Developing Leaders Program

An organisation’s success depends on the effectiveness of its leadership.  

In this era of remarkable business evolution, we must adapt and reimagine what it means to lead, by embracing an intentional shift towards enhanced leadership effectiveness, unlocking the essential behaviours that spark a learning and coaching culture across an entire organisation. 

'Business Transformation' is being discussed in board rooms across Australia. However, the vast majority of these efforts focus mainly on external elements, such as restructures and ways of working. Organisational culture and strategy are mutually reinforcing. As business evolves, you must intentionally evolve your culture to support it, and this starts with your leaders. 

The Developing Leaders Program enhances the capabilities of your existing leaders, future leaders, and high potential employees, through a highly interactive experience that delivers an uplift in organisational performance with measurable outcomes. 

Sound like you?

If the below statements sound like you then you are on the right page. Keep reading.

Your newly promoted leaders or high potential employees lack the essential competencies to ensure that they are prepared to lead with impact. 

You need to be able to delegate confidently so that you can focus on the bigger picture and drive strategic outcomes. 

Your organisation is going through or has recently been through a business transformation and you need your leaders to be ‘change-ready’. 

This is for you if …. 

  • You want to harness the incredible potential of your people. Look no further than leadership! Leaders play a pivotal role in lighting the way ahead and fostering an environment where others can truly thrive, resulting in optimal business outcomes. 

  • You're doing well and achieving positive outcomes, yet your aim is to enhance business performance from good to great! Success lies in the percentages, as any top-tier athlete would attest. It is within these incremental improvements that you make the leap to being truly exceptional, which requires a particular emphasis on enhancing leadership effectiveness. 

  • You want to achieve increased business performance with fewer chips to play with. With a focus on intentional leadership, you can confidently empower your people, federate decision-making, and speed up the delivery of business value. You need a whole organisation of independent thinkers with both clarity over their authority and the capability to make optimal decisions. After all, the function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers. 

This is not for you if ….

Role-related competency and skills are the key challenge. 

You’re after some quick training for your leaders. This program is highly interactive over an extended period, to ensure maximum retention of knowledge and embedding of the core capabilities. 

You are not fully committed to grow and enhance your leadership effectiveness. 

"A true leader has the confidence to stand alone, the courage to make tough decisions, and the compassion to listen to the needs of others."

— Douglas McArthur

Service Overview 

The p3 Developing Leaders program is built upon our renowned STAIRway development framework. It incorporates a combination of highly interactive learn, contextualise, and apply interventions.  

It seamlessly integrates a series of dynamic interventions that foster interactive learning, contextualisation within your specific environment and practical application. Our primary objective is to elevate the essential leadership competencies, optimising your investment by unleashing the untapped potential of your leaders and igniting extraordinary business performance. 

As we embark on the learning pathway, we collaborate with you to define the program objectives and success criteria. This crucial step allows us to customise the program, ensuring it’s tailored precisely to meet your strategic outcomes. 

We then baseline each program participant using the Leadership Profile tool and work with them to create their individual growth plans. 

There is the opportunity for a 3-way alignment between the participant, their manager, and the coach. This alignment aims to ensure that all parties are in agreement and prioritise the most valuable development opportunities. 

Through an iterative series of formal training and workshops, smaller group cohorts, practical assignments, and 1:1 coaching sessions, we integrate the program-level strategic objectives with individual development needs.  

Finally, we re-assess each participant, work with them to create their ongoing growth plans, and provide a recommendations report of further leadership enhancement opportunities, based on our findings and experience. 

Organisations that invest in developing their leaders achieve 218% higher income per employee

— ASTD

What’s included 

A typical program will include: 

1. Define – Align & Design 

  • Understanding your specific needs. 

  • Setting the objectives and success metrics for the program. 

  • Tailored program design. 

2. Discover – Leadership Profiles & Objective Setting 

  • 360 diagnostic assessment of each participant, using the Leadership Profile tool. 

  • 1:1 coaching sessions to create the individual growth plans. 

  • 3-way alignment sessions between the participant, their manager, and the coach. 

3. Develop – Leadership Competencies 

  • Training and workshops aligning to the program outcomes. 

  • Practical assignments for on-the-job learning. 

  • Collaborative cohorts to exchange insights and draw from collective experiences between peers. 

  • 1:1 coaching sessions around individual growth areas. 

 

4. Drive – Business Performance 

  • 360 diagnostic assessment review of each participant. 

  • 1:1 coaching session to create the individual ongoing growth plans. 

  • 3-way alignment sessions between the participant, their manager, and the coach. 

  • Graduation ceremony. 

  • Recommendations report, covering findings and recommendations. 

Desired outcomes 

The Developing Leaders Program offers a range of benefits, tailored specifically to your strategic objectives. Depending on your unique needs, these include: 

Vision 

Can set direction, inspire and guide team members in alignment with the organisational strategy. 

Customer Centricity:

Understands the customers and end-users, and makes balanced, data-driven decisions to maximise business outcomes. 

Alignment:

Can build personal connections and champion collaboration to secure endorsement and backing. 

Integrity:

Role models accountability and operates with honesty and sincerity to build trust. 

Self-Awareness:

Is conscious of their mental and emotional states, the needs of others and can self-regulate to achieve optimal outcomes. 

Growth Mindset:

Embraces challenges and views failures as opportunities for growth. Focuses on self-development, demonstrating dedication and perseverance. 

Develops Others:

Nurtures team growth and culture by providing instruction, guidance, and constructive evaluations with a focus on long-term development. 

Innovation:

Champions a continuous improvement mindset and advocates a test-and-learn approach to enhance productivity and business value. 

Delivery Excellence:

Demonstrates deep experience of the delivery process and is resourceful in their execution to achieve results. 

The Commitment 

A typical program will span 4 months (inclusive of the ‘Define’ stage), depending on the desired objectives and number of participants.  

This will require an approximate time investment from each participant of 5 days, plus time to work through practical commitments within their role.

Ready?

Congratulations on reaching this point in the page! It sounds like developing your leaders is a high priority for you and your company. If you'd like to explore this further, why not drop us a note, and we can arrange a suitable time to connect. 

Alternatively, if your schedule is already overflowing with tasks, you can always bookmark this page and come back to it later. – although you probably won’t!  

We'll be here whenever you're ready to continue the discussion.