deliver us this …

Mary was tasked with drawing together a programme centred around leadership theory and practice for a large group of project engineers at two locations for a global defence organisation. 

The client was well versed in what it took to be a leader there and had definite ideas of what needed to be included; some known leadership theories and a set of corporate values started us off on our journey.

After taking the clients ‘must haves’ she set about designing a 3-day blended programme, followed by a programme of work set up by the teams’ director.  

They morphed all their ideas and created a bespoke programme around authentic leadership, setting a vision aligned to values, delegation, facilitating meetings, and communication skills, with a focus on listening and collaborating.  

The participants were mainly theoretical thinkers who liked to reflect. This had previously been assessed as a group characteristic, so with that in mind we included a book to be read as pre-work, which was a springboard for discussion on personal leadership styles in one of the modules.

A values document enabled comment and discussion as participants worked through the values to decide what they meant in working practice.

A team profile provided individual feedback as well as some team working exercises to encourage rapport and trust between the two locations. This was followed by a networking opportunity for the teams to gel and forge better working relations.

Strong anecdotal feedback about the amount of trust built during the course was recorded and was deemed as a highly successful course all round.