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The Springboard Leadership Developmental
Group Coaching Programme
Bridging the Leadership Gap

Organisations depend upon capable leadership to guide them through unprecedented changes. Yet there is ample evidence in the news and in recent research reports that even some of the best and most venerable organisations are failing to adapt to change, implement their strategic plans successfully or prepare for a more uncertain future. The turmoil we are currently observing has much to do with leadership, and if we don’t change our current approach to leadership development, we will see even more of the same.

In recent research from the internationally represented Center for Creative Leadership (CCL), 2 200 leaders from 15 organisations in three countries were surveyed between 2006 and 2008.

A comparison of the leadership strength from the research contrasts existing leadership skill levels with the skills required in the future (full results shown overleaf). The study showed that crucial leadership skills in today’s organisations are, in fact, insufficient for meeting current and future needs. The CCL identifies this as “The Leadership Gap”.

A leadership gap or deficit may have one of two causes: when leaders are focused on the right competencies but haven’t sufficiently mastered them, or when leaders are not focused on the right skill areas. The first is a matter of degree, the second is a matter of substance. Either can be a problem both in the short and long term. Many new leaders are appointed based on their technical knowledge and skills, with little consideration given to the different set of critical skills required of leaders.

What can your organisation do to avoid the risks associated with inadequate leadership and better prepare its upcoming leaders for changes that are yet unforeseen?

• What skills and behaviours are needed to implement the business strategy and create the desired culture (skills, competencies, knowledge base)?

• Which collective leadership capabilities are required of leaders acting together in groups and across boundaries to implement strategies, solve problems, respond to threats, adapt to change, support innovation etc?

An effective combination of the right skills, beliefs, attitudes and behaviours, and effective support systems gives emerging leaders the best chance of business success.

The Springboard Programme takes a maximum of 24 delegates per programme, and is facilitated by up to three internationally qualified Meta-Coaches. The programme begins with individual Identity Compass® profiling and feedback sessions for each delegate. This is followed by a series of 6 x one-day group workshop modules at monthly intervals, enabling participants to clarify what leadership (in contrast to management) is all about, find their own effective leadership styles, and establish what they want from their career and their lives.

Delegates are given individual and team course work to complete between workshops. This is posted onto a password-protected private online forum for each group. This enables discussion and interaction to take place between team members, other delegates and the coaches, without the need for face-to-face meetings.

The Springboard Programme uniquely combines the processes of Meta-Coaching with the identification and implementation of the visionary, strategic and tactical skills required of a successful business leader. The result is an intensely powerful process which engages the participant fully, identifies the meanings and values that he/she associates with aspects of leadership and the organisation itself, and works within the context of these to develop plans for success which are exciting, measureable and fully achievable. New, enabling habits are formed. Full accountability and support is built in through the Syndicate and Online Forum practices, which also bring sustainability and expansion to the learnings and developments experienced through the Programme.

Emerging leaders who participate fully and complete the full Springboard Programme:

• Are better equipped to drive their own performance and that of their organisations

• Have clarity around goals and objectives, and have clearly defined plans for reaching these

• Understand how vision, strategy and tactics differ, yet are integrally linked together

• Are able to lead others and inspire commitment

• Build their success within the context of their own personal strengths, and are not deflected by setbacks

• Have congruence between their work and personal lives

• Are accountable for their actions, able to adjust to changing circumstances as they arise, and can motivate others to do likewise

• Have a strong support network of similarly minded individuals

The Springboard Programme facilitates rapid transition in overcoming the negative factors that hold emerging leaders back, consuming vital time, energy and focus. Progress is evidence-based, measurable and linked to their organisation’s objectives.

At a fraction of the cost of conventional one-on-one leadership coaching, the Springboard Leadership Developmental Coaching Programme will deliver outstanding career and personal results to delegates who fully engage in, and commit to the full six month Programme.
 

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