2016/17 accelerated leadership programme · releasing potential experientia l learning...

PROSPECTUS 2016/17

ACCELERATED LEADERSHIP

PROGRAMME

LEADERSHIPRELEASING POTENTIAL

EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING

SELF-AWARENESSPERFORMANCE

TEAMS

About Grahame Robb Associates Established in 1989, Grahame Robb Associates (GRA) specialises in learning and development training programmes which release the potential of individuals, teams and organisations. We firmly believe in enabling organisations to improve performance by investing in their people.

We own and operate two Outdoor Learning Centres, Reading and Burton-upon-Trent, which are purpose-built facilities, designed specifically to support high impact, experiential learning and leadership development. The Reading centre is situated within a 15-acre mature oak woodland and includes one of the largest and most extensive ropes courses in Europe. Our Burton-upon-Trent centre is located at the English Football Association’s St. George’s Park National Football Centre.

Our delivery team are accredited trainers in many of the world’s most recognisable and successful leadership and team development models. We utilise the outdoors to bring theory to life, practice the skills and provide honest, encouraging and constructive feedback so that delegates can immediately apply their learning once they return to the workplace.

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Accelerated Leadership Programme

In many organisations, technical competence is considered the most critical component for success. We promote high performers to management roles as it is often seen as the only solution for career progression and justification for rewards such as higher salaries, bonuses and other perks.

In a management position, employees are no longer simply judged on their technical proficiency, they are also evaluated on their ability to coach and mentor; provide and receive constructive feedback; hold difficult conversations; develop budgets; present with confidence to senior members of staff and external stakeholders; and build an effective and high performing team.

By the time most employees reach a position demanding such skills, the expectation is that they will have developed the required leadership qualities through life experience or their “natural” ability in other areas.

The performance and progression of individuals, teams, and sometimes entire organisations, can stagnate because of an inability to lead successfully. Often, leaders with high technical competence, but underdeveloped ‘soft skills’ are dismissed as ineffective leaders and not provided with the resources to develop these skills and apply them.

The GRA Accelerated Leadership Programme is a modular leadership development programme designed to support organisations who wish to accelerate the development and performance of practising middle managers. The programme blends proven theoretical models with opportunities to bring them to life and apply the learning in a practical setting at our Corporate Outdoor Learning

Centre, Reading.

Our approach provides delegates with the freedom to explore and develop their own style and personal brand of leadership and enhance their team’s performance.

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Delegates will use globally-recognised learning and development tools to take an introspective assessment of their own strengths and weaknesses and understand areas of personal development. They will also enhance their ability to lead through the quality of their interactions with other members of the team and by flexing their leadership style to specific situations and individuals.

Our practical exercises have been developed over many years and encourage delegates to explore the boundaries of their comfort zone. We will test their ability to think strategically, coach others and lead under pressure, all in a risk-free, structured training environment designed specifically for high impact learning.

Over the course of the three modules, we will enable participants to enhance their skills, practice leading in a range of situations and improve results as well as prepare for senior management responsibilities in the future.

To help sustain development once delegates return to the workplace, they will nominate a colleague to sponsor their progress and receive personalised actions plans from our Course Director, Joe Mackintosh.

The Accelerated Leadership Programme provides managers with a platform to learn more about themselves, improve the quality of their interactions and enhance their leadership capabilities.

WHY GRA?

Grahame Robb Associates Ltd has over 25 years of experience in the design and delivery of leadership development training programmes for organisations of all sizes around the world. In the last 12 months, we have delivered training in over 30 countries.

Our team of vastly experienced facilitators have developed leaders at every level of an organisation, from graduates to senior executives, enabling them to maximise and achieve their potential.

Through this experience, we are able to design and deliver programmes that meet tailored outcomes applicable to the specific management level of the participants. We accelerate development by going above and beyond typical learning and development packages to inspire people to change their approach and improve performance as well as provide a return on investment.

