Developing Leadership Skills | Building Leadership Capability

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Leadership is an increasingly overused term, with a plethora of definitions, styles and approaches to consider. For talented emerging leaders, this context can be confusing and without formal leadership training, they must often rely on their wits and the goodwill of others to learn how to navigate the leadership challenges and complexities of their role. While this can be of undoubted benefit, it can also create the danger of perpetuating cultural norms and pervasive leadership styles.

The Emerging Leaders programme is designed to support the growth of future talent through the provision of a discrete but intense development programme, that enables them to understand what leadership means, looks and feels like in their context, while strengthening core leadership capabilities and building the confidence to apply their increasing skill.

The programme, while containing clear educative elements, adopts a coaching approach to ensure leaders to take personal ownership and responsibility for their own development and career progression, now and in the future.

Understanding the programme

Consultancy and contracting with the sponsoring organisation to clarify learning objectives, desired outcomes and to align these with pre-existing leadership development and competency frameworks.

Pre-work and preparation

As a means of stimulating thought and reflection and the creation of a personal leadership development plan.

Confidential 360º feedback

To support leaders to better understand how others perceive them at the beginning and at the end of the programme.

Four workshop modules

Designed to cover core programme content and provide space for thought, discussion, support, and challenge. Workshop modules typically last 1 or 2 days, creating a 4-day or 8-Day programme.

Leadership circles

Action learning sessions in smaller groups, designed as a space to foster and embed learning, to address and explore key challenges as they emerge, drawing out personal learning and the wisdom of the group.

Centre for Teams has really worked wonders for our team, unlocking the potential for greater wellbeing as well as ambition and sales drive and the creation of a much more collaborative and well-functioning team. It also came at a critical time for the business as we prepared for a major transaction which has allowed us to significantly expand our market impact. I cannot recommend them highly enough.

Peter McMenemy

Managing Partner, Analysys Mason. Germany

Centre for Teams has added huge value to my personal development, as well as to my Senior Leadership Team. This has allowed my team to outperform in areas of my business, especially around strategic direction and ambiguity in a complex working environment. I would not hesitate in recommending Centre for Teams for Senior Leadership Development, to achieve a high-performing team.

Rob Keen

Director, Thames Water

If we were The Beatles, you would definitely be known as The Sixth Beatle.

Antony Mayfield

CEO, Brilliant Noise

A heartfelt thank you to Centre for Teams for leading us through an action-packed and powerful three days of personal discovery and team formation. It was a quite transformative process. We’ve come out the other side thinking of things in remarkable and different ways. Quite moving.

Steve De Albuquerque

Global Chief, Health and Safety Assurance, Conoco Phillips

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The Emerging Leaders Programme

Developing Leadership Talent

Developing the skill and capability of high potential leaders, enabling them to:

Process: