WHY MAINSTREAM LEADERSHIP TRAINING HAS EXPIRED!
Sarah Willams Coach to Owners, Executives and Leadership Teams
Delivering Award Winning Business Coaching @ActionCOACH | Certified Value Builder Coach, Leadership and Executive Training
IT’S A GIVEN THAT PEOPLE RARELY FOLLOW ADVICE, EVEN WHEN IT’S GOOD FOR THEM!
WE SEE EXAMPLES EVERYWHERE – WE ARE TOLD BY DOCTORS TO STOP SMOKING, LIMIT DRINKING, LOSE WEIGHT OR MAKE LIFESTYLE CHANGES. HOWEVER, EVEN WHEN FACED WITH AN IMMEDIATE THREAT, WE RARELY CHANGE OUR BEHAVIOURS.
This is because we are creatures of habit who crave constant familiarity in life.
These habits are coded to keep us safe, meaning we rarely get uncomfortable enough to grow. This is the reason there are so few leaders in life, because to be a great leader you must continually get yourself into uncomfortable situations where you are forced to grow mentally.
We also possess strands of DNA passed on from our ancestors that do and do not serve us well. This DNA has its tentacles firmly rooted into our system, and forms part of who we are today. You can’t do the hard yards for others. How can you solve someone’s problems when they are the problem and they don’t want to change? The Leader must design their own path. As a Leadership and Engagement coach, I simply shine a brighter light on the path to which they must walk.
Comfort zones are comfy, but they stunt growth. Great leaders crave discomfort and push boundaries to become better.
Mainstream leadership and management training courses can be great in their delivery, and they do serve a purpose.....but.......
Usually, the chosen leaders who are seen to have potential are given the opportunity to attend an external course.
While these courses can be extremely inspiring when you’re there, it’s like taking a dirty fish from a dirty pond, cleaning it with new teachings then returning it to the same dirty pond. The goal is for the newly cleaned fish to come back and clean the dirty pond.
However, a few days after a clean fish returns to a dirty pond it inevitably gets caught back in the same habits and environment and becomes dirty once again. the Challenge – the pond is far too big for one fish to clean on its own!
Many organisations believe that strong leadership, and an exclusive focus on the development of their leaders is the key to a winning culture.?They are mistaken.?Leadership is not the heart of your organisation.?The real HEART of your organisation is its people and their contribution.
Without actively engaged employees, the leadership message cannot be heard.
Without a doubt, one of the greatest challenges SME’s currently face is the attraction and retention of talent. Intelligent, honest, hardworking staff are critical to an organisation’s ongoing success, but now more than ever, good people are hard to find – and they are even harder to hold on to! To ensure employee job fulfilment, loyalty and maximum ROI, the key ingredient that is so often missing is Engagement.
Trained leaders today have been overloaded with leadership knowledge and theory, but too often they are not sufficiently activated. We need fully activated, engaged and "bought in" Teams.
We describe this as ‘leadership living’ and?all levels of the organisation participate together in the workplace.
It is an all action methodology, which means all team members will live, breathe and grow together as a united force.
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It breeds true engagement, uncovers more leaders and builds a powerful and united culture.?To ensure maximum impact and lasting change, everyone needs to be involved and everyone needs to be accountable.
At the centre of the most successful teams is the strategic empowerment and development of all team members, ensuring a clear pipeline to leadership and engagement.
In sport, the best teams know that success relies heavily on the contribution of everyone in the playing group. The trust and camaraderie within the team keeps them aligned and on track, and all players have the necessary skills and know-how to be accountable, support their team, and embrace any level of pressure.
IS YOUR TEAM WE OR ME?
There are two types of people in every organisation. The WE people and the ME people. If you have a critical mass of ME people you will always come second or lower. These organisations simply cannot handle pressure when it matters.
WE will always WIN. THE FIRST THING YOU MUST DO IS ENSURE THAT YOUR LEADERS ARE 100% WE.
90% of today’s business leaders think an engagement strategy has a positive effect on commercial success, yet only 25% of them have a game plan!
In today’s competitive world, your people are your edge. Old school business strategies and ‘knowledge dumping’ training programs are no longer sufficient when it comes to employee activation.
THE GAME HAS CHANGED. HAVE YOU CHANGED YOUR GAME TO KEEP UP?
To find out more about the changing world of Leadership, team activation and building engagement get in touch and email [email protected]
You can also attend our upcoming workshop and discovery event partnered with HSBC on the 3rd July at the Head Office , Forum 1 Whiteley