Leadership Coaching: Authentic Leadership

Recently Nelson Mandela said of the crisis in Zimbabwe, there is an absence of leadership. It can be said that exceptional leadership is measured reactions under tough conditions.

The Leadership Challenge

We think Emotional Intelligence Leadership Coaching helps leaders step up to the plate and more importantly provide the tools to raise the bar for the teams they lead. Emotional Intelligence Leadership Training programmes deal comprehensively with the flowing:

1. Lack of clarity on the role of transformational leadership.

2. Lack of skills to successfully articulate the strategic plans to meet any given set of agreed objectives.

3. Execute project risk assessment using effective and precise tools.

4. Adequately access and acquire the optimum resources to get the job done.

5. Think strategically, being able to get quickly to the heart of the problems.

6. Master the art of paradox, ups and downs, chaos and order, problems and solutions.

7. Employ situational leadership skills, which are needs driven.

8. Master the basics of Emotional Intelligence. As a Complete Leader they can empower all their people to be fully engaged and totally aligned to the shared vision of the organisation.

Leveraging Employee Motivators and Drivers Understanding Cause and Effect

We have been so conditioned to see chaos as out there that we end up looking at symptoms and not cause. There are two distinct games to life, our activities, the outer game and the inner game of thoughts and beliefs. Interestingly enough in some areas in the outer game we are technologically brilliant. We can put a man on the moon; we can shoot down a moving maverick satellite out in space, within the limits of a ten second time frame. Cognitively we are sometimes brilliant.

However, in the area of emotional intelligence we are often mostly still unaware of powerful hidden emotional drivers. True intelligence integrates, and synthesises the wisdom of the head and the heart, the Thinker and the Feeler. As you learn to bring these two dimensions into alignment you will become productively congruent at all times. Until then, chaos will continually revisit, until the lessons of change are truly learnt. Emotional Intelligence Leadership Training helps us do just that.

This process can unquestionably be accelerated by working with a professional coach. If we delay we will relive Groundhog Day over and over again, driven by our old toxic habits.

The Complete Leader is an advanced emotional intelligence driven customised leadership coaching programme. Emotional intelligence leaders become transformational coaches, they lead simple but dynamic change in personal and leadership effectiveness. The Emotional Intelligence leadership programme supports the exploration of emotional and attitudinal blocks and know how to remove the barriers to optimising full potential: creating a learning culture of evolving skills and competencies to connect to powerful emotions more fully in themselves and others for sustained optimal performance. Check our what others are say about our Emotional Intelligence Leadership development programmes.

The need to change is unquestionable: Globally our present systems are failing. Businesses are demanding more, and people have to run faster to stay ahead of the competition. This is causing a serious tilt in the work/life balance.  Working harder in times of crises is so hardwired into our thinking it has almost become a mantra for success. This model is seriously flawed!

So which model will prevail for the 21^st century thinker? Our view is unequivocal; we believe that Emotional Intelligence offers the perfect framework for self-management and the equally critical area of relationship management. Authentic leaders have an ability to win the hearts and minds of their people by being engaging and inspirational, using their emotional intelligence soft skills whilst navigating their business through the ups and downs of the global economic climate.

The Complete Leader: Authentic Leadership Coaching

This is our flagship transformational programme. Its beauty lies in its fluidity that easily moulds to your personal goals and that of your organisation. Most leaders are unaware of the finger print they leave on every conversation, every look, every handshake and the ripple effect that has within the organisation.

Four Step Emotional Intelligence Approach

Step 1

Discover your sixteen key emotional drivers. Using the precision of our Individual Effectiveness tool, this measures emotional intelligence online. You are then able to gain critical awareness through our follow up emotional intelligence exploration session either by phone or face to face with one of our professional change masters prior to the leadership programme.

Step 2

Once we have reached an agreed full understanding with each leader as to where they are at with emotional intelligence we are able to tailor exactly where the weight of the programme needs to be focused. Together we then have clarity of the current situation and the desired state of resourcefulness needed to meet and align with the personal goals of the stakeholders and business objectives.

Step 3

1:1 Executive Business Coaching: The Ultimate Leadership Tool. Personal Commitment and collaboration allows us to go deeper with each leader using the results of the Individual Effectiveness report. Together we create the vital “stickiness” to embed learning, ensuring continued growth, sustainability and a return on investment.

Step 4

You ensure precise re-evaluation of progress by re-measuring leaders Individual Effectiveness. You can cross check to establish if personal and business objectives are being met or if any further interventions are needed.  

So if you would like a little more wriggle room, more autonomy of choice, please give us a call on 00353 91 871630. Together we can start a collaborative conversation and from there we can both evoke that healthy sate of curiosity to see what unfolds.

“Be not afraid of moving slowly; be afraid only of standing still.”

 Chinese Proverb

Mastery does not come from dabbling. We have to be prepared to pay the price. We need to have the sustained enthusiasm that motivates us to give our best.

Eknath Easwaran

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