Wednesday, July 13, 2011

The first day of the seminar focused on the main leadership profiles and trends in democracy and how they affected countries in transition, in particular. Second part of the day dealt with current challenges that the European and Albanian leadership is facing in the light of political, economical and social changes in a globalised world. Building on the first day, the follow up of the seminar focused on a thorough analysis of leadership profiles. Dr Frank Prochaska from Technical University of Colorado, elaborated various perspectives of applied leadership, focusing on values, cultural change, team building, role of creative leadership in the global world as well as power and leadership relations. Through role plays, case studies, games and debates on interactive problem’s solving, the trainer managed to provide different perspectives of effective democratic leadership helping the school participants to understand and orient them towards designing and transforming future leadership cultures. The seminar provided for the school participants an excellent opportunity to learn and adopt skills and tools to help escape from established thinking patterns, create new patterns, see in new ways, reach beyond average leadership performance standards, and be able to persuade others to do the same. The seminar was highly appreciated by the school participants and was considered as the best one during the school run.