8-Week Academy
Learning Objectives

Practical Tools

Easy to use tools and strategies that you can immediately apply and use in your work environment

One-on-One Support

Weekly live 90-minute interactive instruction and supportive coaching with expert ACJI facilitators.

Learning Exchange

Weekly discussion to exchange your learning and experiences with other leaders in the class.

Introspection

Weekly introspective journaling on mindset in order to habitualize Leadership Climate Control concepts.

Skill Building

Weekly homework assignments to apply the principles and tools to practice in a safe environment.

Group Dialogue

Engage and share your learning and experiences with other leaders in the class.

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The 10 Essential Principles of Implementation Leadership

Trust the Vision

  • Leadership mindset is contagious
  • Relentless optimism
  • Good is the enemy of great

Murphy Hates Us

  • What can go wrong, will
  • Accept Murphy (lessen frustration)
  • Strong leaders build Murphy into plans

Be Comfortable Being Uncomfortable

  • Find comfort in chaos
  • Disequilibrium is the rule, not the exception
  • No growth in the comfort zone, no comfort in the growth zone

Adapt or Die

  • First diagnose the challenge
  • Discern between problems & symptoms
  • Match solutions to problems

Fail Forward Fail Often

  • Failure is a virtue, Perfection is the vice
  • Embrace trial and error
  • Fail without loss of enthusiasm 

Culture is King

  • Culture is always upstream from strategy & outcomes
  • ID & diagnose the culture or become its victim
  • Change inputs, mindset, habits, dialogue & interaction

Leading the Hearts Leading the Minds

  • Lead the mindset, don't govern the behavior
  • Build & maintain the interpersonal savings account
  • Focus on WHY before WHAT & HOW

Being Intentionally Infinite

  • Implementation is perpetual, neither a marathon nor a sprint
  • Flexible plays and agile players playing the infinite game
  • Growth mindset, not a fixed midset

Take the Leap

  • Guard against analysis paralysis
  • Identify & break What-if-itis
  • Imagine, rather than worry

Savor the Journey

  • Don't let ambition overshadow small successes
  • Trials contribute to the greater body of knowledge
  • Create better leaders, not more followers

Testimonials

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Tactile Strategies
I had a great experience in the Academy and enjoyed all 8 weeks. It was challenging, informative, educational and inspiring. The facilitators were engaging, approachable, knowledgeable and helpful. I would take this Academy again if I had the opportunity.

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New Perspective
The Leadership Academy is well worth it. It provides a new and better perspective on what I can do to help improve and change the culture and increase the overall implementation of EBPs into the organization.

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Better Leader
The Implementation Leadership Academy challenged me to look at myself and how I lead others. What I learned will help me be a better leader moving forward.

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Worthwhile Investment
The ACJI Implementation Leadership Academy was a wonderful experience that helped me to grow as a leader. The instructors are knowledgeable and the online format is a wonderful way to learn these concepts. You will not regret investing your time or professional development dollars in taking this course.

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Energized & Motivated
Anyone who is involved in change implementation at any level would benefit from attending the Implementation Leadership Academy. I have come away feeling energized and motivated to start implementing what I have learned and to begin training and mentoring the next generation of leaders at our organization!

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Challenges Thinking
I highly recommend this program. It challenges traditional thinking while equipping you to make change happen. I will definitely be using this learning in my organization.

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Change Agent
The ACJI Team will provide you with all the information you need to know regarding the Essential Principles. Learning these principles and how to apply them to your work will significantly change the way in which you lead and effect change within your organization.

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Engaging & Exciting
I didn’t think that an online training could be so engaging and exciting but the structure of it made time go by so quickly. The content was presented in such a clear and simple way.

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Improve Practices
Having the opportunity to consume this material with colleagues energized us to be change leaders for our agency and use what we learned to improve the way we do supervision.