We are partners of two leading learning and development organisations Belbin® and The Ken Blanchard Companies®, as well as accredited trainers in Action Centred Leadership™, Thomas Kilmann’s Conflict Mode, and many other leadership and team development models. In addition, we are the exclusive UK and Republic of Ireland licensee for the VitalSmarts suite of culture change training programmes: Crucial Conversations®, Crucial Accountability™, Influencer™

and Change Anything™.

Following excellent feedback from our clients about the long-term success of our programmes, we are delighted to be able to add our public programme to our leadership offering, enabling individuals to attend with managers at a similar level in other organisations.

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OVERVIEW

Self-awareness is a critical component for becoming a more effective leader. Through personalised feedback and practical exercises delegates will develop a greater understanding of their own personality and leadership style, enabling them to recognise the impact this has on the performance of others. The module also outlines how to develop successful teams and provides delegates with the opportunity to begin work on their Personal Action Plan.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

• Increase self-awareness of participants’ own leadership style, team contributions, personality, behaviours and how they impact the performance of others.

• Gain personal feedback from a variety of questionnaires, tools, techniques and practical exercises and understand how these can be used within their own organisation to improve individual and team performance.

• Understand personal motivation and how to motivate others.

• Master relationship-building through simple psychology and learn to recognise how to best communicate with different individuals.

• Gain practical experience of how teams develop and understand the importance of team process as well as how this impacts on team performance

• Create a personal action plan to return to the workplace with.

Module 1 - Self and Team Awareness

KEY MODELS/TOOLS TO BE USED

• How to Build and Lead a High Performance Team

• Treat Others How They Want to be Treated

• Learning Styles Questionnaire

• Reaction to Job Questionnaire

• Experiential Team Exercises

• The Four Stages of Team Development

• Personal Action Planning

MODULE DATE:

24th-26th May 2016

MODULE LENGTH:

3 Days

MODULE TUTOR:

Grahame Robb

LOCATION:

Corporate Outdoor Learning Centre

Goodboys Lane,

Mortimer,

Reading,

RG7 3AE



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Day 1 Module 1 Details

AMHow to build and lead a high performance team The four stages of team development Creating balanced teams

Break Lunch

PM

Understanding how teams develop Team exercise and reviewUnderstanding personal motivation and its impact on resultsAnalysing personal career progression

Day 2

AM

Team exercise and reviewDifferences between leadership and managementUnderstanding and learning from how my career has progressed up until nowUnderstanding my learning style and how I can use this effectively

Break Lunch

PM Team exercises and review

Day 3

AM

How to build stronger relationships by understanding how people want to be treatedTeam exercise and reviewProblem solving and reaction to change

Break Lunch

PMTeam exercise and review Action planning

SELF AND TEAM AWARENESS

MODULE 3

Duration: 3 Days Duration: 3 Days Duration: 3 Days

MODULE 1

LEADERSHIP SKILLS IN PRACTICE

MODULE 2

SITUATIONAL LEADERSHIP® II IN

ACTION



Module 2 - Leadership Skills in Practice

OVERVIEW

This is an experiential learning module involving

a significant planning phase culminating in a 1

and a ½ day business scenario taking place at our

Corporate Outdoor Learning Centre. This powerful

learning experience provides each participant with

the opportunity to apply learning from the programme

and lead an equal part of the scenario to discover how

they can build on their potential to deliver maximum

performance within their leadership role.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

• What has happened since Module 1? How have

you been able to apply the learning?

• Understanding the different forms of conflict and

how to tailor your behaviour to a specific situation.

• Business planning skills, leadership, problem-

solving innovation, team skills.

• Review, refresh and put into practice the skills,

principles and techniques learnt throughout the

first two modules.

• Review of the experience and application back to

the workplace.

• Personal feedback via stop, start and continue.


• How to Deal with Conflict

• GRA Business Scenario – The cohort would

work as a single team over 1.5 days to plan

and deliver a number of objectives for an ‘end

customer’. These objectives can only be delivered

by successfully undertaking a series of indoor

and outdoor team-based activities that will

link to many of the concepts, tools and skills

that the managers have gained throughout the

programme. It’s about ‘putting it all into practice’

in a fun, engaging and impactful way.

