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Learn Well-Being Leadership Skills for Success

Learn well-being leadership skills for success in these upcoming certificate programs from Mason’s Center for the Advancement of Well-Being.

Leadership Coaching for Organizational Well-Being Program

Cohort 9: September 2020 to January 2021 (application deadline is July 15, 2020)

Cohort 10: February 2021 to June 2021

Cohort 11: September 2021 to January 2022

The Professional Certificate in Leadership Coaching for Organizational Well-Being Program is designed specifically for business professionals striving for positive change in team and organizational culture. The Mason coaching focus emphasizes strengths-based approaches and methodologies as well as transformative practices that deepen self-awareness, develop coaching presence, and facilitate organizational well-being. This experiential program features a competency and research-based curriculum that aligns with the International Coach Federation (ICF) requirements and coaching competencies.

Strengths-Based Leadership Program

May 8, 2020 or September 11, 2020

This one-day program shows leaders how to use their strengths to optimize leadership success. Research shows that using strengths-based leadership can lead to higher levels of employee motivation, engagement, and well-being. Leaders will experience a greater awareness of their unique mix of strengths and discover how to apply that knowledge to improve individual and organizational performance.

Leveraging the Power of Polarity Thinking Program

May 27–29, 2020

This three-day program equips leaders to use Polarity Thinking™ concepts, practices and tools, including the Polarity Map® and the Polarity Assessment™. Polarities are interdependent yet opposing forces that create tension in individuals, teams, and systems. Polarity Thinking will enable leaders to overcome their most complex and critical challenges by applying both/and thinking skills to the polarities they face in leadership. Leaders will gain experience managing polarities in a consulting/coaching client relationship by integrating what they have learned through an action learning project. Leaders will earn a certification in PACT™ (Polarity Approach for Continuity and Transformation) through this program.

Questions? Contact lead2wb@gmu.edu or 703-993-6090.