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Senior leaders: Improve the performance of your Melbourne-based frontline leaders within 180 days

My Leading for Performance program focus on the specific leadership behaviours that make the biggest difference to performance, so the program gives you the biggest impact within a 180 day time frame.

Leading for Performance

Program key features:

Highly interactive, engaging and practically orientated workshops with breaks between for practical implementation  

1 x 2 hour Launch workshop followed by 8 x 1/2 day workshops rolled out within 180 days of Launch

1 x Emotional Intelligence Leadership Profile per frontline leader with a 1:1 confidential debrief of leadership strengths and developmental opportunities

1 x DiSC Behavioural Styles profile per frontline leader

1 x Strengths Finder profile per frontline leader

Workshop 1

Launch

Outcomes - frontline leaders will:

  • Understand the support provided to them throughout the program, as well as their responsibilities including the Emotional Intelligence testing process and related timeframes

  • Share initial thoughts around what group leadership looks like and build stronger connections and chemistry across the grou

  • Feel excited about embarking on the program

Workshop 2

The Science of Leadership

Outcomes - frontline leaders will:

  • Discover how science can help reveal insights for leadership greatness 

  • Learn the role of Emotional Intelligence in effective leadership and explore the 6 capabilities of an Emotionally Intelligent leader

  • Identify their current leadership strengths and development opportunities

Workshop 3

The Power of  Feedback

Outcomes - frontline leaders will:

  • Practice using a powerful 3 Step Feedback Model that can be used to quickly and effectively give both positive and redirecting feedback

  • Discuss the power of positive feedback and the ratio of positive to redirective feedback amongst the most effective leaders 

  • Explore why it is important for leaders to proactively obtain feedback and discuss options for how to obtain useful feedback

Workshop 4

Leading for Engagement

Outcomes - frontline leaders will:

  • Explore the impact of engagement on performance and the role of the leader in creating highly engaged teams 

  • Discuss the role of 'asking' and 'telling' in creating engagement and buy in

  • Learn practical strategies for boosting team engagement

Workshop 5

Difficult Conversations

Outcomes - frontline leaders will:

  • Learn 3 reasons why it is important for leaders to find the courage to have difficult conversations, and explore powerful tools and techniques for handling them effectively

  • Identify examples of difficult conversations that have been faced or need to be faced and develop strategies for how to handle difficult conversations

  • Feel more confident to have difficult conversations and provide redirective feedback at work

Workshop 6

Coaching for Performance

Outcomes - frontline leaders will:

  • Discover tools for effective coaching including the GROW coaching framework 

  • Boost core capabilities essential for effective coaching, including developing a bank of great coaching questions 

  • Practice coaching in a safe environment and receive constructive feedback 

Workshop 7

Inspiring Performance

Outcomes - frontline leaders will:

  • Understand the role of Inspiring Performance as the single most powerful leadership capability and identify key factors influencing performance 

  • Draw their Leadership Performance Curve and reflect on how the have influenced performance in the past, and how they can positively influence performance in the future

  • Identify a range of strategies to inspire performance

Workshop 8

Leading Different Styles

Outcomes - frontline leaders will:

  • Identify their own DiSC leadership style at work, and understand the other styles

  • Discuss ways to lead people of other styles to them, especially the ones they find most challenging 

  • Work in buddy groups to prepare for the final 'Celebrate Success' workshop

Workshop 9

Celebrate Success

Outcomes - frontline leaders will:

  • Present key ideas for how the organisation can support them to lead even more effectively after the Leading for Performance program concludes

  • Hear how other leaders have implemented key ideas and consider what they can apply in their own day-to-day roles  

  • Celebrate success and finish on a high

 Engagement is a key focus area for The City, and our survey results data show that Jeremy's programs positively impact engagement, which is part of the reason The City has worked with him over many years.

The City of Greater Geelong

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