• Continue Personal Action Planning

MODULE DATE:

13th-15th July 2016

MODULE LENGTH:

3 Days

MODULE TUTOR:

Joe Mackintosh

LOCATION:


Goodboys Lane,

Mortimer,

Reading,

RG7 3AE


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GRA Accelerated Leadership Programme


AM

What’s happened since module 1?Team exercise and review Understanding my style when I find myself in conflict Learning how to improve my ability to deal with conflict effectively

Break Lunch

PM

Team exercise and review Introduction to the business scenario Business planning Business presentation

Day 2

Full Day Business scenario

Day 3

AMReview of business scenario What does this mean for me as a leader? Development and learning points

Break Lunch

PMPersonal feedback - stop, start, continue What will I do differently following modules 1 and 2?Action plans


MODULE 3


MODULE 1


MODULE 2


ACTION


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Module 3 - SLII® in Action

OVERVIEW

This module will introduce the Situational Leadership®

II experience to equip delegates with the skills

to develop and coach others through change. It

encourages them to analyse and review their own

leadership style, and flex this style, depending on the

person and the situation. Partnering for Performance

enables delegates to practice flexing their leadership

style by acquiring a new skill on our ropes course or

archery range and coaching another delegate how to

develop this skill themselves.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

• Understand the Situational Leadership® II theory

and how it can help improve performance within

the organisation.

• Learn how to diagnose the different development

levels of staff and the appropriate leadership

styles to use.

• Recognise individuals’ preferred leadership styles

and the importance of being flexible in meeting

the needs of employees.

• Understand and practice the skills of Situational

Leadership II in a risk-free environment.

• Enhance coaching capabilities in skill acquisition.


• Situational Leadership® II

• Development Levels

• Leadership Styles – Directive and Supportive

Behaviours

• GRA Partnering for Performance

• Finalise Personal Action Plan for Continued

Development

MODULE DATE:

27th-29th September 2016

MODULE LENGTH:

3 Days

MODULE TUTOR:

Brian Collyer

LOCATION:


Goodboys Lane,

Mortimer,

Reading,

RG7 3AE



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AMIntroduction to Situational Leadership® IIThe first skill of a Situational Leader - Goal setting

Break Lunch

PMThe second skill of a Situational Leader - Diagnosing Introduction to the concept of development levels and requirements

Day 2

AMThe third skill of a Situational Leader - Matching The pitfalls of over supervision and under supervision

Break Lunch

PMSkill acquisition in the outdoors Preparation of coaching activity Introduction to partnering for performance

Day 3

AMCoaching your new skillPeer feedback on coaching capability

Break Lunch

PM

Leadership Behaviour Analysis IIOne-to-One ConversationsTools for mastering SLII®

Finalise personal action plan


MODULE 3


MODULE 1


MODULE 2


ACTION

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Joe Mackintosh, Course Director

Joe has over 15 years’ experience in designing and

delivering leadership development programmes

specialising in behaviour change, performance

management, and coaching.

As Course Director for The Accelerated Leadership

Programme, Joe will be ever-present on all

three modules and lead facilitator on Module

2 – Leadership Skills in Practice. He will provide

personalised feedback and action plans to individual

delegates and progress will be tracked throughout

the programme. He will also be available to

delegates to offer support and guidance on how

to effectively embed the skills once back in the

workplace.

Joe is a versatile trainer accredited in many indoor

training programmes and is a vastly experienced

outdoor instructor able to bring theory to life in an

experiential learning environment. He is passionate

about helping people reach their full potential and

this is reflected in his enthusiastic, engaging, and

honest training delivery. His natural facilitation skills,

coupled with his ability to relate to his audience,

helps keep people engaged and motivated.

Joe’s ability to deliver impactful, results-focused

leadership development programmes is supported

by the wide range of qualifications he has achieved.

