The 'On Being' programs

As leaders, if we are to truly enable those we lead, we need to create safe spaces for our people to grow and thrive. 

Find out how to cultivate and nurture psychologically safe places for your people - places where they will feel encouraged to be creative and purposeful and where they will be set up for success. This will enable your people to make meaningful contributions while also meeting the highest aspirations of your organisation.

Through learning a raft of strategies that you can immediately apply to your day-to-day work, you can become more trusting and be more trusting of others, while enabling your people to also be and become more trusting. 

Without doubt, leadership requires us to be brave. We face difficulties and challenges in multiple forms: in the technical aspects of our work, complex issues and external challenges and also in our interactions with others, whether they be colleagues or clients. Facing our difficulties and challenges with courage and purpose and seeing them as opportunities for growth is essential if we and those we lead are to thrive. 

Find out how to make being brave part of who you show up as every day. Learn a range of practical strategies that you can immediately apply to support you to be more courageous as you face your daily challenges. 

Being purposeful is all about congruence between our intentions and our actions - seems simple right? Well, how many of us find ourselves so swept along in the tyranny of the urgent and everyday that we lose sight of our 'why', and more importantly, neglect to communicate our 'purpose' to those we lead and who are entrusted with enacting and operationalising our strategic mission. 

Find out how to keep the 'why' at the heart of what you do, so that you lead with authenticity and truth. And through the practical application of the strategies you explore, learn how to connect the 'why' with what really matters to your people, so that they too are empowered to contribute in ways that bring meaning and purpose to their lives

Storytelling is part of being human – it’s the way we make meaning of our experiences. It is also a powerful tool of leadership. Indeed, the narratives that leaders tell, not only in what they say but in who they are and how they are with their people, elicit trust confidence and commitment from those they lead. 

One of the most powerful roles of a leader is to clarify and communicate a compelling and unifying purpose - to their people. By convincingly linking the ‘why’ to the ‘how’ and the ‘what’ of the work, leaders can help their people also find meaning and fulfilment in their own contributions. Learn how to unleash the storyteller within through mastering a range of practical strategies and tools. 

'Imagine so valuing the importance of developing people's capabilities that you design a culture that itself immersively sweeps every member of the organisation into an ongoing developmental journey in the course of working every day' (Kegan & Lahey, 206, p. 5)

Find out how to create a rising tide of growth that lifts everyone to higher achievement and fulfilment - make an explicit focus on human growth the primary purpose of your work! Learn to apply a range of practical strategies  that will empower you to empower others.

One of the most challenging aspects of leadership, particularly as we advance, or seek to advance through the ranks, is developing a strategic headset. This way of being requires us to know when and how to sacrifice or balance local or personal needs or responding to things that come up from below for larger organizational needs. It also requires us to be across a multitude of perspectives and issues while balancing our priorities and purposes with what might be most important and necessary at the time. It's about keeping the bigger picture of the organisation's needs in the future in mind. Ultimately, it’s about leaving our egos at the door. 

Through learning a range of strategies and approaches, find out how you can become more strategic and be equipped to move to the next level of leadership - even before formal opportunities might arise. 

John Donne wrote, 'No man is an island'. 

As humans we are inherently connected, needing one another to thrive and grow. Interdependence is a recognition of a need to live reciprocally, both giving resource and sustenance from one another. Ultimately, we impact what happens around us and we are impacted by what happens around us. 

In fun-filled and lively activities, find out how interdependence truly feels and why and how it is essential for our teams to flourish - both individually and collectively. 

It's no surprise that the word 'present' also means 'gift'. Being present is truly a gift: a gift for yourself and a gift for others. 

Being present and fully aware of what is going on, not only around you but within you. is one of the most important capacities for a leader. It equips you to be able to respond more skilfully to situations when they arise, rather than reacting in a hasty, emotional or irrational manner. 

Presence is something that can be nurtured and developed and in this workshop, I will introduce you to a range of practical strategies that will enable you to treat yourself and others to this very special gift. 

High-level accountability is an essential ingredient of focused, successful, and connected teams. Apart from ensuring that teams achieve their goals and elevate their performance, its benefits also include:

• encouraging and strengthening autonomy in the workplace
• fostering more effective teamwork and collaboration skills
• boosting employee engagement
• Increasing job satisfaction and feelings of purpose at work
• building better working relationships among staff

Learn practical strategies for building and heightening the elements of high-level accountability so that your teams achieve above and beyond while also caring for and supporting each other.