LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
Stepping Up
If you or your managers are struggling to focus and make sense of your environment read on...
How are you performing?
Athletes moving from national competition into the international arena often mention the “step up” in standards. An increased speed and intensity leave some shell- shocked as they come to terms with their new reality. This can bring a renewed vigour and focus to their training as they know that if they don’t improve significantly in several areas they will never make the jump.
A similar “jolt” greets people new to senior leadership and executive roles. They too are taken by surprise not only at the speed and intensity of their new lives but also at the volume of work and activity on their plates. If they continue to operate as they did they will remain in the “weeds” bailing their team out and in a constant state of overwhelm and stress. Those who adapt to and thrive in their new environment learn how to work differently.
Test your
performance levels
This free health check provides you with tailored insights into how you and your team are performing and how you can improve.
It takes less than two minutes.
THE APPROACH
The Step Up Framework
When I work with leaders who want to step up and make the jump I focus on the following four areas:
Team
Your success depends on your team’s performance and stability. Do they have the skills and desire to support you?
Boss
Your boss is the most important and influential person in your career. Do you two get along? Are you clear on where you stand?
Peers
Your effectiveness as a leader will be determined by the strength of your networks and how you look after the concerns of the people in them.
Self
Your ability to step up depends on the routines you shape to refresh and recharge, as well as tapping into a good support network.
OFFERS
Having completed the health check you will now know which areas require more attention.
Here’s a summary of the services on offer:.
Executive Coaching
The executive and senior leadership coaching programmes help you focus and make sense of your environment. The work concentrates on building foundations in the areas of team, boss, peers and self and helps you develop clear approaches to the complex issues that you will face.
Team Coaching
If your team isn’t performing and you are constantly in the weeds bailing them out, then this team coaching programme is for you. It will establish a clear purpose along with a sense of direction and then improve the team’s coordination and execution.
Coaching for Results
Poor performance and lousy delivery are the results of ineffective communication and coordination. If this is an issue for you and your team then the Coaching for Results training programme is just what the doctor ordered.
Developing clear approaches to the complex issues
My name is Dara Lawlor. I’m a business consultant and executive coach. I work with both early-stage and established SMEs who employ a minimum of 20 people. I’m known for helping them build healthy businesses through winning the right contracts and some of them have sold their businesses as a result. My work with the leaders of SMEs involves resourcing them so that they can step away from tactical operations to focus on the strategic work of growing the business. This involves developing them and their teams so that they can build solid foundations to make clear and powerful offers to the market that leads to a vibrant and growing business.
SMEs are the real engine of the economy and the key to a nation’s vitality. They can spring from a garage, the mind of a returning emigrant or indeed that of a newly arrived immigrant. They provide a path, build careers, feed families and develop their surrounding communities.
If they are adequately resourced and supported, their leaders will be able to build the confident, nimble and resilient organisations that our nations need.
I’m a keen sportsman, and the lessons I’ve learned from participating in numerous triathlons inform my approach to supporting my clients so that they are fit to win.
