SERVICES

Services

THREE WEEK LEADERSHIP SEMINAR (BLOCK APPROACH)

Unlocking Leadership Excellence

Immerse yourself in a transformative journey with our accredited Three-Week Leadership Seminar, a pivotal part of the Masters in Organisational Leadership Programme through an affiliated Mode 2 university. This intensive residential program equips delegates with the skills to initiate organizational change, integrate systemic principles, and drive socio-economic transformation. Delve into the essential components of leadership structure and styles, and emerge empowered to lead multi-discipline teams, shape business strategies, and foster sustainable development initiatives. With a maximum of 20 delegates per group, our program ensures personalized attention and a dynamic curriculum designed for real-world application.


Key Focus Areas:


Leadership Structure: Explore the fundamental elements of leadership and develop a comprehensive understanding of the six structural leadership imperatives. Craft and implement your individual leadership vision, communication, power, and influence, rooted in values-based leadership.


Leadership Styles: Evaluate and master different leadership styles, including Visionary, Autocratic, Democratic, and Commissionary, while adopting the innovative LeaderCentrism model. Embrace team-building, empowering, and directive leadership styles, amplifying your impact on your organization and community.


Our meticulously designed schedule offers flexibility, ensuring dynamic engagement tailored to the unique needs of each delegate. Practical application is central to our philosophy, with opportunities for research, syndicate work, and in-depth reports contributing to your skill mastery and work habit transformation. Join us in this immersive experience, igniting your leadership potential and shaping a future of enduring impact that is tailored to your needs.

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MONTHLY CONTACT LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

Your Best Professional Self

Elevate your leadership journey with our Monthly Contact Leadership Development Programme—a tailored and extended version of our acclaimed 3-week LDP. Designed for enhanced assimilation and application, this 12-month program offers the perfect blend of personalized learning and real-world impact. With thirteen full days of intensive engagement, scheduled flexibly over a year and spanning between 3 to 6 weeks between sessions, this extended format ensures comprehensive growth and transformative change.


Program Highlights:


Principles of Leadership: Immerse yourself in foundational leadership principles, delving into essential requirements such as communication, vision, passion, integrity, emotional intelligence, and more.


Leadership Styles: Explore diverse leadership styles and navigate the unique Crucial Integrated Leadership Cycle. Embrace value-based leadership, ethics, governance, decision-making, and pioneering approaches to inspire and envision.


Team Dynamics and Empowerment: Foster effective team-building and collaboration, empowering your leadership style with skills in conflict management, motivation, delegation, and strategic planning.


Applied Learning: Each session is enriched with practical exercises bridging newfound knowledge to your work environment, fostering adoption and transformation in your daily practices.


Our program, tailored within a learner-responsive framework, ensures dynamic engagement and optimal learning outcomes. Sessions can be conducted in-house or in alternative settings, depending on your preferences. Our commitment is to cultivate sustainable change in your work habits, propelling you towards a future of impactful leadership.

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EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

Executive Leadership Development Programme – a power-packed intervention tailored for leaders seeking targeted growth.

This 2-3 day intensive equips both newly appointed and seasoned leaders with the insights and tools needed to elevate their leadership impact.


Ideal for those who possess technical expertise but yearn for a deeper grasp of their leadership role, the Executive LDP provides a condensed yet impactful journey. Through immersive sessions spanning 2-3 days (optionally shortened to 2 days), participants gain profound understanding and the opportunity to hone leadership structure and style.


Building upon your practical leadership experience, this program covers essential elements, mirroring the comprehensive Monthly LDP. While sections are explored with swiftness, each holds the potential for accelerated learning, enhancing your leadership prowess.


The Executive LDP incorporates leadership assessment tools, evaluating your foundational strength and leadership style. Throughout the program, extra reading is encouraged to foster ongoing growth and development.


In the midst of time constraints, this offering provides a pivotal injection of knowledge, equipping you with enduring strategies for lifelong leadership excellence.

