Difference between revisions of "Mindful Change Leadership Development Program Invitation"

Latest revision as of 05:56, 7 October 2025

(Disponible en français : DLCP-MCLD)

Hoping you are well, welcome to the page of this beautiful "grassroots" mindfulness based program, we are happy you are here. You will find general information about the program, how to connect to a info and Q&A sessions, registration and more details.

Goal of the program / Benefits expected

The goal of this program is to increase self-awareness by developing key skills: Focus, Clarity, Creativity, and Compassion in the service of others and become a better Change Leader, with the option to start a mindfulness practice.

Target Audience: All levels and expertise

Delivered by a team of volunteering facilitators from various Departments and Agencies

Promoting the program: If you would like here is an email blurb for promoting the program

♥ NEW DLCP 2025 program French offering w/Buddy System in your preferred language - Information with Q&A Session!!

During the information session, we will:

Share some context about the program, including results from a previous cohort,
Share a definition of Mindful Change Leadership, experience a quick mindful exercise,
Have an overview the MCLD program, and participate in a Q&A portion.
Information session: Thursday, Sep 25, 12:30pmET
- The recording of the information session: https://youtu.be/ZpJS2lxlAXM (in French), and the slides: DLCP_2025_Séance_d'information_-_Sep_2025.pptx (in French)
Note: all the recordings are available via the MCLD Program - Cohort, CoP & CoI (you need to join the group to access it), under the "Blog" section. For other details about the program, check: MCLD - 8 Week Program Details. For Frequently Asked Questions, check: MCLD - FAQ

Requisites to participate in the program

The following are the requisites for your participation:

Voluntary registration to the program (see below for time & commitment)
Full and active participation throughout the program, tasks and homework
Have the support from your supervisor or manager (keep it for your records)

Cost, Time & Commitment:

Although there is no cost to the program, you still need your manager's approval as there is an estimate of up to 4 hours average per week to participate, as per the following:

One webinar session a week, duration of 1.5 hours, for 8 weeks
- Start date: Thursday, October 9, 2025
- End date: Thursday, November 27, 2025
- Hour: from 12:30pm to 2:00pm ET (Ottawa time)
Daily mindfulness practice, 5 to 20 minutes
One call a week with a buddy system, approx. 30 minutes (buddy system in the official language of choice randomly assigned)
Journaling throughout the 8 weeks, 5 to 10 minutes per week
Participate via the Cohort, a GCCollab Group. Now open as a Community of Practice and Interest
Complete a 5 min self-assessment, 3 times: before, at the end, and 3 months after the program

Registration & Capacity

the following are parameters for this program:

The program will be run like a MOOC (Wikipedia definition)
Up to a 600 participants will be admitted on a first come first registered basis.
The program is open to all levels and expertise
To register, follow the link here below and just fill your pre-assessment questionnaire

Registrations are open until October 6 are closed.

If you can't make it for this offering and would like to be informed of the next cohort, join the MCLD - Cohort, CoP & CoI. All the recordings are under the "Blog" section (you need to join the group to access it)

In the meantime, you're invited to check Mindfulness related sessions via the Convergence page

Special Thanks

This program is offered to you thanks to the collaboration between:

Various sponsoring Departments and Agencies
The team of volunteering facilitators from various Departments and Agencies
Interdepartmental Organizational Change Network (IOCN)

