WORKSHOP CONTENT AND THEMES
Participants will be introduced to the story and choose the leadership challenges they wish to explore. These are typically drawn from the following:

ACT 1 – Political Intelligence and Building a Coalition

• Understanding political intelligence in leadership – distinguishing wise from naïve and cunning
• Creating Rapport – making the right connections with people
• Successful coalitions – turning supporters into allies

ACT 2 – Sources of Power and Mobilising the Faction

• Practicing influence with “The Power Game”
• Assessing individual sources of power – what have you got, what do you need?
• Identifying likely political relationships with others

ACT 3 – Influencing Elements and Skills

• Introduction to the Elements of Influence
• Assessing current influencing strengths and weaknesses
• Making the ‘big pitch’ and getting feedback

ACT 4 – Emotional Intelligence and Moral Development

• The key stages of emotionally intelligent influence
• The dangers of limited emotional capacity
• Doing the ‘Right Thing’ – developing moral decision making

ACT 5 – Consequences and Legacy

• Reading the signs
• Identifying long term purpose
• Preparing for the future

One-day programme

• All 5 acts can be covered in a full day. Participants consider and ask questions about the programme content that holds most relevance for them and relate these to the leadership challenges evidenced in the play.
• Participants play a full version of the “Power Game” through the day, practising building a coalition and getting peer feedback on 2 further Influencing Episodes. Participants also have the opportunity to discuss a live influencing issue and relate our key models to their issue.
• Further exercises to explore the Element of Influence are interspersed throughout the afternoon sessions.

ABOUT BEN WALDEN
Ben Walden is an international speaker and workshop leader in the realm of education. He has been a main keynote speaker at many conferences in Europe, Asia, the Americas as well as Australia. He also works with many individual schools, looking at themes of leadership and inspiring communication with both staff and – especially - students. In the 1990s he played several leading roles in London’s West End theatre and as a member of the inaugural company at the new Shakespeare’s Globe. He has also spoken on leadership and the arts at many business conferences, including at both Harvard and Columbia Business Schools.

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