Our practical and inspirational leadership development offering is focused on this heart of leadership, developing the desire and skills to bring out the best in others and mobilize them to excel.
Leading in a world with continuously mounting pressure to achieve results while creating a positive employee experience and building a culture of engagement, inclusion and collaboration is not easy.
While the pandemic has added even more complexity to the leadership role, the fundamental leadership principles have not changed. It’s about being the bridge between employees and the organisation, building relationships, holding people accountable and creating a culture where all eployees feel they can thrive, while being inspired to put in discretionary effort.
LEADConnect
Remote working presents an opportunity to reimagine how teams’ work and how people are led.
LEADConnect, Free To Grow’s powerful new learning journey focuses on the 6 C’s that are most critical to effectively leading in the remote / hybrid work environment.
Learning is structured as a series of microlearning bites – short bursts of high impact learning of 1,5 hours each. Each bite is focused on a specific topic, providing a deep dive into one piece of the hybrid leadership puzzle. Together, the bites provide a well-structured, innovative, and practical learning journey that leaders can tackle one step at a time.
The 10 microlearning bites are complemented by a Toolkit with practical tools to facilitate conversations and engagement. Optional small group or individual online coaching further bolsters the learning.
Engaging Leadership
Research abounds that proves that organisations that are successful in driving higher levels of employee engagement generate better results. This is evident through:
1. Respect
Leaders who treat members of their team with dignity and respect.
2. Empowerment
Leaders who are willing to listen to other’s opinions, and empower rather than control or restrict the people on their team.
3. Clarity
Leaders who provide a strong strategic narrative about where the organisation is heading.
4. Values
Leaders who build trust by aligning daily behaviour with organisational values.
These drivers of employee engagement correspond directly with the behaviour of managers.
Because most managers have been promoted because of their technical skills, many feel that they lack the skills and ools to fulfill this role effectively. Engaging Leadership has been designed to address this gap.
1. Employee Engagement
What it is, why it’s needed now more than ever before, the strength of the drivers in your environment and the role of your leaders in turning pirates and passengers into paddlers.
2. Credibility
Setting the example by aligning your actions with the organisations values and applying the 6C’s of Credibility.
3. Connection
Creating connected, inclusive, engaging and fun environment.
4. Contribution
Using a strength’s based approach, taking developmental feedback to a new level, mastering appreciation, recognition and personal praise.
5. Communication
Applying the 4I engaging communication model, practising the art of conversation, pros and cons of different communication channels (and when to use what) and participation tools to enhance participation in your team meetings.
Coach 2 Excel
A cutting edge programme that is designed to equip managers with the tools and techniques required to fulfill the role of coach effectively. It brings together carefully selected nuggets from the fields of neuroscience and coaching and carries Free To Grow’s signature strength of creative programme design that makes learning stick.
SCORE!
A comprehensive, blended learning journey for supervisors. As the vital link between management goals and execution, first-line leaders need the knowledge and skills to align their team’s efforts with the organisation’s goals and values and create a work environment in which employees are committed, feel pride and take ownership. It is no wonder that many first-line leaders underperform and fall short of realising their leadership potential.
First-line leadership training is a valuable tool to help people master the basics of management. SCORE! takes the development of first-line leaders a few steps further by also focusing on the internal and value shifts required to achieve results through others.
EmpowHER
Women have as much potential as men. However, high-potential women commonly progress into first-line leadership positions in most organisations before getting ‘stuck’ there. This results in a lack of gender diversity at senior leadership and decision-making levels. The accelerated development of women, therefore, becomes critical for organisations that realise the untapped potential of half their workforce and want to challenge the status quo.
A step-by-step journey that translates potential into performance by building the mindsets and skillsets of women in first-line leader roles and those identified as future leaders. An important and unique part of the EmpowHER journey is the active involvement and development of their direct leaders through a different, parallel growth journey.