Your Line Managers not taking accountability for their people is costing you. 

 

How much longer will you continue to prop them up?

The 13-week Confident Leader Programme will take your HR Teams from being too busy dealing with transactional people issues to delivering transformation, through a proven, psychology-backed, programme that challenges your functional line managers to embrace full accountability and lead their teams effectively.

 

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There’s this disheartening scenario that keeps popping up over and over again.


I’m sure you’ve seen it too. 

We are all busy

We are long on task and short on time,

We put our colleagues' issues first and our work second,

We go the extra mile, BUT at what cost? 

Then comes blame

"It's the poor line managers. I have done the best I can."

"Why can't line managers just do it?"

"I get more and more frustrated and sometimes kick out."

Finally self-doubt

"It must be me, I'm not good enough.”

"I feel paralysed and then hear myself saying what's the point? "

"At that very moment… I have given up!"

Are some of these familiar?

  • You've got the job description, but it doesn’t
    tell you “How to” do it!
  • You're doing lots of activity and long hours, which is badly impacting on your home life and personal relationships
  • You feel you have tried everything, and you are working around-the-clock, but nothing get's done
  • You're not getting the results you want and you are becoming paralysed with what to do next
  • You know the senior leaders are talking about you, and you know you are gaining a poor reputation for not getting things done

Well here's a little secret… you're not the only one!

It's common that people…

  • Don’t know how to lead effectively
  • Don’t know how to create and deliver a clear vision
  • Don’t know how to be accountable
  • Don’t know how to develop others 
  • Don’t know how to onboard New Starters
  • Struggle to self-reflect
  • Struggle to maintain their own performance
    and that of others 
  • Struggle to communicate effectively
  • Struggle to deal with conflict
  • Struggle to be influential
  • And are completely stuck on knowing how to fix it all

And because of all of these...

  • They don’t get results
  • They lose confidence in their ability to deliver on their promises
  • They are throwing long hours at it, and still they have no time
  • Which all means, they are stuck in this self-fulfilling cycle, which keeps going round and round and round!

 

And so they end up...

  • Feeling overwhelmed
  • Feeling stuck 
  • Feeling frustrated

and don't know what to do!

Relax… you're not alone in feeling frustrated with Line Managers' performance!

 

What you're experiencing is normal,

AND you can change it! 

  You, and your line managers, can figure out how to hit high performance if you want to.

Many people do, though often with plenty of trial and error, wasted time, and creating more problems along the way!

 

You can get your functional line managers to make the change now.

But do you really have time to support them, right now?

Yes, we can all figure things out for ourselves, but it just takes more time, which is fine if you have the time right now to do so!

The problem is… We all need to have an impact NOW! We need to deliver high performance consistently, NOW!

You, and your line managers, need the tools and techniques NOW, and not in 10 years' time!

Hi, I'm John and have transformed thousands of leaders into powerful, resilient leaders, who are 'leaders others choose to follow'. 

I've been leading teams for over 30 years, and I am passionate about helping leaders deliver exceptional performance, every day. 

Why me? I saw first-hand the bad and the indifferent leaders and managers. I saw the damage that every interaction they made, or didn't make, had on their people. I saw people crumble. Over time, each one became a shell of their former selves.

I also saw the best leaders and witnessed the small actions they took, every day, that built resilient individuals, strong teams, and consistent high performance.  

I sought out and learned from the best leaders who taught me the what, why, and how of leadership and how to become a great leader.

  • I've helped thousands of managers transform into exceptional leaders who consistently engage and develop their people to deliver high performance every day. 
  • Am a sought-after keynote speaker in Leadership.
  • Provide transformational learning based on solid foundations and exceptional facilitation and coaching.
  • My team and I are all qualified coaches and in regular professional supervision (which many coaches are not).
  • Focused on a practical, ‘apply it straightaway’ approach.
  • 'Improving lives' is not just our vision; it's a promise.
  • We are committed to our Values of 
    • Passionate about people,
    • Delivering a Professional approach,
    • Being Performance focused,
    • Delivering Practical applications and 
    • Providing quality and value.

