Short Programmes
Topical and timely, Leadership Short Programmes are designed as an introduction to key leadership concepts and the latest leadership research.
These intensive short programmes with a focus on the exploration of leadership from different perspectives and the introduction to mechanisms through which leadership can be developed.
Leadership for Complex Times
2 Day workshop
"If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs." - Rudyard Kipling
In the context of a barrage of negative headlines about recession and crisis, we need to face up to the reality that, in turbulent times, leadership matters most.
This programme blends the latest research, real-life examples and practitioner experience to enable you to develop the leadership that delivers high performance in times like this.
The most important, yet fragile, ingredient that individuals and organisations require is confidence. As Gardner and Schermerhorn said "confident employees have also been shown to pursue and attain more challenging goals, exhibit higher levels of sustained effort, persevere when faced with task-related obstacles, engage in positive thought patterns (e.g., positive self-talk), and display greater resistance to stress".
The current economic crisis has exposed you to your new reality, now and into the future. Turbulent times are not going to be temporary times-do not assume that ‘normality' will return-ever! Prepare yourself now by facing up to what complexity and adaptive capacity really mean to your leadership and your organisation's performance. Explore leadership in turbulent times through understanding the latest leadership research and applied practice.
Leadership and Motivation
2 Day workshop in association with University of Auckland Business School Short Courses
Motivation is significant because it inspires high performance and achievement within organisations. Studies have revealed that high employee motivation is linked to both organisational excellence and profitability. If motivation is so critical to organisational excellence and success, why is there so little emphasis placed on it in most organisations? The fundamental reason is that most organisations are "over-managed and under-led".
Leadership evokes imagery of inspiration, vision, courage, creativity, passion and optimism... You follow a leader because they are worth following - they inspire and motivate you. Management is more about capability, whereas leadership is about the product of capability and credibility. Credibility is the key to motivating and inspiring employees to achieve organisational excellence.
