Effective leadership is the foundation for a successful organisation. Develop the wider leadership capacity of the organisation at all levels and go beyond strategic planning to delivering your business strategy.
Top team facilitation
The Board or the senior management team comes together for an awayday. The agenda is agreed in advance, papers are circulated, yet still the event disappoints. That might be because the chair can't contribute fully to the discussion, on account of having to manage it; because the objectives of the meeting weren't clarified at the beginning; or there wasn't enough challenge in the room to make the discussion honest.
We facilitate leadership meetings with a balance of support and challenge, that helps our clients engage in meaningful debate and get to useful outcomes.
Leadership development
Is leadership the answer to every management question? You would think so, given its currency. But still the majority of leaders, having been told that leadership is key, don't know what to do about it, and often feel they are letting their colleagues down in some indefinable way.
We give leaders tips, tools and techniques to translate the general exhortation to lead better into tangible actions - based on feedback techniques, prioritisation processes, and our playing the role of critical friend.
Executive coaching
Most coaching prioritises the individual at the expense of the organisation - at its worst, the coach colludes with the client against his or her colleagues; even at its best it tends to get decoupled from the company's strategic aims.
Our focus in executive coaching is on helping the coachee shift his or her team in order to cause a positive shift in the wider organisation, with the ultimate aim of creating better results for customers.
Case studies
Tackling business challenge needs through leadership development
The Challenge An international media company with more than 32,000 employees, Pearson has market-leading businesses in education, business information and consumer publishing. As part of fresh new approach to managing emerging leadership talent, they needed to devise a leadership behaviours and framework for leaders Key Issues Need a more robust... Read this case study in full More case studies on Effective leadership
