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

Spanish Interpretation

This webinar explores what it means to lead with both clarity and compassion, centering 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 modeling the behaviors 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 recognize 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 emphasizes 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. Key aspects to be covered include:

• Welcome & Introduction

• Tenets of Leadership

• Self-Identification: Six Leadership Styles

• Self-Reflection Practices for Leaders

• Tools for Leadership Development

• Practical Application: Creating a Leadership “User Manual

• Leadership Legacy

• Wrap-Up and Call to Action

Intended audience:

This webinar is intended for:

• Community leaders

• Peer recovery specialists

• Health professionals

• Professionals in substance use treatment and prevention

• Mental health practitioners

• Researchers

• Policy makers

• Recovery advocates

Learning outcomes:

By attending this webinar, participants will be able to:

1. Recognize key tenets of effective leadership and their application in recovery-oriented contexts

2. Identify the characteristics of six leadership styles and their appropriate use

3. Apply self-reflection tools to assess values, boundaries, and leadership patterns

4. Explore strategies for managing change with responsiveness and heart-centered boundaries

5. 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.

Terrence Walton holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Psychology and a Master of Social Work degree. He has devoted his professional life to promoting policies, programs, and practices that help individuals, families, communities, and countries experience lasting healing, health, and happiness.

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.