EVERYONE IS DIFFERENT, RIGHT?
That's why most generic leadership training doesn't doesn't radically improve your ability to be a great manager and leader.~~~ {} ~~~
This is especially true for socially enterprising, creative and entrepreneurial leaders and managers who are balancing smart, independent thinking with the complexities of building and running a systematic and sustainable business.
The best leadership development you can invest in is designed just for you and your company. It’s like getting bespoke tailoring, so your leadership and management suiting will fit you and your company perfectly.
I agree, you only deserve the best!
But, you think leadership development uniquely tailored to your business is only available if you have big corporate budgets.
It gives me great pleasure to tell you, you’re wrong.
I specialise in hand-crafted leadership and management development delivered one-to-one or in small groups that’s affordable for small businesses. Think of me as your local company artisan ready to custom-design business leadership that’s a perfect fit for creative and entrepreneurial minds.
LET'S COMBINE YOUR BUSINESS NOUS AND LEADERSHIP SMARTS SO YOU
Make your team happy, productive and inspired to do their best work, everyday
Banish stress, strain and feelings of overwhelm that often come with running a company
Raise performance and build momentum so your business grows faster.
LEADERSHIP STYLING
We can all do with a touch of personal styling and grooming from time to time. And, so does our leadership style, especially as our businesses change and grow. Whether you’re starting out for the first time as a manager or a seasoned business leader looking to refresh your leadership style, I can help. Think of me as a cross between a personal stylist and personal trainer. Together we’ll make-over your personal leadership so you are uniquely you-er than you, and inspiring to be around. We’ll also create leadership practices that make your work of being a leader fun and satisfying.
HERE’S SOME WAYS WE CAN WORK TOGETHER
CULTURE CODE
It’s the culture we cultivate that defines how a company looks and feels. Your company culture is the personality that drives thinking and doing inside and outside of the business. But left to its own devices, our cultures can take on a life of their own and before you know it, your cultural norms are not what you intended them to be. I work with leaders to treat your company culture like the flip side of your company brand. When you proactively design and manage your cultural DNA you’ll create an experience for your staff that works better for them and your customers will love you for too.
TEAM MAGIC
There is something magical when our team is on top-form. Everyone pulling together and pulling their weight. But teams have their own foibles and new people alter team dynamics, that can make managing your team seem hard, if not impossible. We tend to lead our team like we’re playing an infinite game where it’s the leader’s job is to take the strain. And, that’s the mistake we make. I help leaders to focus their teams to work in meaningful, purposeful bite-size chunks as a way to make work better. It’s a more doable way to keep them motivated, performing and improving over the long haul.
STRATEGIC PLANNING FOR THE REAL WORLD
Many small businesses have great plans for their business, but rarely do they have a business plan that works as a practical tool to run and manage their business. Without knowing what’s the plan, people working in the business have no idea where they are going, what underpins your company’s success or what they’re expected to deliver. It’s like expecting your team work wearing a blindfold with their hands tied behind their backs.
Having a clear and simple strategic and business plan can do wonders for your business, so I work with business leaders to create a strategic business planning system that covers all the keys to business success – leadership, culture, customers and commerce. Plus we build in all the nitty gritty number crunching so loved by accountants that lifts your business transparency, knowledge and is the key to unlocking the potential of your business.
MAKING CHANGE HAPPEN
One thing is certain in business today – that everything is changing. For entrepreneurially minded people this is perfect as we love nothing better than chase of change, the next big idea and being drunk on the elixir of shiny object syndrome. But for most other people, human nature being the way it is, crafting new ways of doing things is a pain, a drag and drain. So a leader who’s looking to change things has a massive challenge on their hands, however good the idea or well intentioned the plan for change. I work with change makers to help them and their people to ride the rollercoaster of change. Using neuroscience and behavioural economics we create the progressive environment and processes that make change happen. We back this up with leadership communications that excites people to act not incite the kinds of frustration and resistance that traditionally make change programmes stall and fail.