Leadership effectiveness

Examine your leadership style, your presence, approachability and listening capabilities. Develop a coaching style of leadership to empower and enable team members to work with confidence and autonomy.

It’s my belief that effective leaders can only lead if they have willing followers.

The people you manage look to you for direction, support, clarity, vision, information, inspiration… the list goes on. Without the right mix of personal qualities, communication style and professional integrity, you may struggle to win the respect, support and loyalty of your teams.

I work with leaders, who bring a range of challenges to our sessions, to help them gain a broader understanding of their personal impact in their role, and an awareness of what it is like for those following them as their leader. We quickly gain clarity of where improvements are needed to improve leadership effectiveness.

I’ve found working with you stimulating and beneficial, and also very enjoyable. I’m delighted I took the opportunity of having you as coach, and am feeling more confident, optimistic and purposeful as a result. David Newall,
Secretary of Court, University of Glasgow

I’ve found working with you stimulating and beneficial, and also very enjoyable. You helped me to be constructively critical of my own performance, and you have given me good tips that are helping me perform better in terms of: personal impact at senior level; delegation to and accountability of my line reports; and providing inspiration and leadership to my team.  You also clarified some of the areas where I am already strong and that has helped build my all-round confidence as a manager.  I’m delighted I took the opportunity of having you as coach, and am feeling more confident, optimistic and purposeful as a result.

Optimising performance

As a leader, your success depends on the ability of your teams to work well, and to have the conditions they need to optimise their own performance. We examine what this might look like in reality, and specifically for your current situation.

Here are some typical examples of the work we might do together, though this is by no means exhaustive:

New to role

• Establishing your presence and leadership style
• Asserting your authority
• Addressing imposter syndrome and building confidence
• Time management and delegation
• Communication style
• Managing stress levels

Established leaders

• Dealing with challenging teams or staff unrest
• Change management
• Future and succession planning
• Improving team collaboration and motivation
• Driving efficiencies, implementing new processes

Expect and embrace change

We will identify which areas of development we should work on together. This might involve some behavioural changes, for example, we may work on your listening skills, how you communicate, and how you engage with your teams. I’ll ask questions designed to give you the time and space to step back and think about how you operate as a leader.

This work is dynamic, challenging, and also enlightening. Sometimes it is some simple changes that can make a huge difference. Throughout our sessions you will experience a gradual transformation that will change both your behaviours and your mindset. We are goal focused and impact driven, so you and your teams reap the benefits.

Leadership qualities need to adapt and shift quickly in a world where change has become the norm. My role is to help you build your capability to deliver a vision and align your people to your values. A willing and stimulated team will often go over and above what they are required to do, delivering exceptional results. Imagine what a difference that could make!

I’ll help you to work with your teams, not against them, to feel inspired not daunted, and to enjoy your role and the success it can bring. If this sounds enticing, why not get in touch. We can start with a no obligation conversation. I’d love to hear from you and it may be the start of something wonderful!