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Leadership Training is Critical
In 2002, Google ran an uncontrolled “experiment” by simply getting rid of all managers. It didn't go well. So in 2008 a team of researchers set out to prove what some at Google suspected - that managers matter. They then went about developing comprehensive training programs for managers. People for Success has been delivering training programs for over 20 years to support managers to:
- Clarify and Communicate Vision & Goals
- Build Confidence to have Difficult conversations about Performance & Behaviour
- Obtain buy-in for Important Decisions
- Build Trust to develop loyalty and strong relationships
- Using modern tools like Design Thinking to improve customer service
- Build strong Teams focused on customer value rather than internal competition
- Get the balance right between focusing on Strategic and Operational activities
- Inspire team members to work to their Strengths
- Prioritise work
- Build Self Awareness and Emotional Maturity
- Develop people to succeed in their roles
- Prepare people for career progression
Leadership Training Approach
We prefer discussions, game-play, practical models over long PowerPoints, dense research and intellectual discussions. Leaders walk away with an actionable plan to implement immediately after our sessions.
We have four Signature Leadership Programs and four Speciality Leadership Programs. Many clients choose to combine and tailor the programs to form a specialised organisation-based leadership program. We work with you to design a program specific to your needs and leadership competency framework.
Leadership in Action - Signature Program
Leadership is an inside journey of transformation rather than a simple set of skills. Leadership is about having the clarity of conscience and the courage to act for the greater good even when it’s socially dangerous to do so. Leaders must therefore work towards developing self-awareness, impulse control, humility, and the courage to be vulnerable and, at times, disliked.
This is why Leadership is often described as “An Inside Job”. Leadership in Action offers deep personal transformation along with leadership skill development and a suite of practical tools. This truly transformational program includes:
- 8 days of training
- The Leadership Circle (LCP)360
- 2 hour debrief of LCP
- 5 X 1 hour Coaching sessions
- Monthly leadership circles
Leadership Development Programs including Specialty Topics
These programs range from 1-2 days in length. It is the Leadership in Action program seperated into different Leadership Topics which include the following topics:
- Values articulation
- Emotional Intelligence
- Coaching for performance
- Building Strong Teams
- Communicating Effectively
- Being a Strategic Operator
- Swift Decision-making
- Time Management
- Design Thinking
We can tailor the program to include a 360 degree review if required.
Lunch 'n' Lead Sessions
Lunch 'n' Lead Sessions
Lunch n' Lead sessions are 2 hour Zoom sessions over a period of 8 weeks often held on a Friday. Bring your lunch and Interact with leaders from different backgrounds, industries, levels of seniority. Dynamic, interactive, thought-provoking and fun!
Leadership Training and topics are evidence-based, modern, inspiring yet highly practical.
Learn models from the experts such as Simon Sinek, Dr Brene Brown, Patrick Lencioni, Bob Anderson, Dr Mary Gentile, David Rock, Nilima Bhat and many more.
Introduction to Leadership - 1 Day
Introduction to Leadership - 1 Day
Introduction to Leadership - 1 Day
This Leadership Training Program is perfect for emerging managers, relief managers, and new managers. It provides a snapshot of the attitudes, behaviours, language, and actions required to succeed in a leadership role. It includes learning important strategies for managing peers and friends in the workplace.
Management Essentials - 2 days
Introduction to Leadership - 1 Day
Introduction to Leadership - 1 Day
This leadership training program introduces managers, supervisors, team leaders to the basics of managing people including the importance of self-awareness, developing trust, managing time, navigating conflict situations, addressing performance & behaviour early-on and creating a healthy team atmosphere for people to do their best work.
Leading Strong Teams - 2 days
Leading Strategically - 2 days
Leading Strategically - 2 days
This leadership training program follows from Management Essentials. Its purpose is to give leaders the mindset, frameworks and practice to develop the essential building blocks of strong teamwork. Strong teams make a manager's work easier as the team is responsible for achieving goals, motivating and keeping each other accountable. Without strong teamwork the leader will not be effective in their role.
