From Chosen Players to Leading Edge Team

Moulding a group of competent individuals with complementary and synergistic skills into a cohesive, mutually respectful, supportive and accountable leading edge team that is united in purpose, committed to openly communicate and fully collaborate, is a skilled task but necessary for the achievement of many goals including change and transition. However an agreed mission that is ultimately to the benefit of all and to which everyone is loyal; an agreed strategy to lead them; clear boundaries and a high level of contribution by all members will ensure the best possible success.

• Reassess knowledge, experience, perspective of each team member and celebrate each other
• Acknowledge interdependence and promote willingness to communicate and collaborate
• Identify clear, time limited goals and objectives and the skills required to achieve them
• Unite in a non-hierarchical structure with good leadership support

A follow-up day in approximately three months is highly recommended

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Identifying and Eliminating Excess Stress

Stress is perhaps the most misunderstood and misdiagnosed syndrome in the corporate world, its potential dangers in every aspect of life being underestimated. In an environment where pace, excitement and benchmarked performance with overloaded schedules the norm, underlying anxiety, loss of self confidence and self-worth, uncharacteristic irritability and compulsive behaviour are often masked.

Balancing optimum stress with optimum performance is an art that protects not only your players but also your profitability. Prime effectiveness can be assured, talents and skills fully expressed and joy and fulfilment both in work and the wider context of work can be rediscovered.

• Understanding the relationship of stress to performance
• Improved effectiveness and productivity versus being busy
• Eliminating unnecessary stress and effectively managing the rest
• Stepping back from the brink of burnout
  

A follow-up day in approximately three months is highly recommended

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Emotional Intelligence and Competence at Work and in our Lives

Cognitive function predicts our capacity to think, calculate – be logical, but not what it takes to be successful in life. The capacity to handle stress, be cheerful and optimistic, empathetic and cooperative contribute much more to work performance and occupational and social success. Monitoring emotions, attentive listening, sensitivity and the ability to give and receive honest feedback while voicing views that may be unpopular is the stuff of emotional intelligence and emotional competence and the making of the inspirational leader. Increasing emotional competence in your team can result in improved wealth, wisdom and well being both in your personnel and your company.

• Improving emotional competence
• Learned optimism
• Self directed learning
• Self assessment
• Arousing enthusiasm for a shared vision
• Collaboration and cooperation
  
  

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Achieving Impact as a Female Manager in a Male World

Prejudices still exist against females as corporate leaders. Establishing a unique style, building a mutually supportive cohesive team and leading it effectively, managing self assertively and delegating wisely will help you escape stereotypic judgment.

This seminar will help you to:

• Combine a powerful approach with justice and compassion
• Motivate and inspire while not avoiding hard decisions
• Combine organized and analytical thinking with creativity
• Have the courage and clarity to up-date truth in the light of new information
• Be respected both as a woman and leader, modeling pride, self esteem, self confidence and cooperation to your team
  
  
  

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Heart based business management

Managing from the heart lifts us from the level of organising and coordinating systems and processes to creating a vision where we empower people to be the best that they can be in an environment that expands and inspires rather than constricts and controls. Though productivity, our standing in the corporate world, statistics and value based success remain sensible benchmarks, our fulfillment of corporate responsibility in the world, our capacity to turn obstacles into opportunities and successfully lead change and increase our customer satisfaction become equally important to corporate health.

This seminar will help you to:

• Clarify motives, sense of purpose and personal and corporate vision
• Value and utilize the true assets of your personnel and see the true worth of your business as the health and happiness of your team
• Achieve positive impact in the lives of those you serve and with whom you work
• Take care of your own needs while encouraging others to do the same
• Remain well grounded, sane and with a positive attitude even in the face of criticism and stress
  
  
  
  

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The Art of Inspirational Leadership

Management skills and leadership skills are often thought to be synonymous. However, the inspirational leader needs not only talent, knowledge, excellent communication, organisational and management skills, but also the capacity to infuse colleagues with commitment to a clear and convincing vision, the capacity to help them empower themselves to be the best they can be, and to finally lead the organisation forward in integrity on a well planned course. The paradox facing the inspirational leader is to balance vision, motivation, ambition and a strong but kind will with compassion and the humility and courage to relinquish and autocratic style and encourage, empower and champion others.

Topics covered will include:

• Management versus leadership
• Evaluating your own style and uncovering changes you may like to make
• Taking command and letting go of control
• Inspiring a sense of responsibility
• Releasing our innate power resulting in higher performance
• The cultivation of an atmosphere of ownership, accountability and trust where courageous expression of talents uniqueness becomes second nature
  
  
  This seminar will also be useful to those who have the responsibility for helping others develop their leadership potential.
  
  

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Managing Interpersonal Conflict

Interpersonal conflict can mar our personal and professional life, destroy our capacity for joy, lead to stress, prevent us from fulfilling our potential, damage our business, weaken our workforce and lead to low morale, impairing productivity and eroding relationships and team cohesion. Absenteeism and sickness follow. Research shows that teams whose members self assertively challenge each other and deal well with conflict are able to be more inventive and innovative. Less energy is wasted on relationship issues and ore is therefore channeled into work.

This seminar will help you to:

• Utilize interpersonal differences as forces to promote synergy
• Brainstorm more creatively as a team
• Review skills for effective communication and self awareness
• Deal with conflict self assertively rather than aggressively
• Set good boundaries so that you and your colleagues are mutually respectful and supportive
  
  
  
  Training in relatively small groups allows for the building of trust, candid group discussion and experiential learning.
  
  

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Mental Health in the Workplace

Mental wellbeing is an often neglected area despite its proven impact in all areas of life. Issues of work/life balance, stress, substance abuse, relationship difficulties, marital or family concerns, separation, grief and loss, anger, violence and poor conflict resolution, harassment, worries about change, redundancy or retirement are rife, and it has been shown that one in five employees are adversely affected if their manager or supervisor is struggling with mental health issues and does not seek help. Unrecognised, undiagnosed and untreated mental health issues also carry implications for physical health. Such problems can cost your company an average of 14 % of your annual profits. Promoting wellbeing in the workplace ultimately strengthens the whole workforce, and results in greater staff retention and reduced recruitment costs, improved morale, positive attitudes and higher energy levels with minimised disruption and maximised productivity increasing the impact of your company in the world.

Topics covered include:

• The impact of mental health on work, the workplace and profitability
• Prevention screening and the development of a mental well-being policy
• In-service/workplace training workshops
• Health and wellbeing information development for your company
• Professionalism and confidentiality
  
  
  
  

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From Vision to the Manifestation of Planned Change

Corporate change can be somewhat traumatic, and resistance can sabotage the best of plans. Creating a workable vision, communicating this at all levels, modelling behaviour concordant with it and having a resilient, tenacious and cohesive team of both inspirational leaders and expert managers maximises loyalty and enthusiasm and minimises resistance, enabling the vision to translate into action which finally manifests as change.

This two day seminar will help you to:

• Form or reassess the vision
• Look at the message communicated by the team
• Infuse the tem with enthusiasm for the vision
• Reinforce adequate communication within the team
• Plan more effective communication within the whole organisation
• Plan interim goals and rewards on the path to fully manifesting the vision
  
  
  
  
  

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