Catalyst Leadership Intensive 2022 Details

Healthy Leaders, Healthy Organizations

Catalyst Leadership Intensive 2022

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Charity leadership is harder than ever. COVID-19’s lasting impact, economic fallout, and global uncertainties with no clear end in sight have made the best plans and practices fall apart around us. The leadership approaches we were trained in can’t answer all the questions we have to ask now. On top of that, many of the ways we’ve developed leaders in the past are now impossible.

In 2021 Catalyst began offering a unique new Leadership Intensive to help you lead well in this reality. We’ve had lots of success, learned a lot, and now we’re ready to offer an improved new opportunity for you and your organization to have healthier leadership in 2022.

Healthy Leaders, Healthy Organizations brings together our most impactful tools in a format that can be delivered entirely remotely to any charity, anywhere in the world, in a single calendar year. And it may be just what you need.

Leaders who commit themselves and their teams to the Leadership Intensive can expect to be challenged, encouraged, and invested in towards long term growth in organizational health and impact, as well as sustainable healthy leadership. You will develop and maintain an Organizational Leadership Plan and a Personal Development Plan that will guide your growth for years to come. Your team will be guided in exploring new tools, familiar ideas, and proven approaches to strengthen your organizational culture. 

It is a significant commitment. It will bring significant impact.

Key Components:

1. Monthly PACE Sessions with first chair leader: General coaching (Perspective, Accountability, Challenge, Encouragement)
2. Catalyst Content Sessions (5+): Webinar/Zoom sessions of our core tools; recorded for those unable to participate live. (Healthy Organizations, Healthy Leaders, Kryptonite, etc.)
3. Team Training Sessions (3+): Facilitated Zoom sessions for each organization separately to maximize the application of the content in your context. (REACTION Dashboard, 4 Disciplines of Execution, Power of Celebration) 
4. Custom Team Training Session: Once during the year we will work with you to design and deliver a training session that meets the specific needs your organization is dealing with right now. 
5. Practical Application Plans: Guided questions to help increase the impact of the sessions and build tools and approaches that will remain long after the year ends. (Organizational Leadership Plan, Personal Development Plan, Warning Lights and Celebrations, Board Development Plan, etc.).
6. Summer Book Club: Facilitated online discussion

Program Schedule:

Month	First Chair Leader	Facilitated Team Training	Catalyst Content Session	Practical Application
January	PACE		January 13, 2022 12:30-2:00pm ET Healthy Organizations: Strategy, Execution, Culture	Organizational Leadership Plan
February	PACE		February 10, 2022 12:30-2:00pm ET Healthy Leaders: Skills, Effort, Identity	Personal Development Plan
March	PACE	REACTION Dashboard 2 hours - Scheduled with each organization.		Address Warning Lights and Celebrations
April	PACE		April 14, 2021 12:30-2:00pm ET 5 S’s of Strategic Communication	Review External Communications
May	PACE		May 12, 2021 12:30-2:00pm ET Kryptonite: Insecurity and Confidence	Update Personal Development Plan
June	PACE	Custom Team Training 1.5-2 hours designed and scheduled for your specific needs
July	PACE  (if available)		Summer Book Club (Optional)
August	PACE  (if available)		Summer Book Club (Optional)	Update Organizational Leadership Plan
September	PACE		September 15, 2022 12:30-2:00pm Self-care and Stress Strategies
October	PACE	5 Questions for Healthy Boards 1.5 hours - Scheduled with each organization.		Board Development Plan
November	PACE		November 10, 2022 12:30-2:00pm ET Facilitation 101: Leading Conversations That Count	Update Organizational Leadership Plan
December	PACE	The Power of Celebration 1.5 hours - Scheduled with each organization.		Final Feedback & Commitments

Commitment

We call this an Intensive for good reason. To make the most of this opportunity for your organization you will need to prioritize all the sessions and to keep up with the Practical Applications. The greatest cost will be the time and energy for you and your team. 

That said, there is a fee to participate. The value of all the content exceeds $15000. Thanks to the generosity of our founders we are able to provide a discount of $11500, leaving the subsidized cost to your organization at $3500. This can be paid in full in January 2022 or in $350 monthly instalments from January to October. (All values in Canadian dollars).

If this is not a good time for you to join the Intensive we may be able to serve you in other ways. Contact us to discuss how a single event or PACE series may be helpful.

Eligibility:

Because this program can be delivered entirely remotely we are able to make it available to charities anywhere in the world that are able to:

-Commit to the entire process
-Participate comfortably in the English language
-Have reliable internet access for Zoom/Skype sessions

Ideal partners will be organizations with:

-a minimum of 10 active staff
-an expectation of stability in senior leadership roles for the duration of the program and 1-2 years following
-support from the board of directors for participating in the program
-a desire to make ongoing leadership development a core aspect of their organizational strategy and culture.

We welcome charities to apply regardless of location, cause, religious affiliation or lack thereof, annual budget, or past involvement with Catalyst. Applications will be processed with consideration for both anticipated impact on the charity and the impact of the charity on the world. Our desire is to provide this opportunity to a diverse group of participants and special consideration is given to underrepresented communities.

Application Process

We want this to work. For that reason we strongly encourage you to have a conversation with our Executive Director Chris Wignall before applying to join the One Year Intensive. You need to feel highly confident that this investment will be impactful and that Chris will be a fit for what you need. After that you can fill out a form of interest on our website. (Please review the form in advance, it does require some preparation). 

An online application form will be posted when applications open on November 15, 2021 and must be submitted by November 30, 2021 to be considered. We encourage all interested charities to schedule a conversation with our Executive Director prior to completing the application.

All applicants will receive a response on or before December 6, 2021.

Questions?

We welcome questions either through the contact form on our website or by direct email to our Executive Director - chris@leadwithcatalyst.com