"If I were asked to define leadership, I should say it is the 'projection of personality'. It is the most intensely personal thing in the world because it is just plain you."
— Field Marshall Viscount Slim
— Field Marshall Viscount Slim
Leadership matters. But you can't lead alone. One of the truths is that if you find leadership to be lonely, you are doing it wrong!
Leadership Prowess can only be achieved by directly facing into the need to raise the level of leadership in three domains:
Leadership Prowess can only be achieved by directly facing into the need to raise the level of leadership in three domains:
- The CEO to become even better; greater reach and more positive impact, better decisions, increased followership, enhanced resilience.
- A high-performing Leadership Team designed and supported for success and committed to overcoming dysfunctions.
- Building the bench-depth of leaders, accelerating and stretching the cadres of leaders throughout the enterprise so they are future-ready sooner.
|
Much has changed over the past twenty years. The level of trust in leaders is at an all time low, and decreasing. Matched by greater scrutiny and heightened expectations that together result in the decline of average CEO tenure (to now less than 2 years!). Externally and within our enterprises changes are happening more quickly, rendering plans and public statements quickly obsolete. Systemic causes and effects are more visible yet can neither be ignored nor predicted. Meanwhile failure to provide social media commentary is often taken as 'absence' from post or responsibilities. Employees and beyond want to know who we are and what we stand for; they can trawl through a lifetime's worth of actions and statements highlighting inconsistencies that some may argue simply demonstrate personal growth. Truth and opinion increasingly are indistinguishable and influence is often driven by automated 'bots'. In this context we must continuously evolve; lessons learned from prior experiences (whether our own or others) may have diminishing relevance. Yet it is a period of renewal and revival. Values and meaning increasingly expected and accepted as our navigational guides.
|
1. Even-Better CEO
You are already an accomplished leader. We support leaders like you to be even-better.
Increase followership. To be a great leader it is your responsibility to be relatable to people NOT like you. Build bridges across cultures and silos with authenticity and emotional intelligence. Increase your reach beyond boundaries. Make every interaction value-adding for all parties.
Attenuate your own limiting behaviours. What does it truly feel like to be led by you? Discover and amplify the positive, address the negative, and lead by design—not by default. Identify and overcome the unconscious behaviours that hold you back.
Address complex, systemic challenges. You don't know the answer, as no one does! Now you need to know who to bring in and how to manage the dynamics of the group that you assemble. No one knows the answer, not even the consultants and the experts. It's your responsibility to manage the process that will produce the creative way forward. This is the moment when leadership or lack thereof is revealed.
Access best-practice know-how. Sometimes new situations demand new thinking, yet your prior experience only gets you so far. Access tailored best-practice insights to guide your decisions, avoid costly missteps, and thrive through complexity:
Leadership presence across all platforms. Hone your leadership presence for every meeting, communication, boardroom, public venue, screen, and setting. Know when and how to speak with authority, when with humility and how to build trust through candid sharing.
Be the best version of yourself. Audit your well-being across all dimensions—physical, emotional, financial, and beyond, set goals and establish the disciplines and routines to achieve them. Model the behaviours you want to see in your team. Invest in your own resilience.
Increase followership. To be a great leader it is your responsibility to be relatable to people NOT like you. Build bridges across cultures and silos with authenticity and emotional intelligence. Increase your reach beyond boundaries. Make every interaction value-adding for all parties.
Attenuate your own limiting behaviours. What does it truly feel like to be led by you? Discover and amplify the positive, address the negative, and lead by design—not by default. Identify and overcome the unconscious behaviours that hold you back.
Address complex, systemic challenges. You don't know the answer, as no one does! Now you need to know who to bring in and how to manage the dynamics of the group that you assemble. No one knows the answer, not even the consultants and the experts. It's your responsibility to manage the process that will produce the creative way forward. This is the moment when leadership or lack thereof is revealed.
Access best-practice know-how. Sometimes new situations demand new thinking, yet your prior experience only gets you so far. Access tailored best-practice insights to guide your decisions, avoid costly missteps, and thrive through complexity:
- Growth Accelerator: 10x, Scale-up, Innovation Engine
- Internationalisation: Competitive Advantages and Multinational organisation
- Transformation: Digital Empowerment, Talent-Centric, Agile and Adaptive
- Shape Culture: Accountability, High-performance, Enterprise Thinking
- Navigate Joint Ventures and Strategic Alliances
- Lead Through Crises: Seize opportunities and emerge stronger
Leadership presence across all platforms. Hone your leadership presence for every meeting, communication, boardroom, public venue, screen, and setting. Know when and how to speak with authority, when with humility and how to build trust through candid sharing.
Be the best version of yourself. Audit your well-being across all dimensions—physical, emotional, financial, and beyond, set goals and establish the disciplines and routines to achieve them. Model the behaviours you want to see in your team. Invest in your own resilience.
2. Build a High-Performing Leadership Team
Set the top-team up for success. A great CEO needs a great team. Is yours truly set up to succeed?
Drive decisive, unified action. Embed clear processes for high-quality, inclusive decision-making. Debate rigorously, decide decisively, and align fully.
Break the cycle of dysfunction. Unresolved interpersonal tensions cost results. Identify, confront, and fix the issues undermining your team.
Raise the bar. Define what exceptional looks like—and call out anything less. Commit to continuous improvement. Embed learning into your leadership DNA.
Shape the culture you want. Every leader casts a shadow, within that shadow others adapt often conforming and mimicking. To shape the culture that you want, you must know and critique the shadow you cast and then be choiceful, clear and consistent in the living the changes that you want to see. Culture cascades down throughout the organisation, it starts with you.
- Design your top team with intent, not out of habit or hierarchy.
- Avoid status-driven inclusion—streamline for performance.
- Align team loyalty with enterprise success, not departmental defense.
- Foster a culture of "One Enterprise" instead of internal competition.
Drive decisive, unified action. Embed clear processes for high-quality, inclusive decision-making. Debate rigorously, decide decisively, and align fully.
Break the cycle of dysfunction. Unresolved interpersonal tensions cost results. Identify, confront, and fix the issues undermining your team.
Raise the bar. Define what exceptional looks like—and call out anything less. Commit to continuous improvement. Embed learning into your leadership DNA.
Shape the culture you want. Every leader casts a shadow, within that shadow others adapt often conforming and mimicking. To shape the culture that you want, you must know and critique the shadow you cast and then be choiceful, clear and consistent in the living the changes that you want to see. Culture cascades down throughout the organisation, it starts with you.
3. Build leadership bench depth
Build future-ready leaders, don't only train, reward and promote for managerial or technical competence
- Identify those with the mindset to lead in uncertainty
- Recognize real leadership behaviours—not just polished resumes
- Seek bold, inspiring visions with credible action plans
- Match leadership challenges to the right individuals with precision
- Create a leadership laboratory
- Build Intentional Leaders, equipped for the challenges of the 4th Industrial Revolution
We focus on your success
Explore how we configure our support
Contact us for a discussion of how we can support you.
Explore how we configure our support
Contact us for a discussion of how we can support you.