Helping you develop your team
Executive development
Our executive development practice specialises in executive coaching, mentoring, and leadership development. We also provide career counselling and outplacement support.
There is a close correlation between the performance of an organisation and the training and development it provides for its staff. The culture of a company, which tends to reflect the values of the Chief Executive, is a further critical factor.
During our executive development programme, we aim to improve the self confidence, management skills and business acumen of executives. As a result, they have:
- more control over their workload
- stronger interpersonal and communication skills to influence their colleagues positively
- an enhanced capacity to contribute significantly to their company’s success
Point of difference
Our consultants have the expertise to help executives reach their full potential, and the senior management experience, earned “at the coalface”, to back it up. That helps us guide executives in tackling difficult issues, often people issues, and in formulating and implementing strategy.
Process
An executive development programme generally comprises six monthly meetings. In business, monthly one to ones with your direct reports are generally the most effective management tool. We use a similar style in our executive development sessions. This means we send out full notes after each session, setting out the issues and the ways in which we have jointly agreed these should be tackled. The next session starts by discussing the outcomes from those actions. By closing the loop in this way, issues don’t drift.
Experience and expertise
Our executive development work has covered many different sectors and functions –
- Sectors
- Professional Services
- Retailing
- Energy
- FMCG
- Technology
- Education
- Infrastructure
- Functions
- General Management
- Finance
- Operations
- Customer Service
- HR
- Marketing
- IT
No matter the sector or job function, most difficult issues revolve around people. Many executives underperform because they lack training in people management and influencing skills. We help executives develop their interpersonal and communication skills.
We also provide them with tools for problem-solving and creative thinking. And, if they are from a non-financial discipline, we can quickly give them a grounding in financial management.
Finally, we provide executives with a greater understanding of their character, drivers and values. This leads to greater fulfilment, not only in their career, but in their personal lives too.
