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Leadership Development

Do you need to develop your people’s leadership capability? You may wish to improve the performance of key members of staff so that they:

 Bring their best selves to work and use their strengths every day;
 Step up by managing their time, priorities and collaborative relationships really well;
Reconnect with purpose, passion and direction, motivating others to deliver tasks with a heart;
 Are willing to step into the unknown, to innovate and grow.

Gill How can co-create a bespoke leadership programme with you to meet the learning-edge needs of your people. It will be designed to engage participants, use the latest thinking, tackle your current business challenges and be delivered in timescales to suit you.

Here are some recent examples:

On-site accredited leadership development for a team of 12 over the course of a nine-month bid process to develop winning behaviour;

 Leadership coaching for 60 managers to assimilate feedback against strategic competencies and improve operational performance;

 A revitalised global leadership roll-out for an NGO across 42 countries to meet new standards;

Leadership development for the senior team of an asbestos removal firm to grow the revenue and profitability of the business.

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Switch On Your Strengths EVERYDAY In 2025!

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Can you honestly say that you switch on your strengths EVERYDAY? Can you tell me the difference this makes? Research from the Corporate Leadership Council (now Gartner) shows that if your manager focusses on your strengths in appraisal conversations, your performance increases by up to 36.4%. If switching on your strengths is something you can implement EVERYDAY in 2025, how…

How To “Blow Your Own Trumpet” – In A Way Which Is Comfortable For You 😀

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Many of us seem to find it difficult to talk positively about ourselves. We are fearful that it will sound like we are “blowing our own trumpet” i.e. talking boastfully about our achievements. Here are some hints and tips, developed from my work with strengths and with the help of my coaching clients, which you might find useful too: 1.…

Where are you an “A”?

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In his fantastic book "The Art of Possibility," Benjamin Zander shares his idea of giving an "A" to students at the beginning of a training programme. Students are asked to write a letter to themselves, describing how they will earn that "A”. I’ve been thinking about this idea a little differently. To consider not so much how to achieve an…