EXECUTIVE DEVELOPMENT
THE CHALLENGE
Helen’s Story
One of our coaching clients was a recently promoted member of the board. Helen has an impressive professional background but found herself in need of support.
She was Head of Department and would arrive at work determined to make her area of business a success. She began to enjoy the battle with colleagues for resources and toughened up her own leadership style in order to ‘knock her own direct reports into shape’ as she described it. She had a strong desire to prove herself and buried her self-doubts with hard work, a hands-on approach.
One day the CEO gave her some challenging feedback. He was concerned that she hadn’t embraced the new role and he could sense friction with her team. He was also concerned about her contribution to the executive team and recommended our services.
One of our team spent some time with Helen and discussed the feedback and the reasons behind it. It transpired that Helen had been promoted but felt vulnerable in her new role. She didn’t really know how to pull her senior team together; she felt uncertain about how to shape a cohesive strategy; she came to work with a strong departmental mindset and hadn’t spotted that the Exec team was now more important than her functional role.
Our work together helped her to step up into the executive role. These pages describe some of the interventions we used. and the outcomes.
EXECUTIVE DEVELOPMENT
COACHING
OUR COACHES ARE EXPERIENCED AND QUALIFIED WITH A TRACK RECORD OF SUCCESS AT EXEC/SENIOR LEVEL
We offer six months coaching with one of our executive coaches and the terms of the contract offer an unlimited number of sessions during this period. In this way our coach can become a genuine thinking partner and source of support.
STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT
TOP TEAMS OFTEN STRUGGLE TO ALIGN BEHIND A COMMON STRATEGY AND TO HOLD EACH OTHER TO ACCOUNT ON PROGRESS AND PLANS
This is an interactive workshop that will:
Build clarity around what matters most
Align the team around key thematic goals
Help forge a clear understanding of the key roles everyone in the team will play and who is responsible for major projects, progress and plans
Build a Strategic Alignment Playbook that can be revisited to check in on progress
Create strong team unity around the strategy and building the business
Build collective responsibility for delivering results
EXECUTIVE PRESENCE
HOW TO BUILD AUTHENTIC CREDIBILITY AT THE MOST SENIOR LEVELS IN AN ORGANISATION
We have carried out extensive research on the executive leadership and, as a result produced a framework for developing executive presence and published the book “Leading With Executive Presence”.
REFLECTIVE TOOLS
We have these resources to help explore the development needs for people in senior roles:
Top Team Audit
Executive Presence 360
Executive Leadership Questionnaire
TOP TEAM COACHING
WE OFFER FACILITATION AND COACHING SUPPORT TO EXECUTIVES, BOARDS AND SENIOR TEAMS
We use surveys and research conversations to explore the key issues. Then shape workshops to:
Help the team shape a clear strategy that has the buy-in of everyone
Deliver results for the business
Build psychological safety in the team
Strengthen the levels of trust and team working
Explore progress and challenges
SHARPEN THE SAW
This expression was used by Steven Covey in his book ‘The Seven Habits Of Highly Effective People’ as shorthand for people who constantly develop new thinking and immerse themselves in personal learning.
Senior Leaders are experienced people and have often been through a range of development programmes as their career has progressed. Sometimes they need professional updating and alignment around a common philosophy. Our workshops are designed to raise the bar on individual and collective performance.
EXECUTIVE DEVELOPMENT
WHAT IS YOUR CHALLENGE?
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