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STRATEGIC PLANNING


Our Strategic Planning process offers a robust and structured approach, meticulously designed to guide your leadership team towards strategic excellence. Spanning three tiers of activity, this process encompasses 11 strategic steps, ensuring a holistic perspective that aligns values, external factors, and internal actions.


Values and Direction (First Tier)

  1. Revisit Core Values: Unearth the ethical bedrock, values, and motivators of your organization. Align these with the party's values to establish a strong foundation.
  2. Vision and Mission: Craft and refine your team's Vision and Mission, utilizing creative thinking to encapsulate purpose and direction.

External Factors (Second Tier)

  1. Historical Scan: Analyze past influences on your organization's present position, identifying strengths and weaknesses.
  2. Environmental Scan: Grasp the current political, economic, social, technological, and environmental landscape, shaping your strategic perspective.
  3. Futures Scan: Anticipate potential shifts in the political, economic, social, and technological spheres, identifying opportunities and threats.
  4. Stakeholders Analysis: Understand stakeholder perceptions, desires, and interactions to enhance strategic alignment.

Internal Action (Third Tier)

  1. Long-Term Vision: Develop a visionary roadmap, integrating party ideals with insights from the second tier.
  2. Team Building Strategy: Evaluate your team's role and commitment, fostering unity and engagement for strategic success.
  3. Empowerment Strategy: Establish knowledge, skills, and authority transfer mechanisms, transforming your organization into a learning powerhouse.
  4. Strategic Action Plans: Define critical success factors, set milestones, allocate responsibilities, and align objectives within a performance management framework.
  5. Mission and Purpose Affirmation: Create a concise statement embodying core values, vision essence, and key activities.


Throughout this transformative process, facilitated by Dr. Mark Manley, your leadership team will collaborate, refine ideas, and construct strategic dynamics. With over two decades of expertise, Dr. Manley adapts the process to your unique needs, whether you lead a large corporation, small business, NGO, or government agency.

Should your leadership desire a deeper dive, preparatory work can enhance discussion and scanning sections.



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LEADERSHIP COACHING


Elevate Your Leadership with Effective Coaching

Your leadership journey hinges on performance, relationships, and unlocking your fullest potential. Enter coaching – a purposeful process designed to harness strategic tasks, triumphs, and challenges as valuable learning opportunities.

Coaching is the linchpin for improvement and sustained success. Its tangible outcomes prove its efficacy, enriching you, your team, and your entire organization.

So, why isn't coaching ubiquitous?

Misgivings about the coaching process and perceived time constraints can hinder its implementation. However, the truth is, we can't afford not to embrace Leadership coaching. Neglecting it risks a downward spiral in performance, whereas coaching fosters a virtuous cycle of growth.


Navigating Leadership Coaching

At its core, the Coaching Process encompasses these vital elements:

  1. Leadership Principles: Anchoring success in foundational leadership concepts.
  2. Counselling: Skillfully addressing challenges and solving problems.
  3. Mentoring: Nurturing through power dynamics and career advancement.
  4. Tutoring: Cultivating skills, knowledge, and wisdom.
  5. Confrontation and Challenge: Holding accountable for behavior, strategic objectives, and standards.

Each coaching session delves into comprehensive management and leadership studies, backed by detailed models. While further insights are available upon request, they involve substantial documentation.


Practical Implementation

With over 15 years of executive coaching expertise, Dr. Mark Manley leads our coaching efforts. Our team collectively boasts around 50 years of senior coaching experience. Sessions demand a dedicated two hours each month, conducted face-to-face and flexibly scheduled to accommodate demanding calendars. In addition, telephonic consultations offer on-demand support.

Leadership / Executive Coaching generates lasting impact, necessitating a 12-month contractual commitment, renewable at the executive's discretion. Confidentiality is paramount, aligning with professional coaching standards.

Fees are based on time, ensuring a transparent and equitable arrangement. For further insights, please don't hesitate to request more information.



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Associates & Links

Dr Gustav Gous
www.gustavgous.co.za

Dr Andrew Brough
www.andrewbrough.co.za

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