More than 40 participants from 11 different companies gathered at ProPetro in Midland last week for the first iteration of this year’s Frontline Leadership Program. Attendees, who hold roles within their companies, such as Field Service Technicians, Operations Managers, Area Managers, and Foremen, learned about tools, resources, and strategies to help develop and refine their leadership skills within their respective roles.
The session was sponsored by Strategic Partners, Chevron, and SLB.
The Frontline Leadership Program, facilitated by Doug Orr, Partner, and Laura Gironda, Principal at Heidrick & Struggles, is a two-day seminar designed to transform individual contributors into effective leaders.
Over the two days, participants learned about their leadership styles and how to be situationally agile, explored their shadow of leadership and its impact on safety, engagement, and trust, and identified their passions to determine what energizes them.
During the program kick-off, the facilitators surveyed the group, asking what they would most like to gain from the program. Common themes were how to: better engage with their teams, develop trust, enhance overall leadership skills, and work with different personalities.
Participants were asked to complete a personality assessment in advance of the program, which allowed them to dig down into understanding their personalities as well as understand others’ personality traits. The value of this self-discovery tool was noted during the session by one of the participants. “This really makes you think about how you manage different situations and work with different personalities on a daily basis.”
During the seminar, participants were given the opportunity to break out into groups to participate in an exercise on how we treat others on our teams, regardless of their role, title, or experience. The group learned that someone’s overall attitude, performance, and engagement can be seriously impacted by the way they are treated daily.
Participants also discussed taking accountability and responsibility and exhibiting those behaviors as leaders within our organizations. Incorporating accountability into one’s daily routine fosters bringing solutions rather than problems.
The program concluded with the group discussing what drives trust, the art of listening, how inclusion leads to belonging, and the importance of coaching and feedback.
After the program concluded, the participants were asked to share key takeaways from the 2-day course. One participant said, “I learned there are a number of ways to take care of different situations, and this experience has taught me to look into my self-evaluation to improve myself.”
Registration is now open for additional iterations of the Frontline Leadership Program, hosted in Oklahoma, Houston, Midland, and Louisiana. For more information about Energy Workforce training programs, contact Vice President Programs & Events Peggy Helfert.
Peggy Helfert, Vice President Programs & Events, writes about the Energy Workforce’s sector-specific best practices and leadership. Click here to subscribe to the Energy Workforce newsletter, which highlights sector-specific issues, best practices, activities and more.
