Director: Fr. Anthony A. D'Souza, S.J

Our world is facing both rapid and complex changes. Organizations and religious congregations must transform to meet the challenges. Today, we need leaders who can instill trust, inculcate values and inspire hope.

The Xavier Institute of Leadership (XIL) was started on July 1st, 1999, at St. Xavier’s High School to conduct Leadership Seminars both in India and abroad for educators, businessmen, professionals, pastors, lay leaders, religious superiors and heads of organizations

These seminars were conducted earlier by Fr. Anthony A. D’Souza under the auspices of the Xavier Institute of Management (XIM) and the Bombay St. Xavier’s College Society. Each Seminar is customized and tailored to meet the needs of the participants.

Program Content

Effective Christian Leadership Seminars cover the following topics:

• The Leadership Challenge Today. New Perspectives on Vision, Mission and Guiding Values-driven Leadership.
• Leadership Qualities, Skills, Functions, Styles and Exercise of Authority, Power and Influence.
• Leadership Credibility and Building Commitment in your team or organization.
• New Perspectives on Christian Stewardship: Management and Development of Human Resources; Ways of Encouraging and Motivating your personnel.
• Managing Differences and Dealing with Conflicts. Leadership Role in Creative Problem-solving and Decision-making. Each participant will bring his/her own problem or conflict case for group sharing and discussion.
• Leadership Skills for Strategic Planning and Managing the Dynamics of Planned Change for Organizational (Congregational) Transformation.
• Managing one’s Time and Life. Coping with Work-related Stress. Thriving on Pressure and Achieving Peak Performance.
• Effective Conference Leadership: Planning, Organizing and Conducting Dynamic and Productive Meetings

Seminar Benefits and Dynamics

This Seminar will help you to:

• clarify your organizational Purpose, Vision, Mission and Guiding Values and design a Strategic Action Plan for implementation.
• gain invaluable insights that will help you to set and achieve meaningful goals and objectives.
• explore your leadership strengths and your concerns, hopes and dreams for your organization (or congregation).
• examine your leadership styles and personal behaviour patterns, your response to problems and conflict situations, and develop effective conflict management skills.
• analyze your influence style, and prepare a positive influence action plan.
• improve your skills in developing your human resources, empower your people, gain their commitment , and produce lasting results.

Achieving Excellence in Leadership

The Xavier Institute of Leadership (XIL) is committed to help you transform your tomorrow today through empowering leadership, developing human potential and transforming culture. This Seminar is for you, if you truly want to lead effectively and desire to:

• gain fresh understanding of the significance of your leadership role and responsibility.
• cultivate your leadership skills to achieve leadership excellence, inspire and influence others and make a difference.
• provide vision and direction, create positive change and growth, and make your leadership experience both positive and satisfying.

Publications

The following books by Fr. Anthony A. D’Souza, S.J., are available both in India and abroad. Published originally by the Haggai Institute for Advanced Leadership Training, they are now available from the Paulists and the Pauline Sisters publications:

• LEADERSHIP (Earlier published as a separate trilogy: Being a Leader; Leading Others; Leading Effectively).
• Leaders for Today Hope for Tomorrow (Earlier published as two separate volumes: Empowered Leadership and Empowering Leadership)