I am committed to be the role model for every one of my team, and every one of my learners. 

Why do I do it? I love supporting people to improve their lives and improve the lives of all those they engage with. I feel proud to have the best job in the world!

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Here I am delivering a keynote speech on Trust in Leadership, to 400 senior leaders at the world famous Edgbaston Conference Centre, UK (2023).

 

BUT... What if you had a clear roadmap of frameworks, tools and techniques to help you become the "leader others choose to follow?"

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And you...

 

Have a high-performance roadmap for success you are committed to delivering on, with:

 
  • A clear vision of where you need to get to is supported by a robust strategy for getting there.
  • A solid and costed plan, which is prioritised and scheduled, with metrics to measure it.
  • A detailed Personal Development Plan is needed to ensure you are the best leader and manager you can be.
 

Are ultra-efficient, really focused, and have time to deliver on your work and private life with:

 
  • A consistent way of effectively prioritising.
  • A clear and visible system in place to manage your workflow and performance, as well as others.
  • A simple way to effectively delegate to others.
 

Have a high-performing team which consistently delivers, leaving you free to focus on where you can add the most value, giving you the springboard for promotion with:

 
  • A fully engaged, focused and high-performing team.
  • Robust Personal and Team Development Plans.
  • Tools to effectively onboard new team members.

Well... I will show you how to get all of these things,
to become a Confident Leader, and
“be the Leader Others Choose to Follow”

 What is the Confident Leader Programme?

 

This 13-week Programme will take your HR Teams from being too busy dealing with transactional people issues to delivering transformation, through a proven, psychology-backed, programme that challenges your functional line managers to embrace full accountability and lead their teams effectively.

If you want to rapidly become a leader others choose to follow, become more influential, and have far more impact, then the Confident Leader programme will transform your leadership over a 90-day intense experience.

We’ll work together, 1-2-1, and in a group to build your road map, help you to become ultra-efficient and support you to harness the power of a high-performing team.

Working with our proven model of leadership development, and fully endorsed by the Institute of Leadership (InstL), you and your functional line managers will build your confidence and capability to lead with resilience in every situation.

 

When you complete the 13-week programme you will: 

  • Have a simple framework to become a confident and competent leader.
  • Have simple tools to effectively reflect and become fully aware and proactive.
  • Have the techniques to confidently deliver strong performance through highly engaged and empowered teams.
  • Be able to confidently deliver strong performance through a highly engaged team.
  • Be able to create, communicate, and deliver a compelling vision to others.
  • Be personally accountable and hold others accountable to deliver on the agreed vision.
  • Be confident and competent to effectively communicate with all colleagues and managers with impact (including managing upwards).
  • Be confident and competent when dealing with conflict, while maintaining positive relationships.
  • Be effective when onboarding New Starters, helping them to achieve high performance quickly.

"Within one week, it was worth it".

“I joined John's Confident Leadership programme on the recommendation of a teammate. Within one week, it was worth it. I was able to immediately implement some of his guidance on reflection, accountability and more. 

His delivery, credibility and overall quality have shone through in just 10 days, and I am looking forward to the rest of the programme!”

Chris Pinner, Innerfit

Wellbeing provider to Blue Chip Companies

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"After the training, 40% of the candidates went on to be promoted or to larger roles within the organisation," and "we moved the key metric for the site (on-time delivery in full) from <48% to >95%".

I asked Growing Vision to assist in creating a bespoke training programme for my first line team of managers and supervisors at Pall Ilfracombe (UK).  The situation I faced was one where legacy talent within my leadership team had been allowed to deplete their management skills over literally decades, meaning that I was unable to create a cultural change/engagement programme whilst simultaneously running this 700-person $0.5bn revenue facility. 

During the period of the training, we moved the key metric for the site (on-time delivery in full) from <48% to >95%. John carefully coached all the teams to ensure that they were focused on their individual development, and the team project, as well as considering their capability to grow and develop their careers.

After the training, 40% of the candidates went on to be promoted or to larger roles within the organisation.

