Development & Teamwork
Getting the very best out of your organisation when ‘change is constant’ is an essential requirement, from the most senior Executive Team to those providing the least obvious but often the most necessary team functions at work.
Individuals can sometimes be forgotten in the rush to achieve targets, and the natural abilities of team members can become subdued and unused.
A specialist trainer, with many years of experience and the ability to apply practical-based approaches, helps make better use of your key resources.
If you have junior, middling or senior teams who could do with some refreshing, give us a call to talk about it.
How it works
Here's what we will do...
Talk with your CEO and relevant Directors and Senior Managers about specific team development needs
Determine key objectives to be achieved
Confirm numbers involved, likely time required and anticipated running date and venues
Prepare full programme/ follow-up brief, timings, venue and costings
Carry out individual pre-programme meeting date for attendees
Complete the development and follow-up programmes as planned
Set up completion discussion and feedback with Directors / Senior Managers
LEADING THROUGH CHANGE – AN OVERVIEW
Leading Through Change is a programme across all levels, adapted for new, middle and senior leaders, as well as complete working teams within the organisation.
The programme is designed to be run ‘off-site’ over two consecutive days, with a total of between 12 and 15 participants only, for maximum effectiveness.
Pre and post programme activities are completed at your work location.
Leading Through Change has been developed over many years, in conjunction with a large variety of organisations in the UK, Europe and the USA. It is a proven solution to improving team leadership effectiveness.
Objectives
Facilitate leaders and teams to cope more effectively with change by:
Generating constructive and motivational ‘two-way communication’
Encouraging teams to excel using the ‘power of the team’
Applying leadership skills to successfully ‘anticipate the unexpected’.
The overall approach is practice-based, enabling participants to grow their own natural abilities, by taking leadership roles in practical projects with colleagues, under unusual but controlled circumstances.
Every business is different so timescales and outcomes will vary, but all programmes include behaviour, communicating and leadership, whilst giving/ receiving feedback is practiced ‘live’ at the end of each project.
Subgroups work together through the two days, encouraging a competitive element, with central sessions on key subjects to connect the principles with the current reality within the business.
40-minute one-to-one pre-meets are invaluable in setting up participant expectations.
Individual or team mentoring follow-ups then convert learning back into the workplace.
Programme Fee
£149 per participant, per day (minimum 12 participants, maximum 15)
Includes:
1 x programme preparation day
1 x pre-meet day (minimum)
2 x off-site programme days, incl. Personal Behaviour Profile and subject handouts (Note: accommodation costs not included)
1 x follow-up day (minimum)
A New Team Spirit Emerged
“John facilitated senior team sessions to bring disparate groups together. As the programme progressed, a collective view started to form and then a team spirit emerged. I am sure the team mentoring provided by John played a great part in that process.”
- Keith Riley, ex-Technology Director, Veolia Environmental Services plc
A Fresh View On Your Leadership
“John will question your assumptions about you and your team. With carefully crafted and thought-provoking challenges he turns your thinking upside down and offers a fresh view on your leadership. You can’t help but walk away changed.”
- Daniela S Bryan, Chief Vision Officer, DB Coach
A Tailored Solution That Focuses On Empowering People And Teams At All Levels
“With the ever increasing needs of businesses to find that USP to keep us ahead and competitive, 'change' is possibly one of the key factors we can all implement to support our company's goals.
Change however to some may not initially seem possible - and this is where John can offer a tailored solution that focuses on empowering people and teams at all levels to identify opportunities for change, along with strategies, solutions and tailored implementation programmes.
I have personally worked with John on strategies that focus on individuals, teams and oneself, and all have delivered both tangible and intangible benefits which have ultimately benefitted all individuals involved, along with the business sponsoring these programmes.
Leading Through Change is definitely an area I would endorse and, with John’s support and guidance, your vision, goals and desired outcome will progress to reality.”
- Mike Hooper, Head of Asset Management, Leep Utilities
Played the biggest role in my ultimate success
“I continue to use stories from the many days we worked together. Maintaining the helicopter overview being one of the keys to success is forever burned into my brain. Watching team after team dive into the ‘weeds’ while missing the big picture, did the trick. By far your programmes played the biggest role in my ultimate success as a leader.“
- David R Barlow
Our Programme Director
Our Programme Director has a wealth of experience working with teams in the UK, the broader reaches of Europe and the USA, sharing his knowledge, successes and challenges.
The key element of our process is “using our experiences to help you create yours”.
What you can expect from our Programme Director
A wealth of experience working with teams in a wide variety of organisations at many different seniority levels
A carefully crafted programme, designed to enlighten, enable and challenge teams in developing their abilities to deal successfully with change at work.
A thoroughly professional approach, using humour and maturity, to encourage individuals to stand tall in supporting their team, using their own specialist skills.
A mix of situations and opportunities to try different practical approaches, within a controlled but realistic environment.
This is what we do and if you have a real desire to move your teams forward, let’s talk about how Mentoring for Teams will work for you.
Lifting Support By Leading Through Change
By John Eaton, Mentoring For Teams Programme Director
Every support function specialist within an organisation has the authority and training to do their job and is trusted to represent the business in their dedicated area.
Whether the organisation or individual realises it, their job is to ‘persuade’ people of the merits of their function, with other employees and also with customers - and thus, by definition, they are in fact ‘leaders’ in their specialist field.
The difficulty can often be that, whilst they have their own expert knowledge, they have received little development in how to effectively lead others. Not everybody has a natural ability to get the very best out of people and it takes understanding and practice to achieve it.
One of the advantages of the Leading Through Change programme, which uses a practice-based approach, is that nobody has the advantage of knowing exactly what is to come and therefore what skills may be needed to achieve the objectives.
Under these continuous change circumstances, relying on one’s own specialism will not be enough - hence the need for a broader leadership aptitude, which will help support individuals to make better use of their abilities in encouraging team members to extend their thinking and ideas.
The most effective way for specialists to extend their leadership abilities, is by attending one of the two-day, Leading Through Change ‘Open Programmes’ that are available for individuals or small groups from different organisations. These are run at a central venue, for up to a maximum of 15 participants only, and can be booked by contacting Mentoring for Leaders via the details below.
This is the perfect opportunity to elevate the support functions within your organisation. Get in touch today!