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“Leadership is not a position, it is a practice.”
--Bobbie  Goheen
 

 
“You don't lead by pointing and telling people some place to go. You lead by going to that place and making a case.”
--Ken Kesey
 

 
“The Fruit of Leadership. The ability to have the creativity and compelling wisdom to name yourself after a fruit is bold and unforgettable. Such is the nature of leadership. Just like Steve Jobs naming his company Apple. He is very much a character, not always liked and definitely his own man. The company is the same as well. The metaphor of this story is simple and complex. Be bold, be original, be unapologetically yourself and be comfortable that not everyone will like you yet you are essential to their everyday health and wellness....just like an apple!”
--Bobbie Goheen
 
 
Successful leaders and organizations know leadership development is not just nice to have, it is a need to have in today’s dynamic business/organizational environments. Excellence in leadership is a quest for continual growth by the individual. Today’s leading organizations invest in that quest when they partner with Synthesis.
"Excellence is not an accomplishment. It is a spirit, a never-ending process".
Lawrence M. Miller
Synthesis provides a broad spectrum of leadership programs which offer the following:
Executive Leadership Development – is a program designed specifically for executives at the top of their profession and roles within the company. The program highlights the following areas that are key to individual professional and organizational growth:
"The very essence of leadership is that you have to have vision. You can't blow an uncertain trumpet."
- Theodore M. Hesburgh
  • Leadership strengths and positive behaviors for growth
  • Organizational, strategic, and tactical communications
  • Relationship building
  • Strategic “tunneling in” and feedback
  • Developing new leaders
  • Course adjustment skills - assessing for involvement, planning, course change, or leadership by example
  • Defining and redefining roles based on the needs of the company and team
  • Opportunity development and management
  • Creating environments that foster positive momentum for all involved
  • Understanding the difference between judgment and discernment
“In organizations, real power and energy is generated through relationships.
The patterns of relationships and the capacities to form them are more important than tasks, functions, roles, and positions.”
- Margaret Wheatly, Leadership and the New Science
Leadership Development – this program represents the difference between the science of management and the art of leadership. Synthesis tailors this program to a company’s vision, mission, and values to align with the qualities which allow leaders to thrive within the organization. In addition, they are provided with the core skills of leadership as follows:
“There is no contest between the company that buys the grudging compliance of its work force and the company that enjoys the enterprising participation of its employees.”
Ricardo Sempler
  • Defining leadership from the inside out
  • Creating the pathway for successful communication in all venues
  • The key to successful relationships through the mastery of listening skills
  • Learning the science and art of feedback to grow oneself and others
  • Identifying the heart of problems to get to the ease of change
  • Creating a forward focused organization/team
  • Developing a plan for self-growth with milestone check in’s
  • Utilizing the science of business case development and management to ignite the positive growth and momentum within the organization
  • Leading oneself and others through change
  • Intentional focus on outcomes and performance in all conversations and decisions
  • The keys to effective choice management
"Ah well! I am their leader, I really ought to follow them!”
- Alexandre Auguste Ledru-Rollin
Personal Excellence – this program focuses on individuals who are on a path of continual self development and is knowledge seeking in all aspects of their profession. They look at leadership as a practice and not a position. Synthesis tailors the session(s) for the people who make it happen. This program supports their growth with the recommended focus:
“People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built”
- Eleanor Roosevelt

 

  • The importance of using intent as part of all their presentations
  • Effective skills and techniques for collaboration
  • Facilitation of groups to move to higher performance and communication level
  • The keys to effective communication
  • Unleashing the permission for growth and success from within
  • Using business case scenarios as a springboard for growth
  • Seeing and removing roadblocks to personal and project performance
  • Defining personal values, vision, and growth objectives
“Never mistake knowledge for wisdom. One helps you make a living; the other helps you make a life.”
- Sandra Carey