Leadership Training
Not all leaders are born leaders. Contrary to what some may tell you, leadership can be taught. We know because we’ve helped regular people in Nashville and beyond emerge as leaders with the right coaching and training. Your toughest business and leadership challenges are easily combated with our simple yet effective steps for success.
It Goes Like This:
Initiate… an open dialogue with you and your team. Interviews help you verbalize your vision and help us get to know your goals, challenges, and what you imagine when you hear the word “success.” We want to help you reach your goals quickly, and in the business of growth consulting, every little conversation helps.
Engage… with the heart of the matter. As executive coaches, confidentiality is critical in the work we do. We recommend an NDA so we can speak freely. Seeing the truly full picture helps us do our best work.
Learn… at the speed of sound. The more you talk to us, the better we can learn what we need to know in the least time possible. This isn’t a 6–month exploratory process with a giant bound report. It’s a hyper focused, specialized attack on your biggest business and leadership concerns that starts getting results while you’re still in the thick of things.
Solve… the equation. There’s no long division involved, just our tool bank of knowledge and experience. Some tools are profound and life changing, and some are simple and easy to access. We will recommend just what you need when you need it. Executive development does not have a one size fits all solution, so luckily we have a wide range of tools.
Measure… the impact. Results drive your success. Whether we are coaching at the individual, team or organizational level, our work is designed to have an immediate and lasting impact.
Training, Consulting, Coaching and Development
Our Tools
Leadership, Team & Organizational Assessments:
Self Leadership:
- The Leadership Circle 360 Profile (Leadership perception & benchmarking)
- Cultural Orientations Indicator (COI) (Cultural preferences)
- Process Communication Model (Communication & Psychological Needs)
- Thematic Apperception Test (Motivation Assessment)
Team Leadership:
- Organizational Climate Survey (Work Environment Assessment)
- 5 Dysfunctions of a Team Assessment (High Performing Team Assessment)
- Thomas-Kilman Conflict Instrument (Conflict Style Assessment)
- Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) (Personality Assessment)
Organizational Leadership:
- The Leadership Culture Survey (Desired vs. Actual Culture)
- The Advantage (Organizational Health Model)
Experiences:
Most leadership development only pays attention to developing the skills (outer game) of an individual leader, but we know that games are won or lost by a player’s mindset (inner game) and in today’s world it also matters how the players play together (collective). We deliver experiences that develop the inner and outer game of leaders and collectively develop teams so they win. This is what gives you a competitive advantage. Here are some examples of what we have done with other clients.
New Leader Assimilation: (1/2 Day – 1 day facilitated program) Quickly build trust and identify potential landmines for new leaders to decrease time to productivity.
5 Functions of a High Powered Team: Identify the team’s specific strengths and challenges to build a high performing team that’s aligned around a common goal.
Creating a Winning Culture: What type of leadership culture do we want to create as a leadership team vs. what culture are we actually creating? This experience is rooted in Leadership Culture Assessment.
Intro to MBTI / Leading & Coaching using MBTI / MBTI Temperaments: (1/2 Day – 2 Days) Focused on preferences around where we get our energy, how we prefer to take in information, decision making, orientation to the world. The workshop takes a fun look at how they play out in the workplace so you can recognize and appreciate differences.
Conflict Workshop: (1/2 Day – 1 Day) Learn to encourage productive conflict in the workplace. This workshop introduces the 5 conflict modes, what skills are needed and when to use each mode. It reveals the preferred and non preferred styles of the leader and the pitfalls of over or underuse.
Leadership Process Motivating Change: (1/2 to 1 day) Session teaches the change cycle model and equips individuals and organizations to deal practically with change.
Leadership Process Motivating Achievement: (3 ½ days) Immersive environment where we work to increase your ability to create a highly motivated and performance driven workforce.
Promise of Leadership: (1/2 to 1 day) Session introduces leaders to the universal leadership model and debriefs 360 results.
Leader to Leader: (1/2 day) Personal session with leaders. 26 modules available – content varies but includes building trust, prioritization, systems thinking, and building a culture of a accountability to name a few.
Immunity to Change: (1/2 day) Session reveals the “immunities” that stand in the way of making the change you desire the most. Uncovers the hidden beliefs that sabotage you repeatedly and prevent you from reaching your most important goals.
Custom Workshop: We can work with you to design exactly what you need.
Executive Coaching:
Is your mindset growing as fast or faster than your business? Our Executive Coaching helps you work on you and your Inner Game. Most games are not won or lost because of lack of skill, but rather lack of inner game. What are you doing to make sure you are ready for what’s coming?
Consulting:
We know it takes strong leadership to grow a vibrant and profitable company. We provide the perspective and expertise you need to develop your strategies and stay on or get back on your growth trajectory.
One on One Consultation: We consult one on one with team leaders to help them solve issues in their division or business unit.
Custom Off-Site Creation: We facilitate strategic time away from the business to work on your leadership team and/or the business.