Leading Strategically - 2 days
Leading Strategically - 2 days
Leading Strategically - 2 days
This leadership training program follows on from Leading Strong Teams. Its purpose is to widen the manager's view of the organisational system so their focus can easily oscillate between operational and strategic activity. This program entices leaders away from 'busy work' and 'firefighting' towards the innovative and exciting work of planning with an agile and customer-focused approach.
Design Thinking for Leaders - 1 Day
Design Thinking for Leaders - 1 Day
This one-day Masterclass is for Leaders who want to design an employee experience that keeps their people engaged & working at their best. HR cannot do all the heavy lifting when it comes to providing an excellent employee experience.
Leading with EQ - 1 or 2 days
Design Thinking for Leaders - 1 Day
This one-day Leadership Training Masterclass supports leaders to understand why emotionally intelligent leaders are superior at fostering loyalty and obtaining discretionary effort from their people over those who simply have high IQ’s and technical ability. It's a partial cure for the intellectual arrogance that can creep into arrogant-prone industries.
Coaching for Performance - 1 Day
This one-day Leadership Training Masterclass supports leaders to adopt a coaching style of leadership which encourages people to use their own intellect and develop their own potential to solve problems, think creatively and improve their performance and the organisation's overall effectiveness.
Giving Performance Feedback - Half Day
This half-day Leadership Training Masterclass provides the motivation, skills & process for the trickiest of management responsibilities - Having difficult conversations about performance & behaviour.
Lead with your Strengths - Half day
Heard of the strengths revolution? It’s the idea that you, your team, and your company will get farther faster when you focus on what you do well versus what you don’t. This half-day Leadership Training Masterclass includes Gallup's Clifton's Strengthsfinder top 5 strengths assessment.
Leading Across Cultures - 1 Day
This dynamic one-day Leadership Training Masterclass supports professionals working in global environments and/or managing people from diverse cultures to enhance their cultural intelligence & develop cross-cultural communication skills.
Gender-Balanced Leadership Research
Women's Leadership Research
Women's Leadership Research
Women's Leadership Research
Citing women researchers in Leadership Training not only increases gender equity, it improves the quality of the program. Earlier this year I did an exercise to quantify the proportion of men- and women-authored leadership research referenced by using the Gender Balance Assessment Tool. Our signature program "Leadership in Action" had about 30% of women quoted in the leadership research which is higher than most Leadership Programs. We have now increased this to 50%. Women Leadership researchers and authors make important contributions to Leadership Training. Take BRAVING Trust from Dr Brene Brown's book Dare to Lead and The Empowerment Dynamic cited from Nilima Bhatt's Shakti Leadership or The Values Framework in Giving Voice to Values by Dr Mary Gentile. And, the research of Tasha Eurlich in her work 'Insight about how important self-awareness is when Leading people is groundbreaking. Women Researchers are less likely than men to be cited due to citation bias primarily driven by other men researchers.
Men's Leadership Research
Women's Leadership Research
Women's Leadership Research
There are many men leadership researchers who have contributed wonderful research to Leadership Training programs. Patrick Lencioni's Five Dysfunctions of a Team is an excellent model for building high functioning teams. Daniel Pink's 'Drive' teaches us the truth about motivation. Leaders do well from understanding that Autonomy, Purpose and Mastery energise people to do their best work. Mastering Leadership by by Robert Anderson and William A. Adams discerns the qualities of leadership needed to develop an effective leadership style over time. Bob Anderson developed The Leadership Circle which is by far my preferred leadership development 360 degree assessment as it is well researched and strengths-based. Having gender-balanced researchers adds depth to leadership programs whilst promoting women leadership researchers that are less known. At People for Success Kristyn and the team take gender equity seriously which is why we aim to have gender-balanced research.