We all in life and in workplace experience Middleness. Means, we feel sandwiched between two people or torn between to people. Sometimes you are torn between too many people. How do we effectively lead from this space need to be understood by having a systemic awareness about the organisation or community. So this program is for middle managers or senior leaders in matrix structured organizations and multinational organisation who experience middleness.
Organisation need mid-level leadership who can take initiative, create a future and act as the glue to hold various stakeholders together. This workshop is conceived to enable people experiencing mindlessness to build the skills, mindset and identity to create a new possibility being in the middle.
‘Leading from the middle’ becomes even more crucial during turbulent times, because at this level they have a view of both sides. They can conceive, suggest, and set in motion new ideas that top managers may not have thought of and influence big picture thinking at the immediate bottom.
This program will focus on the following
CREATING A WHOLE SYSTEMIC VIEW
Here we focus on helping the middles develop a systemic view. This will help them move away from just cause and effect assessment of issues towards a systemic approach. This would help them in realising that all organizational systems have common characteristics, predict-able conditions, predictable traps, and high-leverage opportunities to avoid those traps.
DISCOVERING THE POWER IN THE MIDDLE
The Power in the middle is often understated. So is the opportunity to influence thoughts, processes, ideas while one is in the middle. The participants discuss and learn about ways to play the role of a facilitator, coach, teach, sponsor, mentor in various context through real life case lets, roleplays and reflective exercise.