They each learned the critical elements of leadership and finished the course recognising the expectations of the organisation as well as the numerous benefits of effective leadership.

Simon Adams, Site Director, Global Manufacturing Facility (BioPharma)

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Following our Confident Leader Model™ as a path, within 13-weeks, you will be able to say:

1. I am aware of what is actually happening

2. I have the intent to do something about it

3. I choose what I will do

4. I have the capability (Attitude, Skills, and Knowledge) to do something about it

5. I have the commitment to do something about it

6. I take action and do it

and I AM A CONFIDENT LEADER

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Who is this Programme for?

✔️ New Leaders who are committed to being great leaders with high performing teams.

✔️ Existing leaders who have had some leadership development before, but want to move to the next level and "be the leader others choose to follow".

Who is this Programme NOT for?

❌ Someone not in, OR not aspiring to, a leadership role.

What makes this Programme different?

Designed on rigorous evidence-based theory and firm principles

  • Designed by specialists in leadership, management and adult learning theory, every piece of content and activity has explicit learning outcomes and objectives.
  • Robustly designed, each week has a theme that is the foundation for the following week, with a clear and focused core and measurable objectives.
  • We follow an integrated blended learning approach. We work with the whole person and adopt a variety of approaches; online video resources, 360° feedback, tutorials, group and individual coaching sessions, questionnaires and assessments. Whatever your learning style, every person thrives on the Confident Leader programme.
  • The programme and 360° Feedback tool is mapped to the Institute of Leadership's Five Dimensions of Leadership, ensuring of the best, researched, leadership journey.

Immediately actionable

  • Packed with practical examples to support your and your colleagues development.
  • Every session focuses not just on the ‘what’ and ‘why’ but also the ‘how’ to apply it in your context. You will be able to immediately put into practice what you learn and get results from day one.

Led by expert facilitators

  • Our team are qualified coaches and facilitators, in regular supervision, so you can be assured they are at the top of their game to ensure you become top of your game.

Quality assured by the Institute of leadership

  • Not only do we assure you of the best programme, we have had it quality assured by the Institute of Leadership, assuring you of the quality of delivery and content.

It is focused on you

  • We start with the person, you, and not theory. Guiding you through various approaches, you will explore what works best for you, in your context. You are your own project, and the Confident Leader Programme is designed around you.
  • Receive regular feedback. You will get instant real time feedback from facilitators and peers.
  • Leadership development is a process not an event. We support real transformation through a continuous process of developing mindset, skills and knowledge to support you to be a Confident Leader.

Be part of a learning community

  • Collective learning is more powerful than individual learning. Our learning community is centred on a collaborative platform (MS Teams) that you will have access to, enabling you to get and give support to others in real time.

What will I learn?

Week One - Getting the Foundations Right

By the end of week one you will demonstrate effective self-awareness, awareness of others and critical reflection.

Content: 
  • Plan your programme journey
  • Awareness: Become fully aware 'in the moment' of the ‘what, why and how’ of your behaviours and their impact on others.
  • Accountability: Become accountable for your behaviours and how to hold others accountable for their actions and behaviours.
  • Feedback: Set up your 360° Feedback.
  • SMART Objectives: Successful people deliver on their objectives, and so will you.
  • Development Plans: Have a laser-focused development plan.

Week Two - Providing Strong Direction

By the end of week Two: you will have created an effective strategy to deliver success for your team, and how to make it happen.

Content:
  • Creating a strategy: Adopt a structured approach to ensure that you are providing the strongest direction for your team, in what it needs to achieve and how it needs to do it.
  • Review your productivity: Become aware of how you spend your Time’, and become more efficient and effective by spending time on the right things.
  • 360° Feedback: You will be given the results of your 360° feedback and coached to identify practical actions to develop to become a ‘leader others choose to follow'.

Week Three - Managing Effective Performance

By the end of week three: you will be clear on performance requirements, and how to set and manage performance expectations within a clear performance management framework.

Content: 

  • Managing effective performance: Tools, techniques, frameworks, and templates to manage effective performance, and how to create strong performance agreements.
  • How to deliver effective one-to-ones: Confidently deliver performance conversations and reviews.
  • How to effective feedback: Give quality feedback that is heard and acted upon.

