AVERA LEADERSHIPESSENTIALS

2020 PARTICIPANT GUIDE

Welcome

Welcome to Avera Leadership Essentials (LE) and Congratulations. We are privileged to support your leadership growth and development journey. The LE experience will focus on integrating the Avera Leadership Competencies and the Leadership Development core elements, Lead Myself, Lead My Team and Lead Avera. The framework for each of our sessions includes establishing the right mindset, engaging activities to increase relevance, opportunities to integrate the learning into the flow of your work and guidance to achieve meaningful results. This framework is intended to increase the probability that you will apply your learning to add measureable value, or impact, to your work to achieve organizational goals; it is centered on applying what you learn to achieve results!

Here is a quick glance at the framework.

1. Prepare for your learning experience so you are ready to learn 2. Engage in the learning experience to become more relevant to your work 3. Apply the learning to YOUR daily work 4. Ignite yourself, your team and Avera to achieve meaningful results

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My Growth!

SuccessSuccess for this experience is…

Development Goals My development goals for this experience are….

Problem you are trying to solve forMy current problem that I am trying to solve for is…

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My Leadership Brand! Use this page to write down your unique leadership skills and behaviors.

My Personality Traits

My Strengths

My Unique or Defining Qualities

My Passions

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Lead Myself February 19, 2020

The framework for each of our sessions includes establishing the right mindset, engaging activities to increase relevance, opportunities to integrate the learning into the flow of your work and guidance to achieve meaningful results. Here is a quick glance at the framework.

1. Prepare for your learning experience so you are ready to learn 2. Engage in the learning experience to become more relevant to your work 3. Apply the learning to your daily work 4. Ignite yourself, your team and Avera to achieve meaningful results

PrepareMake time for mindfulness moments prior to each session to focus on your development. A mindful moment, in this experience, is a quiet reflection time utilized to establish an open mindset. Use the following questions to guide your mindfulness moment.

How will I create a growth mindset for this session? What type of barriers do I need to remove to become more curious? How will I become more open to being vulnerable?

Engage Remain focused during the session. Engage in the session, be prepared to be called upon Take notes in the Personal Application Section

Apply: Personal Application I will immediately apply these learning opportunities to my problem I need to solve for.

Ignite I will ignite…

Leader Connection I will connect with my leader about…

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Virtual Session March 11, 2020

The framework for each of our sessions includes establishing the right mindset, engaging activities to increase relevance, opportunities to integrate the learning into the flow of your work and guidance to achieve meaningful results. Here is a quick glance at the framework.

1. Prepare for your learning experience so you are ready to learn 2. Engage in the learning experience to become more relevant to your work 3. Apply the learning to your daily work 4. Ignite yourself, your team and Avera to achieve meaningful results

PrepareMake time for mindfulness moments prior to each session to focus on your development. A mindful moment, in this experience, is a quiet reflection time utilized to establish an open mindset. Use the following questions to guide your mindfulness moment.

How will I create a growth mindset for this session? What type of barriers do I need to remove to become more curious? How will I become more open to being vulnerable?

Engage Remain focused during the session. Close email, silence phone, close door, find a quiet space Engage in the session, be prepared to be called upon Take notes in the Personal Application Section

Apply: Personal Application I will immediately apply these learning opportunities to my problem I need to solve for.

Ignite I will ignite…

Leader Connection I will connect with my leader about…

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Lead Team April 1, 2020

The framework for each of our sessions includes establishing the right mindset, engaging activities to increase relevance, opportunities to integrate the learning into the flow of your work and guidance to achieve meaningful results. Here is a quick glance at the framework.

1. Prepare for your learning experience so you are ready to learn 2. Engage in the learning experience to become more relevant to your work 3. Apply the learning to your daily work 4. Ignite yourself, your team and Avera to achieve meaningful results

PrepareMake time for mindfulness moments prior to each session to focus on your development. A mindful moment, in this experience, is a quiet reflection time utilized to establish an open mindset. Use the following questions to guide your mindfulness moment.

How will I create a growth mindset for this session? What type of barriers do I need to remove to become more curious? How will I become more open to being vulnerable?

Engage Remain focused during the session. Engage in the session, be prepared to be called upon Take notes in the Personal Application Section

Apply: Personal Application I will immediately apply these learning opportunities to my problem I need to solve for.

Ignite I will ignite…

Leader Connection I will connect with my leader about…

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Virtual Session April 22, 2020

The framework for each of our sessions includes establishing the right mindset, engaging activities to increase relevance, opportunities to integrate the learning into the flow of your work and guidance to achieve meaningful results. Here is a quick glance at the framework.

1. Prepare for your learning experience so you are ready to learn 2. Engage in the learning experience to become more relevant to your work 3. Apply the learning to your daily work 4. Ignite yourself, your team and Avera to achieve meaningful results

PrepareMake time for mindfulness moments prior to each session to focus on your development. A mindful moment, in this experience, is a quiet reflection time utilized to establish an open mindset. Use the following questions to guide your mindfulness moment.

How will I create a growth mindset for this session? What type of barriers do I need to remove to become more curious? How will I become more open to being vulnerable?

Engage Remain focused during the session. Close email, silence phone, close door, find a quiet space Engage in the session, be prepared to be called upon Take notes in the Personal Application Section

Apply: Personal Application I will immediately apply these learning opportunities to my problem I need to solve for.

Ignite I will ignite…

Leader Connection I will connect with my leader about…

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Lead Avera May 13, 2020

The framework for each of our sessions includes establishing the right mindset, engaging activities to increase relevance, opportunities to integrate the learning into the flow of your work and guidance to achieve meaningful results. Here is a quick glance at the framework.

1. Prepare for your learning experience so you are ready to learn 2. Engage in the learning experience to become more relevant to your work 3. Apply the learning to your daily work 4. Ignite yourself, your team and Avera to achieve meaningful results

PrepareMake time for mindfulness moments prior to each session to focus on your development. A mindful moment, in this experience, is a quiet reflection time utilized to establish an open mindset. Use the following questions to guide your mindfulness moment.

How will I create a growth mindset for this session? What type of barriers do I need to remove to become more curious? How will I become more open to being vulnerable?

Engage Remain focused during the session. Engage in the session, be prepared to be called upon Take notes in the Personal Application Section

Apply: Personal Application I will immediately apply these learning opportunities to my problem I need to solve for.

Ignite I will ignite…

Leader Connection I will connect with my leader about…

Last Session Action

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How do I define success today?

I accomplished these things on my development goals?

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The status of my problem I am trying to solve for is…

This is my leadership brand statement

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My Discoveries

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My Discoveries

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