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:: About Us "Enable your people to lead with the benefit of foresight"
New managers, senior executives and Board directors planning the next step in their career have all turned to Steps Leadership Programs to enhance their leadership skills and capabilities
Steps offers a unique series of experiential leadership development programs for managers and professionals at all levels, up to and including the board. Each program takes individuals on a journey of self awareness and provides them with practical strategies to realize their true potential.
Our programs focus specifically on the behavioral aspects of leadership and management, enabling individuals to leverage their skills to build on existing leadership capabilities and perform at the next level.
By participating, individuals will be afforded an environment and opportunity to accelerate the leadership learning process in a secure and confidential environment, with peers from a range of different organisations and cultures.
| | Why Steps Leadership Programs?
Our programs offer an experiential learning environment that enables your people to: - Ask the questions they are afraid to ask
- Challenge the status quo
- Experiment in safety outside their comfort zone
- Share their issues
- Engage in frank and open conversations
- Know their real self
- Understand their authentic leadership style
- Explore the work / life balance options that suit them
- Learn from others' experiences
- Proactively manage their careers
- See different perspectives
- Address real-life business issues
- Add to their leadership and management toolkit
- Review and refine their career strategy and personal development plan
Resulting in: - Inreased self-awareness and confidence
- Increased levels of performance and motivation
- Improved career and succession planning
- Access to a wide network of business professionals
Trends influencing Leadership which underpin the programs: - Diversity: Gender, culture, age, generations (Gen X, Gen Y and Baby Boomers), and respective leadership styles, attitudes, expectations and motivations.
- Globalisation: The global manager, competition, cost-reduction, changing boundaries
- Technology: 24/7 availability and impact on business operations
- Culture: Country culture, corporate culture, individual values and alignment / reconciliaton
- Learning Organisations: Continuous improvement, the learning individual, high performance individuals, teams and organisations.
Underlying Leadership Competencies explored throughout the programs: - Self-Awareness
- Accountability
- Presence and Credibility
- Communication
- Power and Influence
- Relationship Management
- Change Management
- Mananging Diversity
- Managing and Leading People
- Strategic Visioning and Thinking
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| | Our Founder
Noel is Chairman of the Waite Group of companies and Director of Waite Intersearch. She has a background encompassing Executive Search, Board Selection and Career Management.
Her previous and current appointments include Directorships within the public and private sectors and not-for-profit organisations including educational boards and committees within Australia and overseas. | | | | | |