Many leaders come to a stage in their career where they stall. They manage the processes in their team or business unit well, they have created a positive work culture and they hit targets.
But they are not actively driving the business forward, especially when facing change or substantial growth. And it’s not that they don’t want to, they don’t know how to.
People get to this level of leadership because they are good at what they do, and they are good at showing others. What we observe time and time again is that these leaders stay in the day-to-day business too much. Their focus is on putting out fires, managing underperformance and delivering results.
Many leaders feel they are too busy to take on more strategic work or additional projects. And that’s where the problem lies. A lack of awareness of their own strengths and the inability to delegate and truly empower their own teams is what stands in their way to step up with confidence and drive change and lead the business.
Research has shown personal and professional development increases retention rates and has a direct impact on work culture and wellbeing in workplaces.
You have a number of intelligent, skilled and motivated leaders in your organisation who are craving development. Not only do they have the ability to contribute to leading the business vs. just heading up their department, but they can also develop and grow their own reporting teams. You are basically elevating 2 or 3 whole levels of leadership in your organisation by upskilling and developing your senior leadership level.
Having worked with hundreds of professional people, I find that leaders typically go through this journey:
Level 1 – Efficient: the team member manages day-to-day work well and executes the organisation’s work processes efficiently.
Level 2 – Productive: the team member manages a team, coordinates work and is responsible for the team to deliver outcomes. At this level the team usually is only as good as the manager.
Level 3 – Accountable: the leader is heading up projects or is in charge of a department. They hire and develop their team members and they are accountable to hit their own targets in line with organisational goals.
Level 4 – Influential: the leader oversees day-to-day work but has a strong, autonomous team, often with a 2ic. They work strategically to grow their department and are involved in executive debates to drive change in the business.
Level 5 – Impactful: on this highest level the leader steps up, foresees and leads change and mobilises the workforce. They work across departments and are instrumental in future proofing the business.
The STEP UP leadership program helps senior leaders to develop the skills and gain the confidence to impact their teams and the business. The program is designed with adult learning principles in mind:
1. Learn & develop new skills in foundation group workshops.
2. Implement new skills and a have clear plan forward through power group coaching sessions.
3. Achieve sustainable behavioural change with 1:1 executive coaching sessions.
We will deliver the program in the timeframe that suits you. However, typically the STEP UP Leadership program takes 3 – 9 months to complete (depending on choice of Bronze, Silver, Gold).
Our Founder Jessica Schubert facilitates the workshops and group coaching sessions. We don’t outsource these sessions to outside facilitators. For the executive coaching sessions, we offer a coaching panel for coaches to choose from.
The entire program can be facilitated virtually or face to face. If facilitated face to face, you will organise and cover the costs of the facilities. It can be facilitated in your conference rooms, or we can give you recommendations for external venues. If the sessions take place outside of Metropolitan Melbourne, you will cover the cost of staff and facilitator travel.
We can tailor a program that suits you. We will do a needs assessment and include the learning tools and sessions that help you achieve the learning goals for your leaders.
There is a range of payment options we can discuss. Some clients prefer to pay monthly instalments, others need to pay the entire program up front. A 20% deposit at the time of confirmation is required.
Teams, individuals and organisations face different challenges. My mission is to listen, understand and tailor learning solutions that fit your cultural and organisational goals. My steps to transform people, culture and businesses:
Listen and understand your challenges
Suggest tailored learning solutions
Include leaders in the design process
Deliver, facilitate and coach
Feedback and go back to conversation
With over 25 years of corporate experience and leading large teams across Europe and Asia Pacific, I understand all facets of leadership. I leverage my experience of dealing with power dynamics and organisational complexities and blend it with proven leadership models, coaching theories and adult learning principles.