 

 

Week Four - Planning and Prioritising for Success

By the end of week four you will have planned and prioritised actions to deliver on your strategy. 

Content:  
  • Planning: Be skilled at using simple planning tools.
  • Prioritising: Be able to recognise and prioritise the important issues, make decisions and re-prioritising where required.
  • Scheduling: Learn tools and tips to help you schedule effectively.
  • Delegation: Be confident to delegate quickly.

Week Five - Providing Focused Development

By the end of week five you will be skilled at developing others.

Content:  

  • Providing Focused Development: Be able to hold development conversations, plan and deliver development actions, and create a team development plan to ensure your people have the best support available.
  • Performance Coaching: Be skilled at coaching and mentoring others.

 

 

Week Six - The Effective Leader

By the end of week six you will demonstrate confident and competent leadership.  

Content:  

  • Leadership: Be able to describe what leadership means, the differences between leadership and management, the Confident Leader model, and how to lead effectively. You will have a leadership action plan to deliver in your organisation.

Week Seven - Leading High Performing Teams

By the end of week seven you will be skilled at leading your team(s).

Content: 

  • Effective Teams: Be able to build and maintain an effective team, recognise team dynamics, and create a culture of high-performance.

Week Eight - Leading and Managing Change

By the end of week eight you will be skilled at leading others through change and transition. 

Content:  

  • Leading Change: Explain how to lead people through change, how to build resilience, combat change fatigue, and manage reactions to change 'in the moment'

 

 

Week Nine - Motivating Self and Others

By the end of week nine you will be skilled at motivating individuals and teams to consistently deliver high performance.

Content:  

  • Motivation: Explain what motivates others, and create and embed the conditions for self-motivated teams.

Week Ten - Engaging for Success

By the end of week ten you will be skilled at applying practical engagement tools to rectify underperformance and improve morale.

Content:  

  • Employee engagement: Explain simple practical actions to boost employee engagement and maintain it. 

Week Eleven - Influencing for Success

By the end of week eleven you will be skilled at authentically persuading and influencing others to deliver high performance and agreed outcomes. 

Content:

  • Personal Brand: Know what your personal brand is and how to ensure it works for you.
  • Influencing for Success: Know how to authentically influence outcomes using practical tools.
  • Power: Be able to exercise personal power appropriately. 

Week Twelve - Dealing with Difficult Issues

By the end of week twelve you will be skilled at managing conflict whilst maintaining high engagement and performance. 

Content:  

  • Managing Conflict: Confidently manage conflict using a range of simple tools, know your conflict style, and build collaborative relationships.
  • Having Successful Conversations: Skilfully handle difficult conversations, and challenge under-performance.
  • 360° Feedback Resurvey: a second 360° feedback allowing you to see the progress you have made, and update your development plan.

Week Thirteen - Consolidation and Integration

By the end of week thirteen you will consolidate and integrate all of your learning so it becomes a high-performance habit.

Content: 

  • Development planning: Have a robust development plan.
  • Your next 90 days: Decide on practical actions to maintain the momentum over the next 90 days.
 
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John "delivered to an extremely high standard...and is an extremely hard act to follow"

My initial approach to John at Growing Vision was to help with significant relationship issues between members of the HR team at the Council. We had previously worked with John for several years as he provided our Management and Leadership training courses as well as some other soft skills development for employees and coaching, and all of these things have been delivered to an extremely high standard and feedback has been excellent, we did not hesitate to contact him for this new requirement, as we were aware it was also an area of expertise for him. The delivery that has been undertaken by John has always run smoothly, feedback has been excellent, and he is well remembered for a long time after the events. He is described amongst our staff as "legendary" and has proven to be an extremely hard act to follow.

Nicky Sharp, Head of HR Operations, UK Borough Council

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How will the Confident Leader Programme work for me?

You choose your pace:

This 13-week programme combines on-demand learning with a fully supported cohort experience, so you work at your pace in an interactive environment.

