How can you
best prepare
your organisation’s
NEXT LEADER
to successfully tackle the unexpected challenges
that lie just over the horizon?
Ready or not?
When your current leader moves on, you'll have someone lined up to take their place – probably an individual who has already proved themselves by successfully running a key part of your organisation. However, taking on the very top job is a huge step up – it requires a totally different mindset. The challenges will come thick and fast.
How confident are you that your organisation's next leader
is truly ready?
There’s no shortage of leadership development programmes available to help them. But only one that truly specialises in preparing an individual to make this particular transition from operational leadership to strategic leadership – Partners for Leadership.
A more thorough, holistic and interactive approach to leadership development...
Unlike other programmes, ours spans three years – not three months.
That’s because, as well as providing professional development we put great emphasis on personal development. Because great strategic leadership is not just about what you know. It’s about who you are.
Participants benefit from face-to-face events and cross-sector interaction, supported by continuous 1:1 mentoring.
We work alongside your chosen candidate over an extended period to build the qualities of self-confidence and self-awareness, along with the essential emotional intelligence, to develop a leadership style and corporate culture that inspires others to give their best in pursuit of a shared vision.
Incredibly well thought through
and designed to get you to
think through leadership using
many different perspectives.
The ‘Critical Friends’ mentoring scheme pairs you with very senior leaders who can support you, without any other motivation than to help you achieve what you want,
and identify what that is.
Who are
Partners for Leadership?
Partners for Leadership is a not-for-profit Community Interest Company, the successor to Exeter Leadership Partners, a 20-year-old flagship programme which started life in the University of Exeter Business School.
Our programme is delivered by a community of the UK’s most exceptional independent leadership development consultants under the management of its Executive Directors.
The programme is underpinned by our academic association with UWE Bristol Leadership and Change Centre.
That’s why we spend so long working alongside candidates to build their strengths in these areas.
Qualities like resilience, confidence,
integrity, empathy, charisma, maturity, the ability to communicate effectively and an inspiring leadership style count for more than mere knowledge or acumen.
Training leaders to
expect the unexpected
Leadership programmes that merely focus on professional development fall into the old trap of preparing students to “fight the last war.” In a volatile and rapidly developing world, full of “known unknowns” and “unknown unknowns”, the strategic leader cannot rely on past strategies. They must find new ways forward – and to do that they’ll have to draw heavily on their personal resources.
You are warmly invited to call or send a brief email to our Directors Simon Lawder or Nick Bailey.
We will then arrange an initial get-to-know-you discussion, in strict confidence, online or in person.
We recognise that every organisation has its own particular culture, and that every candidate has their own unique character. We therefore tailor our approach to meet your corporate goals and the individual delegate’s personal aims and objectives.
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