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-=== Welcome to Invitation Page to Participate in the ===
+(Disponible en français : [[DLCP-MCLD]])
-=== “''Mindful Change Leadership Development Program''” ===
+([[Use of AI tools disclaimer-Avis de non-responsabilité concernant l'utilisation des outils d'IA|Use of AI tools disclaimer]])
+[[Image:AGzz MCL Program logo.jpg|center|350px|link=https://wiki.gccollab.ca/images/e/e5/AGzz_MCL_Program_logo.jpg|]]
-=== - an 8 Week English Pilot ===
+Hoping you are well, welcome to the page of this beautiful "'''grassroots'''" mindfulness based program, we are happy you are here. You will find general information about the program, how to connect to a info and Q&A sessions, registration and more details.
-'''''Goal of the program''''': To increase self-awareness by developing key skills: Focus, Clarity, Creativity, and Compassion in the service of others for becoming a better Change Leader. With the option to start a mindfulness practice.
+=== '''''Goal of the program / Benefits expected''''' ===
+The goal of this program is to increase self-awareness by developing key skills: Focus, Clarity, Creativity, and Compassion in the service of others and become a better Change Leader, with the option to start a mindfulness practice.
-'''''Time & Commitment''''': An estimated 1h20 to 2h00, per week during the program, as per the following:
+'''Target Audience''': All levels and expertise
-·        One webinar session a week, duration of 1 hour, for 8 weeks, except for the first and last session which have a duration of an hour and a half
+'''Delivered by''' a team of volunteering '''[[MCLD Program Facilitators Team / L'équipe des animateurs du program de DLCP|facilitators]]''' from various Departments and Agencies
-o   Thursdays, from 1:00pm to 2:00pm EST
+'''Promoting the program''': If you would like here is an [[MCLD-DLCP invitation email blurb|'''<u>email blurb for promoting the program</u>''']]
-with the exception of the first and last sessions, from 1:00 to 2:30 on those 2 days
+ <hr>
+==='''♥ NEW DLCP 2025 program French offering w/Buddy System in your preferred language - Information with ''Q&A Session!!''''' ===
+=== ''During the information session, we will:'' ===
+*Share some context about the program, including results from a previous cohort,
+* Share a definition of Mindful Change Leadership, experience a quick mindful exercise,
+* Have an overview the MCLD program, and participate in a Q&A portion.
+* '''Information session:''' Thursday, Sep 25, 12:30pmET
+** The recording of the information session: https://youtu.be/ZpJS2lxlAXM (in French), and the slides: [[:en:images/5/58/DLCP_2025_Séance_d'information_-_Sep_2025.pptx|DLCP_2025_Séance_d'information_-_Sep_2025.pptx]] (in French)
+* '''Note''': all the recordings are available via the [[gccollab:groups/profile/7978973/mcld-program-cohort-cop-coi-program-dlpc-cohorte-cdp-et-cdi|'''MCLD Program - Cohort, CoP & CoI''']] (you need to join the group to access it), under the "Blog" section. For other details about the program, check: [[Mindful Change Leadership Development Program Details|'''MCLD - 8 Week Program Details''']]. For Frequently Asked Questions, check: [[Mindful Change Leadership Development Program - FAQ|'''MCLD - FAQ''']]
+=== '''''Requisites to participate in the program''''' ===
+The following are the requisites for your participation:
+*'''Voluntary''' registration to the program (see below for time & commitment)
+*Full and active participation throughout the program, tasks and homework
+*Have the '''support from your supervisor or manager''' (keep it for your records)
-o   Start date: April 22, 2021
+=== '''''Cost, Time & Commitment''''':  ===
+Although there is '''no cost''' to the program, you still need your '''manager's approval''' as there is an estimate of up to '''4 hours average per week to participate''', as per the following:
+*One webinar session a week, duration of 1.5 hours, for 8 weeks
+**'''Start date: Thursday, October 9, 2025'''
+**'''End date: Thursday, November 27, 2025'''
+**'''Hour: from 12:30pm to 2:00pm ET (Ottawa time)'''
+*Daily mindfulness practice, 5 to 20 minutes
+*One call a week with a buddy system, approx. 30 minutes (buddy system in the official language of choice randomly assigned)
+*Journaling throughout the 8 weeks, 5 to 10 minutes per week
+*Participate via the Cohort, a GCCollab Group. [[gccollab:groups/profile/7978973/mcld-program-cohort-cop-coi-program-dlpc-cohorte-cdp-et-cdi|'''Now open''']] as a Community of Practice and Interest
+*Complete a 5 min self-assessment, 3 times: before, at the end, and 3 months after the program
-o   End date: June 10, 2021
+=== '''''Registration & Capacity''''' ===
+the following are parameters for this program:
+* The program will be run like a MOOC ([[wikipedia:Massive_open_online_course|Wikipedia definition]])
+*Up to a 600 participants will be admitted on a first come first registered basis.
+* The program is open to all levels and expertise
+*To register, follow the link here below and just fill your pre-assessment questionnaire
-·        Daily mindfulness practice, 5 to 20 minutes
+=== ''Registrations <s>are open until October 6</s> are closed.'' ===
-·        One call a week with a buddy, 15 minutes (buddy system randomly assigned in the first week)
+If you can't make it for this offering and would like to be informed of the next cohort, '''join the''' '''[[gccollab:groups/profile/7978973/mcld-program-cohort-cop-coi-program-dlpc-cohorte-cdp-et-cdi|MCLD - Cohort, CoP & CoI]]'''. All the recordings are under the "Blog" section (you need to join the group to access it)
-·        Journaling throughout the 8 weeks, 5 to 10 minutes per week
+In the meantime, you're invited to check Mindfulness related sessions via the [[Convergence]] page
-·        Complete a 5 min self-assessment, 3 times: before, at the end, and 3 months after the program
+=== ''Special Thanks'' ===
+''This program is offered to you thanks to the collaboration between:''
+*
+*Various sponsoring Departments and Agencies
+*The team of volunteering [[MCLD Program Facilitators Team / L'équipe des animateurs du program de DLCP|facilitators]] from various Departments and Agencies
+*[[:en:Interdepartmental_Organizational_Change_Network_/_Réseau_interministériel_du_changement_organisationnel|Interdepartmental Organizational Change Network (IOCN)]]
-'''Benefits expected.''' Increased self-awareness, development of key skills: Focus, Clarity, Creativity, and Compassion in the service of others, with a positive impact on wellbeing and the option to start a mindfulness practice.
-'''''Information Session with Q&A’s''''': An information session will occur on Wednesday, April 14 2021, from 11:30am to 12:30pm EST. ''Join the information session'' (no need to register for the information session)
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+__NOTOC__
-·        For details of the program, check: [[Mindful Change Leadership Development Program Details – English Pilot|MCL - 8 Week Program Details]]
-·        For Frequently Asked Questions, check: [[Mindful Change Leadership Development Program - FAQ English Pilot|MCL - FAQ]]
-'''''Registration & Capacity''''': the following are parameters for this program:
-·        Have support from your Manager to participate throughout the program
-·        Willingness to invest what's required to successfully participate in the program (1:20 to 2 hours a week, including the tasks and follow the buddy system, for the 8 week duration of the program)
-·        For now, up to a 100 participants will be admitted on a first come first registered basis.
-·        In the case there are spots still available, a week before program begins, the invitation will be shared with other Departments through the Mindful Change Leadership and Change Management - Change Leadership GCConnex groups.
-·        If you are ready and wanting to participate, you can register here:
-Register to the “''Mindful Change Leadership Development Program''”
-- an 8 Week English Pilot