Every lesson is available from day one, so you can choose how you progress, and where you put your focus.

Attend weekly group coaching calls:

Held every Monday 1300-1400 (UK time), the Confident Leader Programme Group Coaching Call is the place to have your questions answered, scenarios explored, and leadership challenges resolved.

If you can't make it live, don't worry, as it is recorded to see later. Ask a question in advance and we will cover it for you to watch later on.

Get ready access to the facilitators and cohort colleagues:

We are here to help, just message us in our closed community and you will always get the help you need.

How much time does it take?

Successful participants put in 3-5 hours a week

 

Bonus Materials

Ultra-efficiency templates

Get access to tools, templates and techniques to build a high performance road map for success, be ultra-efficient with your time and harness the power of your team.

For example:  

  • Strategy setting
  • Time log for reviewing where you spend your time
  • Conducting one-to-one’s
  • Creating a performance agreement
  • Example contracts and T&C’s
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"A great program to not only develop your team

but to develop yourself to form a better team with the existing resources."

Sacha Gorter, Sales Leader (Netherlands)

"And John – what can I say…I have absolutely loved the course, the coaching,

the challenges and so very, very glad you have helped me on my journey." 

Jo Creasey, HR Manager (UK)


"I'm feeling much more competent and confident,

now that I'm on the right way to build up a strong team."

Petra Kurek, Sales Manager (Germany)

"After just 8 weeks on John's Confident Leader programme,

I can already say I am becoming just that, a Confident Leader!"

John's attitude, knowledge, and passion for all things leadership are evident in everything he does and have certainly been transferred to me as a Course Participant.

I look forward to each week's materials being released and the 1-2-1 Tutorial sessions and Weekly Group Calls are hugely beneficial to share learning, and experience and keep me focused on my objectives and development. Thank you John, this Course has set me up for life!
Ellie Lister, Operations Director (UK)

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Three Levels.

Growing Leader

Materials only, you manage your own learning

  • 1 year of full access to all the materials on our online platform.
  • Download materials and work at your own pace at any time
  • 100+ essential leadership and management sessions (videos, handouts, quizzes, PowerPoint presentations, questionnaires, tips and templates)
  • 4 x 60-minute quarterly group coaching calls, where you can ask any questions and get tips and techniques to enhance your leadership
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Visionary Leader

Guided learning with community support

All the benefits of the Growing Leader Programme, plus

  • Full access to a peer collaboration hub (MS Teams)
  • 13 one-hour weekly group coaching calls with your peer group, with a maximum of six per group to provide maximum learning
  • 2 x 360° feedback reports (initial and resurvey at 90 days)
  • 3 x 60-minute focused individual coaching calls – in weeks 2, 8, & 13
  • Studying membership with the Institute of Leadership, the UK 'thought leadership' body (InstL) for the programme, giving you access to learning resources
  • On completion, an InstL certificate and free membership for a further 9 months
  • After the 13-week programme, 3 x 60-minute quarterly group coaching calls, where you can ask any questions and get tips and techniques to embed your leadership 
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Authentic Leader

Fully supported with direct access to John

All the benefits of the Growing Leader and Visionary Leader Programmes, plus

  • 48 one-hour weekly group coaching calls (We need a break throughout the year too!)
  • 14 x 1-hour personal 1-1 coaching sessions, 5 in the first 90 days, then 1 per month
  • Additional 3rd 360° feedback at 12 months
  • Additional direct access to your coach for those extra issues that pop up (fair usage policy applies)
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FAQs

Don’t Delay!

Take control of your life today.

 

 

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"After just 8 weeks on John's Confident Leader programme,

I can already say I am becoming just that, a Confident Leader!"

John's attitude, knowledge, and passion for all things leadership are evident in everything he does and have certainly been transferred to me as a Course Participant.

I look forward to each week's materials being released and the 1-2-1 Tutorial sessions and Weekly Group Calls are hugely beneficial to share learning, and experience and keep me focused on my objectives and development. Thank you John, this Course has set me up for life!
Ellie Lister, Operations Director (UK)