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Level Up

07 - 09 March 2025

Optica Global Headquarters
Washington, D.C., District of Columbia USA

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Deadline: 30 November 2024, 23:59

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Discover your personal and professional skills of leadership

Are you leading one or more team members for the first time, whether officially or unofficially? Do you aspire to cultivate the skills necessary to lead your team effectively, making a positive impact sustainably, without succumbing to burnout? Join us for Level Up Leadership – an immersive three-day event designed to help you explore these pivotal questions while crafting a personalized action plan for implementation. Throughout the program, you’ll embark on an introspective journey to define your unique leadership style, discover strategies for collaborating and facilitating your team, honing your communication skills. Gain invaluable hands-on experience in navigating conflict resolution using reference scenarios and overcome personal barriers hindering your professional growth. Level Up Leadership provides a platform to address common challenges such as imposter syndrome, equipping you with the tools to manage yourself and your time more effectively. Don’t miss this opportunity to elevate your leadership potential and network within the photonics industry. Register now to secure your place and unlock the keys to impactful leadership.

Topics include:

There is a huge difference between managing and leading. Discover the qualities of a leader and as a result, set your personal intentions for this event.

Each of us possesses a default leadership style, influenced by factors like personality, gender, and culture. Identify your unique style and delve into five distinct leadership types, discerning which are most adept at achieving specific objectives. Assess the need for leadership flexibility to address challenges you currently encounter, potentially yielding different outcomes.

Ever wondered why certain responsibilities drain your energy while others ignite your passion? Uncover your leadership pathway, revealing your innate talents and how you can leverage them to create value. Reflect on your Talent Dynamics strengths profile to gain insights into your flow state.

Effective teamwork elevates individual performance. Engage in a simulated team environment to understand your response under pressure. Acquire strategies for navigating conflict within a supportive setting.

Enhance your communication prowess through an exercise focusing on a critical yet underutilized skill, employing an ICF (International Coaching Federation)-approved coaching technique. Learn to apply this skill across various scenarios, from one-on-one development meetings to group discussions and delivering and receiving feedback.

Crafting a concise introduction about yourself and your work can be challenging. Utilise a five-part strategy to create your social pitch and seize the opportunity to practice and benefit from the Optica network during our network primer exercise.

Allyship involves understanding the imbalance in opportunity for underrepresented groups and working to change it. Discover three simple, yet effective ways you can be an ally and change someone’s life significantly. Learn how you can also advocate for yourself using non-confrontational conversation templates for saying no gracefully, setting and maintaining boundaries and asking for what you need.

Many people are torn – afraid to speak up, be seen, or minimise their achievements and at the same time, are frustrated that they are getting in their own way. Feeling like you will be exposed to not know enough and being your own worst critic is a toxic combination. It can result in procrastination, individualism, and ruminating thoughts. Discover your unique stress team of ‘selves’ and how to move beyond imposter syndrome by separating from their agendas and regaining real choice in your behaviours and actions. Leave with three gold standard tools to break the cycle of pre-empting, overthinking and ruminating and unlock your true potential.

We build up stress and emotional tension every single day. Learn how to find freedom from these stressors using movement, music, and embodiment. You will need to wear something you can move freely in, bring layers of clothing in case you get hot or cold, and a bottle of water. This is an optional (but highly recommended) evening class.

We don’t rise to the level of our goals, we fall to the level of our systems, and according to Edward Demming, 94% of failures are systems failures, only 6% are people failures. Discover the latest research in developing atomic habits to create 1% incremental improvements to your time and energy which compound to create extraordinary results.

 
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