Dare to Lead™ (CDTLF) and Daring Way™ Facilitator (CDWF), an ICF, ECL Lvl 3 Executive/Leadership Coach of 20 years, an experienced executive leader of 30+years, and holds the position of Program Director & Facilitator of Dare To Lead™ at Monash University Executive Business Education. Debra delivers public and in-house programs for organisations across Australia and Asia.

Debra will facilitate and guide you through...

the Dare To Lead™ 3-day curriculum - this is not self-directed learning.
all lessons are completed in the face to face delivery using her own personal stories, humour, knowledge and wisdom to compliment the research and science.
the skills, common language and tools required to operationalise your own courage in your organisation, workplace and life.

About Brené Brown

Brené is a research professor at the University of Houston where she holds the Huffington Endowed Chair, she also holds the position of Professor of Practice in Management at the University of Texas at Austin McCombs School of Business. She has spent the past two decades studying courage, vulnerability, shame, and empathy, is the author of six #1 New York Times bestsellers, and the host of three award-winning podcasts, Unlocking Us, Dare to Lead and the Curiosity Shop.

Agenda Summary

The Heart of Daring Leadership

The foundations of Daring Leadership
Identifying your call to courage as a leader
The 11 elements of daring vs armoured leadership behaviours
Armour vs fear and the armouring up process
The 5Cs of strategic thinking, decision making and delegation
Tools for grounded confidence
Self-awareness and emotional literacy

Rumbling with Vulnerability

Myths of vulnerability
Building shame resilience
Empathy and self-compassion skills

Living into our Values

Identify your core values
Operationalise your values into aligned behaviours
Rumble skills, tools and language
Giving and receiving engaged feedback

BRAVING – Trust

Anatomy of trust and psychological safety
Trust with self, within teams and others
Practicing boundaries integrity and generosity

Learning to Rise

Getting emotionally hooked
Barriers and strategies for reckoning with emotions
The reckoning - getting curious about emotional hooks
The rumble - conspiracies and confabulations of our stories
The revolution - reset and rewrite a new ending

Contact information

For any enquiries about the Dare To Lead™ event please contact the facilitator debra@anewday.com.au

FAQs

Do you deliver Dare To Lead™ for in-house teams?

Yes. You can attend a public program or bring Dare To Lead™ into your organisation. Both options are a 3-day format either in-person or virtual. Please email the organiser to register your interest and discuss options.

Will there be regular breaks during the program?

Yes. Over the 3-day program your well-being is important so regular breaks and activities are provided for optimal engagement and learning.

Is lunch provided?

Yes - Morning & afternoon Tea, and a nutritious lunch will be provided

Can I be invoiced rather than pay through Humanitix?

Yes. Please contact debra@anewday.com.au direct to arrange payment

Are discounts available for groups?

Yes. Please contact debra@anewday.com.au

How can I contact the organiser with any questions?

debra@anewday.com.au

What's the refund policy?

Due to the advance planning and limited availability of our 3-day workshops, all bookings are final and no refunds are available if you change your mind or cannot attend.

Cancellations & Rescheduling

If the workshop is postponed or cancelled due to circumstances outside our control, we will reschedule the program for an alternative date. A full refund will only be issued if the workshop is permanently cancelled, or if the rescheduled dates do not work for you.

Is my ticket transferrable?

Yes. Tickets are transferable to another person, or to another workshop date if future dates are available within the same calendar year period.

Please notify debra@anewday.com.au two weeks prior to the program commencement date if you wish to transfer your ticket, or transfer to another attendee. If transfer is within 7 days (including weekends), of the commencement date to an alternative date, a transfer and administration fee of $290 will be applied.

Is accomodation available for participants?

Yes. If you require accommodation at Vibe Hotel Melbourne please book directly with them to receive a discount from a secured rate.

Is there parking at the event?

Yes. Parking is available at a discounted rate of $25 per day. A parking code and directions will be supplied prior to workshop commencement.

Contact the host of Dare To Lead™ Melbourne In-Person with Debra Birks