Elevating Leadership: A Strength-Based Heart Centred Approach to Leading

Описание: ISSUP Global, in collaboration with Faces & Voices of Recovery, presents its webinar, "Elevating Leadership: A Strength-Based Heart-Centred Approach to Leading"

This webinar explores what it means to lead with both clarity and compassion, centring on the idea that effective leadership is grounded in boundaries, self-awareness, and responsiveness. Participants will examine key tenets of leadership—servant leadership, shared responsibility, and modelling the behaviours they want to see—while considering how these approaches can strengthen recovery-oriented and community-focused contexts. The session will also introduce Daniel Goleman’s six leadership styles, helping participants recognise their own tendencies and the benefits and limitations of each.

Through reflective practices and practical tools, attendees will learn strategies to align values with action, navigate change with steadiness, and cultivate trust within their teams. From the Johari and Nohari Windows to creating a personal leadership “user manual,” the training emphasises actionable ways to lead with both accountability and heart. By the end, participants will be equipped to apply self-reflection tools, manage change effectively, and embrace leadership as a catalyst for healing and systemic change.

Learning outcomes:
By attending this webinar, participants will be able to:

Recognise key tenets of effective leadership and their application in recovery-oriented contexts
Identify the characteristics of six leadership styles and their appropriate use
Apply self-reflection tools to assess values, boundaries, and leadership patterns
Explore strategies for managing change with responsiveness and heart-centred boundaries
Implement practical tools for building strong, trust-based teams

Presenter:

Terrence D. Walton

Terrence D. Walton is executive director of NAADAC, the Association for Addiction Professionals, a United States-based non-governmental organization (NGO). He has provided addiction-related consultation and training to governments, intergovernmental organizations, NGOs, and others in the United States, Canada, Vietnam, Colombia, Taiwan, Indonesia, Bolivia, Barbados, Mexico, Bermuda, and elsewhere.

Prior to joining NAADAC, Terrence Walton was chief operating officer of All Rise, a U.S.-based NGO that was founded as the National Association of Drug Court Professionals. Previously, he was director of treatment for a U.S. federal government agency that provided alternatives to incarceration for people with drug use disorders who were arrested for crimes in Washington, D.C.

Webinars and online events delivered and hosted by the International Society of Substance Use Professionals (ISSUP) are provided for informational purposes only. They are educational in nature and do not constitute medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Additionally, she coordinates the OAS-CICAD strategy on Stigma, Women, and substance use disorders for Latin America.

This webinar was recorded on 30th September 2025.