LEADING FROM ABOVE THE LINE
The BMI is pleased to announce it's inaugural program from (2nd - 7th February, 2003).

Leading From Above The Line; A Principle Grounded Approach to Personal Development

INTRODUCTION

Strengthening the leadership capacity is, without question, one of the greatest needs of Malawi. It is now widely acknowledged that there is a leadership crisis at all levels in both the public and private sectors.

Leading From Above The Line: A Principle-Grounded Approach to Personal Development has been developed specifically to address the leadership challenges in rapidly transforming economies. Leading From Above The Line is targeted to the holistic development of individuals whether as members of organisations, families or societies.

The programme is aimed at building more responsible behaviour in the private and public lives of participants. The programme is anchored in the belief that all human beings have the potential to achieve accomplishments way beyond their usual day-to-day performance levels. It aims to transform the lives of participants towards the release of their full potential for the good of themselves, their families, their organizations and for humanity in general.

The programme has been tried and tested in Leading From Above The Line Laboratories in Johannesburg and Pietermaritzburg, South Africa and in the Caribbean. The program will be customised to meet specific needs of the Malawian business environment.

EXIT PROFILE
On completion of the Leading From Above The Line programme participants are expected to:
· Have a greater awareness of themselves, their human potential and the potential of others
· Have knowledge of Human Universality and the Fundamental Principles
· Understand the personal and corporate benefits of living and leading from Above The Line
· Have knowledge of how to strengthen the inner-self and how to build self-esteem
· Know the meaning of life and how to achieve true happiness in all spheres of life
· Have an enhanced capacity to work with others - even the most difficult and across all ethnic and regional groupings
· Know how to become a nucleus for the development of others
· Know how to lead in a principle-grouped and nourishing manner.

BENEFITS TO ORGANISATIONS

Organisations will benefit by having staff that:
· Know how to build a value and knowledge-based organization that will be better able to perform in rapidly transforming national and global environments
· Have leadership capabilities that are anchored in the Fundamental Principles
· Are more confident and motivated
· Know how to lead in the development of an Above the Line culture in the organization and thus facilitate greater adherence to a principle-based organizational code of conduct
· Have an enhanced capability to work in teams and to lead teams in the increasingly diverse environment of organizations
· Are better prepared to lead and manage the new challenges faced by the organization

THE PROGRAMME

The objective of the programme is to develop individuals to attain a high level of self-awareness and human consciousness; and thus to better adhere to the Fundamental Principles which anchor modern day democratic societies and human beings throughout the world.

The essence of Leading From Above The Line lies in the following:

· Leading through Self-Discovery
· Leading through Principle
· Leading through Being
· Leading through Doing

The Programme for the Self-Discovery Workshop consists of Seven Groundings namely, Understanding Leadership, Understanding Universal Humanity, Mastering the Emotions, Change, Traditions and Moderation, Knowledge Empowerment, Practices for Leading From Above the Line, and Achieving and Sustaining Success. The groundings are organized as highly interactive workshop sessions in which all participants are encouraged to actively participate. Participants are taken on a Journey of Self-Discovery through Listening, Sharing, Questioning, Facilitating, Reading, Researching, Leading and Being. The method of delivery is dynamic and current in relation to developments in the social and working environments of participants.

In addition to Workshop sessions there are:
· Case studies of outstanding world leaders including Nelson Mandela and Indira Ghandi
· One-on-one sessions among participants to discuss concepts, share experiences and explore issues

Extensive use is made of graphics and audio-visuals to illustrate and present concepts for easy assimilation by all participants. A comprehensive Personal Development Manual is made available to participants.

PRINCIPAL FACILITATOR

The developer and principal facilitator for the Leading From Above The Line programme is Dr. Theodore U. Ferguson, Leadership Development Educator. He is assisted in the delivery of the programme by a team of supporting professionals, all of whom have completed intensive training in Leading From Above The Line.

Dr. Ferguson is a leadership educator by choice, a scientist by training, and a university lecturer and rural and agricultural development consultant by experience. He has worked and traveled to over 70 countries worldwide during which time he has taken the opportunity to study people and leadership issues across many cultures. He is a firm believer in the universality and basic goodness of mankind.

Dr. Ferguson has been involved in developing and conducting leadership-training programmes over the past ten years with a special focus on the development of senior executives and young professionals. He works internationally and his clients have included national and local governments, universities, state corporations, private companies, professionals and the youth.

Dr. Ferguson has been living and working in South Africa for the past four and a half years. During that time he conceptualized and developed the programme, Leading From Above The Line.

Dr. Ferguson is the Founder and Convener of the Global Leadership Development Foundation Inc. (GLDF) Global Leadership Dialogue (GLD), the Johannesburg Leadership Laboratory (JLL) and Pietermaritzburg Leadership Laboratory (PLL).

He holds the B.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of the West Indies and is a Fellow of the Economic Development Institute of the World Bank. He served as Research Fellow/Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Agriculture, University of the West Indies (1971-1974 and 1974-1976) and Project Officer with the Caribbean Development Bank (1974-1978).

He is the Co-Founder and Managing Director of Kairi Consultants, an international consulting firm, working in the Caribbean and in Africa.

Dr. Ferguson is the appointed Honorary Consul to South Africa for Grenada.

For further information, contact The Executive Director, The BMI, Unit House 2nd Floor, P/Bag 300, Blantyre. Telephone: 01 622 627 or 08 844 341, Fax: 01 622 425, E-mail: exdir@bmi.mw

Download the Application Form and the Program Schedule