This enables him to blend theory with practical skills

application effectively. These qualifications include:

• Master Trainer in Crucial Conversations®

• Certified Trainer in Crucial Accountability™

• Belbin® Team Roles Accredited Trainer

• Practitioner in Neuro-Linguistics Programming

(NLP)

• Action Centred Leadership™ (ACL) Accredited

Trainer

• European Ropes Course Accredited Instructor

Trainer and Assessor

• Archery GB Instructor

• BCU UKCC Level 3 Kayaking and Canoeing

Joe has designed and delivered leadership and

team development programmes for a wide range of

organisations in the public, private and not-for-profit

sectors. Delegates have ranged from graduates to

senior executives. Notable clients include: HSBC,

Kyocera, United Technologies Corporation, The

Football Association, NHS, London Business School

and Oracle.

Meet Our Trainers

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Grahame Robb, Course Tutor

Grahame is the Managing Director of GRA and has

more than 30 years’ experience in leadership and

team development, organisational development,

and strategic consulting. He is an enthusiastic

presenter who inspires others to achieve beyond

their aspirations. Grahame is a Master Trainer in

Influencer™ and is accredited in Belbin® Team Role

Theory and Situational Leadership® II.

Brian Collyer, Course Tutor

Brian has over 25 years’ experience as a

Development Trainer and has worked with a wide

variety of delegates ranging from senior executives

of multinational organisations through to graduates

on accelerated management development

programmes. Brian is accredited in Belbin® Team

Role Theory, Situational Leadership® II, and Facet

5. He excels in developing business scenarios

that enable delegates to apply their learning in an

outdoor experiential environment.


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“It has had such a positive impact on our people with enhanced team performance as a result of better leadership.”Greg Hoggett, Managing Director- TAG Aviation

Farnborough

“After almost a year of unsuccessful searching for a

management training company, my search ended on

one sunny day in April 2013 at Wokefield Park, where I

immediately recognised that GRA were the right fit for

what we needed.

I attended their complimentary Leading Change

event which gave me the chance to gain a first-

hand experience of their ability to blend theory,

skill development and practical application into a

management development programme. Following

the event, I was in no doubt that GRA were the best

training services partner for TAG Aviation Maintenance

Services.

We were soon sat around the table together and as a

result of listening to and understanding the challenges

we faced, the GRA team developed a tailored

modular leadership training programme that suited

the varied skills and experiences of the TAG Aviation

management team; with each individual manager

receiving a personalised action plan following the

course.

From the outset of the leadership programme, GRA’s

team of skilled and experienced trainers were very

professional in their approach and built a great rapport

with all of our managers. The seamless combination

of indoor and outdoor learning kept our team engaged

throughout the programme. I’m delighted that it

has had such a positive impact on our people with

enhanced team performance as a result of better

leadership. It has created real and tangible benefits for

the business.

The GRA team genuinely cared about delivering

results-focused training that benefited our business.”


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“We have developed a strong leadership brand and code as a team.”Neil Caldwell, Vice President Europe - Cybersource

“I consulted with GRA to establish a leadership

programme for my regional team. I was new to my role

and, as a group, we had taken little time to align on our

priorities, collaboration and focus but, most importantly,

how that translated to enabling and motivating our staff.

The GRA team did a great job of identifying how

to achieve our objectives in the most effective way

possible and introducing compelling management

strategies to improve our approach and implementation

in an interactive and engaging way.

As a result, we have developed a strong leadership

brand and code as a team and maintained a level

of focus that has catalysed the team’s development

through 2015/16.”

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Further Information

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CONTACT US

For further information on the Accelerated Leadership Programme or to book your place, contact us via:

Tel: 01962 779911

Email: [email protected]

Grahame Robb Associates LtdDolphin House, Abbas Business Centre,Itchen Abbas,Winchester,Hampshire,SO21 1BQ

www.gra.uk.com/accelerated-leadership

Find us on Twitter @GRA_Ltd

PRICING

Price to attend: £3,995 per person ex VAT.

Please note that this fee includes study materials, tuition and lunch during the workshops. It does not include accommodation or morning and evening meals.

HOTEL ACCOMMODATION

Our Corporate Outdoor Learning Centre near Reading is located within the grounds of De Vere Venues’ Wokefield Park Conference Centre and Hotel. As a long term partner of the hotel, we are able to secure preferential rates for our course delegates.

For further information about hotel accommodation and preferential rates please get in touch with us.

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