Leadership Skills

Developing the skills to be an effective leader is a continuous process. Leadership Development views the stages of a leader’s career as Emerging (technically competent, but now in a new position of leading others); Experienced, a decade or more of direct leadership and decision making experience; and Seasoned, more than a decade of experience dealing directly with the challenges of leadership. As such, our leadership programs are specifically designed to maximize your learning at these particular points in your career, and provide the skills and confidence to lead with greater impact during every stage of your career cycle.

Our programs focus on building leadership capability in five crucial areas which make up the Leadership “system”.  These include: self, team, business unit, and organization. Leading in increasingly complex situations requires a systemic approach to successfully understand and navigate the interdependencies and linkages between all parts of the system, from the self through to the greater community. For this reason, we use an integrated approach in developing leaders.

Our programs meet the unique development needs and enhance the day-to-day effectiveness of directors, managers, and team leaders in the private, public and not-for-profit sectors. They are renowned for their impact and focus on developing business and personal skills, including team leadership, business management, change management, performance management, people management and development, communication, facilitation, planning, critical thinking, and innovation.

 

Leadership Development Framework

SELF

The key element of the leadership system is you. Leaders that understand this personal perspective and have the core leadership skills and personal capacity to lead themselves will enjoy a high degree of success in leading others for the long run. This requires an understanding and awareness of strengths and weaknesses, clarity of personal vision, an ability to be creative and curious, an understanding of others, and a sense of what your personal brand of leadership is. Your leadership ethics and values act as an anchor in turbulent times.  All of this serves to formulate your personal style of leadership.

Program Information for Building Personal Leadership

• Improve your leadership self-awareness
• Reinvigorate your drive and passion for your work
• Realize your choices in balancing work and personal life

Program Information for The Art of the Executive Leader

• Explore the bigger questions that face your leadership, and your organization
• Inspire others through greater presence
• Rejuvenate your leadership vision

SELF / TEAM

Program information for  Managing in the Middle

• Manage your time more effectively
• Discover how to influence without organizational authority
• Develop strategies to manage relationships, especially with your supervisor

TEAM

Leaders operating in this perspective must be able to engage and generate passion in others. Creating a vision for success and aligning all members of the team to that vision is often challenging. This requires an understanding of team leadership and dynamics and an ability to create an environment which maximizes the abilities of all team members. Leading for success in the team environment requires a great deal of grace, patience, focus, and finesse.

Program Information for Leading Teams for High Performance

• Learn practical and effective communication techniques
• Manage team relationships for optimum performance
• Understand your influence on team dynamics
   

Program Information for The Leadership Challenge: Managing Change Successfully

• Understand the effect that change has on different team members
• Recognize appropriate leadership styles for each situation
• Move your team successfully through a change process

BUSINESS UNIT:

Leaders operating in this perspective are measured greatly by the tangible results they must produce at the business unit level. This perspective demands leaders who can align individual and team efforts with the higher-level business objectives. Leaders at this level must be able to measure performance, improve business processes, and work within the organization to create an environment which fosters accountability allowing individuals to be proactive, focused, and successful.

Program Information for Coaching and Communicating for Performance

• Become a more effective coach by understanding style and personality
• Enhance your coaching presence
• Move performance forward through conversation

Program Information for Leading and Managing For Results

• Build an effective performance management system
• Link daily activity to your strategic plan
• Measure and reward the right factors to ensure success

ORGANIZATION

Leaders operating in this perspective are concerned with strategic direction, enhancing value to the customer, while skilfully guiding the organization in a highly competitive external environment. They have the skills and capacity to position themselves and their teams to maximize value today and in the future. They are ever watchful of the changing marketplace and are able to be proactive to ensure the long term viability and effectiveness of the organizations, business units, and teams they lead.

Program Information for Leading Strategically

• Scan the internal and external environments effectively
• Learn a systematic approach for problem-solving
• Develop a long-term plan for your organization or business unit

Program Information for Inspiring Creative Leadership

• Look at problems and opportunities in different ways
• Use productive thinking as a strategic advantage
• Build and foster a creative, innovative culture within your organization