Why transform leadership?
Patrick Snowball, then CEO of Norwich Union Insurance
In today’s increasingly complex and rapidly changing world, organisations demand that key leaders ‘think outside the box’ whilst consistently delivering bottom line results which are firmly ‘inside the box’. Harthill’s proposition is that only leaders at the post-conventional stages of development can consistently and successfully steer the organisational transformations required to meet this kind of challenge.
Our focus
Harthill’s approach to developing leadership capability is firmly grounded in the Leadership Development Framework and Action Inquiry held within the systemic perspective of the organisation's dynamics. We believe that the capacity of leaders to conceive, plan and implement transformational change is intimately linked to their personally-derived meaning-making structure – their Action Logic - and that it is possible for leaders to embark on a type of learning which will enable them to purposefully and successfully support organisational transformations.
We believe the stories our clients tell of our engagement with transforming leadership demonstrate this.
In practice, our approach to transforming leadership focuses on developing:
- Post-conventional leadership Action Logics – Individualist, Strategist and Alchemist
- Strategic thinking and skills in context
- Critical leadership capabilities – inquiry skills, systemic thinking, emotional resilience, effective dialogue and collaboration
A place to start
Harthill offers an integrated approach to transforming leadership in your organisation so we are always holding the complexity of individual, team and system-wide transformation in our minds when we work with you. But there has to be a place to start and if you want to start with your leadership capabilities then any one of the following may be useful:
- The Leadership Development Profile
- Post-conventional coaching
- Post-conventional leadership and talent programmes
- Inspiring Women in Leadership programmes
- Action Inquiry groups
- Transforming teams
For further information on any of the above please contact Jackie Keeley or telephone +44 (0)1594 530223.
