Leadership

This module focuses on you; your preferred communication style and your current approach to leadership. We explore how you want to be perceived as a leader and how to develop a leadership mindset.

Objectives:

• Identify the skills and qualities of an effective leader
• Understand the differences between management and leadership
• Understand the four stages of contribution as a leader
• Understand and develop emotional intelligence
• Identify your personal motivators and match them to business outcomes

This module looks at the skills, knowledge and attitude required to contribute through others; motivation, delegation, feedback and influencing are just some of the topics covered.

Objectives:

• Understand the difference between an ask and tell approach
• Increase performance using a the GROW coaching framework
• Handle difficult and challenging conversations
• Recognise the signs of stress and tension in others
• Develop and create a high performing team

This module identifies the skills, knowledge and attitude required to contribute strategically to the business and what to consider in the wider landscape. A clear vision is essential to the success of any team and business, therefore this is a strong theme throughout this module.

Objectives:

• Create a team vision using three key components and align it to the wider business context
• Communicate the vision in an inspirational way (presenting with impact)
• Explore metaphorical and visionary language to convey a vision in a compelling way, using influencing dialogue
• Plan for the changes facing the business

This module will equip you with the necessary tools needed to unite and support one common goal and to be a role model for leading change; opening people’s minds to think differently and instil enthusiasm for change.

Objectives:

• Know how to change the balance of client tailored outcomes to a more global strategic approach
• Identify opportunities within your industry
• Foster the win-win mind-set of change in others
• Encourage collaboration

This module will help you to communicate and influence colleagues for whom you don’t have line management responsibility for. It looks at different communication styles and considers how to influence different people in a way that uses personal power rather than positional power.  We will explore the reasons for conflict in relationships and develop the most productive mindset and skills for handling situations in a mutually beneficial way.

Objectives:

• Foster productive relationships and reduce tension with colleagues and clients
• Use the most appropriate style of influence and know when to change or stop influencing to match the circumstances/individual
• More confidently influence in one-to-one or group situations
• Plan and prepare strategies to influence without authority

It takes great courage to be vulnerable, particularly when you’re leader. We’re supposed to be a pillar of strength and not show any weaknesses, right? Well in today’s business world, there’s never been a better time to be our genuine and authentic selves. This means putting aside pretences, being your real self and being a role model for others to do the same.

Objectives:

• Understand what vulnerability really is; the courage to show up and be ‘seen’
• Develop the courage to trust others and the integrity to inspire trust in others
• Recognise your own levels of resilience and how you can become even more resilient
• Understand your purpose and translate this into behaviours
• Know how to develop a courageous culture

As the title suggest, in this workshop you’ll be working with horses. Horses are able to read human emotion and they have an ability to foster change.  They respond to what they’re experiencing at any given moment and aren’t swayed by our “perceived” status or standing.

Feedback from the horses is totally authentic and timely. Even the slightest shift in our approach can make a huge difference to the horse and take us from being ineffective to effective and this is no different when we work with people we’re leading. The lessons learned when working with the horses can then be transferred to the workplace.

Even those who are afraid of horses find themselves having a unique bond with the animals they work with.

Objectives:

• Increased Self Belief
• Increased confidence in leadership ability
• Embrace the power of shared leadership
• Increased self-awareness
• Flexible and diverse approaches to leadership
• Able to lead in challenging and uncertain times

“Delivered in partnership with Acorns2Oaks and HorseDream”

Forward thinking companies track down the very best graduates for their accelerated schemes and have to inform, inspire and challenge them in the first few critical months. Building confidence and capability whilst demonstrating commitment benefits everyone and The Grad Programme does this:

• As a 5-day intensive residential
• Built around a real world project that aligns to your business / their roles
• All the learning is on-the-job with professional coaches and facilitators instead of teachers and PowerPoint

The carefully structured project aligns the doing with the learning:

Day 1 – Plan Your Project – learning about leadership, teamwork and creativity

Day 2 – Develop a Business Case – learn critical thinking, persuasion and develop your personal brand

Day 3 – Pitch Your Idea – learn to structure and present an idea, manage nerves and manage the audience

Day 4 – Challenge the Client – learn to give and receive feedback constructively and manage the inevitable changes to your project

Day 5 – Market and Measure – learn how to measure and celebrate success whilst planning for the future (including their personal action plans)