Overview

The modern workplace can be a pressurised environment, managers and their teams working harder to deliver more to meet business needs. When this pressure becomes prolonged or excessive it can lead to an increase in ill-health as workers struggle to cope.

Effective management of workplace factors that can cause stress and burnout places a large reliance on the role of the line manager. However we all have a responsibility for our personal resilience to the reasonable pressure that comes with the job.

The first day of this programme focuses on you as a manager, equipping you with the practical knowledge and tools to work with your team to identify and manage possible causes of stress and burnout. Day 2 concentrates on you as an individual, sharing with you the techniques you can use to improve your personal resilience.

Who should attend?

• All managers wishing to understand what more they can do to help team members, and themselves, cope with the high pressure demands of their job and working environment.

When is it?

Contact us for current availability

How much is it?

£200 per day or £295 for both days

How do I register?

Telephone our offices on 0845 8338113 and reserve your place now

We are Accredited to deliver

• ILM Level 7 – Strategic Leadership
• ILM Level 5 – Leadership
• ILM Level 4 – Leadership and Management

via our links with Leeds Metropolitan University, one of the largest in the UK, we can offer a range of other programmes accredited via the ILM.

Typically our level 4 and 5 programmes include a 3-5 day experiential residential programme to start a 6-9 month journey, and can be offered ‘in-house’ or register to join one of our open courses.

SME’s are able to apply for funding towards the costs of leadership and management programmes. Contact us for further information

Designed for 1st and 2nd line managers, this programme takes you on a journey to learn and apply practical management techniques and improve team and business performance as a result.

Contact us to discuss your requirements, or to arrange your place on one of our programmes.

There is no ‘right’ leadership approach, and our 9 month programme is designed to help you be the best leader you can be, in your environment.

Contact us to discuss your requirements, or to arrange your place on one of our programmes.

There is no ‘right’ leadership approach, and our 9 month programme is designed to help you identify which approach to leadership is best for your organisation, in the current context. We will challenge you to identify, design and implement ‘best fit’ leadership for your organisation.

Contact us to discuss your requirements, or to arrange your place on one of our programmes.

of an individual’s on-going development; the first days in a new role or support during times of transition and change. There is plenty of research documenting the benefits of coaching during the first 100 days of a new role.

Our approach

How we work with clients depends on their objectives. Our coaching provides the catalyst for the client to reach their goals.

For some, the use of a coach is more for facilitative purposes. Working on a 1:1 basis, using their coach as a means to gain clarity, provide challenge, broaden their thinking and provide feedback.

Other clients require a deeper, more intensive coaching intervention. This is for when the client is looking for a real shift in performance, is facing significant change or is going through a period of transition.

Our approach involves 4 key stages:

The most powerful coaching starts with the client having a very real and accurate understanding of their impact as a leader. To achieve this, we take them on a journey to:

• Draw a line in the sand - using a Leadership Diagnostic, either self assessment or if we feel they are ready a 360 degree tool, looking at the impact they have on those they lead and others in the organisation.
• Set clear goals – about the changes they want to make from the depth of understanding they have acquired
• Create and test new choices - we believe that we must first create a new paradigm a before taking action and doing things differently in the live environment
• Transition – using feedback and performance indicators to support sustained behaviour change for the long term

Find out about developing a coaching culture and why this process in developing sustainable change is so important, for more information about Executive Coaching or to talk to us about a need that you may have contact us now.

Who should use coaching?

• Leaders who wish to build their confidence to lead more effectively
• Managers who want to improve the performance in their teams
• Mentors wishing to explore new ways of empowering their colleagues

When is it?

Dates throughout 2012 to suit you

How do I register?

Telephone our offices on 0845 8338113 and book your initial consultation now

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Huw Grove has also provided free training advice and support, offering free places to Marie Curie staff and team members helping us develop our team to improve leadership skills.

As a charity we have also been invited to attend some of his residential training weeks which have raised additional awareness and funds to support more local nursing care to benefit patients that need our support.

Penny Reeves
Regional Corporate Development Manager
Wales and West
Marie Curie Cancer Care

Personal Leadership Challenge

In May 2011, a group of people from across the Leeds Community Healthcare, Leeds Partnerships Foundation NHS Trust and NHS Leeds started their ILM 5 – High Performance Leadership course run by The Learning Grove.

At the beginning of the residential in Ross on Wye it is fair to say they didn’t know each other that well but…. that wasn’t the case by the end of the gruelling 5 days.

They all led a different task; this one saw Maria and Melody as the group leaders.

The task

“To arrange an evening of entertainment, organise a menu and raise money for our chosen charity by selling tickets to businesses in the local area”.

This was initially planned by the facilitators, Huw and Neil, as a competition between the two teams. The team leaders, Maria and Melody, quickly decided to join forces and the charity chosen to be a recipient of any money raised was the Midlands Air Ambulance Service. The rationale behind this; following research it was identified that the local community valued and recognised the need for this service due to the rural area it covered.

It soon became clear this was not going to be possible, and it was recognised that we had to raise the money ourselves… how?

I’ll tell you how, by recognising the talent amongst us: Caricature drawing, Roman blind maker, Car washing, England rugby signed shirt and photo, A supply of organic eggs, various baking options and an individual Indian cooking class. This is how the idea of an Auction transpired. The inspiration for the evening was in the main down to Julie… and her newfound talent as Auctioneer. I think it is fair to say that Julie’s talents made people part with far too much money… but all in a very good cause.

The Outcome

The charity event raised £1,047.50 for the Air Ambulance. The evening also saw the talent of Stream A, ILM 5 showing off their acting skills… but there lies another story…..

Well done and a fantastic achievement for all involved and special thanks to The Learning Grove for parting with the most amount of money.

High Performance Leadership ILM 5, Stream A, 2011.