Who are the key people making your partnership or organisation successful?
What demands do they face?
Who is supporting them?
Is it enough?

Evidence from research and practice in the business and academic worlds identifies the importance of leadership in sustaining profitable growth, effective partnerships or community development. Every success is reliant on highly motivated individuals who feel empowered and motivate and influence others. Investment in these people will inevitably have a high impact on results. Failure to do so risks the very heart of your business.

Potential Outcomes

• Explicit ambitions or goals with clear success measures for the individual and the business making them more likely to succeed
• Increased confidence in self and awareness of capabilities
• Successful introduction to a new role leading to increased confidence and further success
• Less stress - more effect - sustained success
• Inspired, committed and more effective leaders

Potential Packages

• Personal coach for three, six or twelve months
• Introduction to executive role
• Strategic learning programmes for existing and emerging leaders
• Free membership of our learning network

Examples of Recent Work

• Business Advisor to Director of a National Unit linked to the NSPCC
• Personal Advisor to Director of a County Sports Partnership
• Business Advisor to Zone Manager of a New Deal for Community Partnership
• Design and successful delivery of a year long strategic leadership programme to the sports industry in partnership with Telos Partners.

Reading References

• Built to Last - Collins, James and Porras
• Good to Great - Collins 2001
• Emotional Intelligence - Goleman
• Mastering Leadership - FT Special Report 2002
• Social Challenges and Organising Capacity in Cities: Experiences in Eight European Cities - Van Der Berg, Van Der Meer, M.J. Pol 2003
• Tomorrow's Company - RSA Inquiry