Leadership Development
Leadership Development
It is leaders that play a vital part in supporting and developing the human talent in their business. We all know that now people work more globally with fast paced technology and constant change plus less time, budget and resources. Yet within that, people are still the same, trying to keep up, to manage the distraction and to be their best despite that. Leaders are absolutely key to ensuring their teams don’t derail. They need to stay close, to understand, to actively listen, to empathise and to provide the support and challenge required to get results delivered.
In business today it is so important that leaders are acutely aware of how they ‘tick’. They need to know how to play to their strengths in order to inspire and stretch and grow others to deliver. They also need to know their preferred style, their passions and their values and how they drive their creativity to keep business relevant. Finally, they need awareness of their blind spots and risk areas and an understanding of what is likely to affect their leadership resilience.
In other words leaders need to practically manage their Emotional Intelligence (EI) in order to thrive in their organizations.
The business evidence is clear; taking emotion out of work does not increase employee engagement, drive customer satisfaction or build high performance – managing emotion effectively does. Science has shown that feeling precedes thought and behaviour, so businesses high in Emotional Intelligence benefit from more engaged employees and leaders, staff who are more able to adapt and cope with change, better team working, collaboration and innovation.
Did you know?:
- Managers trained in Emotional Intelligence (EI) deliver twice the profit than those who are not
- Leaders with high EI are more than twice as likely to be more emotionally resilient
- Executives with high levels of EI are 32% more effective at building and maintaining relationships
- Executives are 60% more likely to derail for reasons of low EI than any other, the most likely being insensitivity.
Solutions
Alison has more than 25 years experience in designing and delivering tailor made leadership solutions for businesses in the UK, NZ and globally. Typically solutions focus on business EI and behavioural leadership competencies and involve a blended range of all or some of the following:
- Facilitated workshops
- Executive coaching
- Psychometric assessments such as Emotional Intelligence, MBTI and 360 questionnaires
- Peer coaching
- Business assignments
Alison’s leadership development solutions are underpinned by the practical application of Emotional Intelligence, as research shows that EI directly relates to an individual’s effectiveness and performance at work. Alison is one of a unique group of Australasian qualified practitioners in the JCA Global Emotional Intelligence profile and has access to a specialised suite of tools that enable leaders to learn and grow their EI.
Knowing our personality as a leader is also fundamental to success and Alison is an expert in the Myers Briggs Type Indicator, enabling leaders to relate their personality to communication style, problem solving, agility with change and behaviours under stress. This combined with EI is a powerful combination;
Personality + Emotional Intelligence = Performance
"I wanted to take my senior management team to the next level and decided to invest in a leadership and team development program with Alison. I’ve had absolutely no regrets using Alison in what has turned out to be one of, if not the, best training investment decisions I have made for my business."
Philip Taylor,Managing Director
Port Blakely Ltd
"The Canterbury Museum has worked with Alison Hood for a number of years around leadership development for its management teams. This has included both Myers Briggs and Emotional Intelligence work amongst a suite of training activities. Alison has been an inclusive, dedicated and passionate trainer who has made a tangible difference in the way our people understand, communicate and work with each other."
Anthony Wright,Museum Director
Canterbury Museum
"Alison made the leadership course particularly special.
Her communication style and ability to make everyone feel like they had been heard and that their contributions were valued is exceptional. That coupled with the atmosphere of trust and ease she created is truly appreciated."
Maria Cowdrey
Leadership programme participant
