2022 | Developing Leaders

11Aug

Leadership Assessment: How to Measure Your Skills

Michael PeinigerDeveloping Culture, Executive Leadership Coaching, Leadership Assessment Tool

When you’re in a leadership role, you hold the opportunity to change the world. You can inspire your team and influence your organisation’s culture. But, how can you be sure that you’re doing it well? A leadership assessment like the Velocity Leadership Checkpoint is an easy way to measure your skills. Keep reading to learn more about leadership assessment tools and how to get the most out of this test.

How Do You Measure Your Skills As A Leader? A Leadership Assessment

What Is The Velocity Leadership Checkpoint?

It’s nearly impossible to improve and grow as a leader without an accurate view of your abilities. A leadership assessment is a simple yet highly effective tool to help leaders get to know themselves and their work styles a little bit better. This information is crucial to honing your skills and becoming the best leader you can possibly be.

‘The CheckPoint profiling report that I completed was one of the best leadership profiling tools that I have come across. I was actually surprised at how well it reflected me, and in a number of areas I had low self-awareness of. As a result I have really been able to move forward and address/tweak how I lead with a much better understanding on the impact of my style (negative and positive) on others. 10/10 rating from me and my team across all fronts!’
Gabby Symons, Managing Director, People Equity

At the Institute of Management & Leadership Development, we begin each leadership training program and workshop with an assessment. Our skilled coaches and trainers use the Velocity Leadership Checkpoint (VLC) to gain insight into our clients’ strengths, weaknesses, and focal points so we can provide personalised recommendations. The VLC focuses on five leadership capabilities and measures 25 essential qualities of a good leader. The results of the assessment offer leaders straightforward guidance for growth and improved performance.

What Traits Does It Measure?

The VLC looks at 25 leadership traits divided into five categories. Here are the leadership capabilities, skills, and behaviors that fall into each classification.

Alignment (your drive): Purpose, resilient, committed, goal-oriented, and transparent
Achievement (your task execution): Responsible, time management, problem-solving, attention to detail, and planning
Awareness (understanding of yourself): Confidence, assertiveness, reflection, self-awareness, and personal fulfillment
Altitude (teamwork): Accountability, verbal communication, empathy, active listening, and constructive feedback
Adapt (leadership qualities): Empowerment, adaptability, influence, dependability, and interaction

Velocity Leadership CheckPoint - Leadership Assessment Tool for Leaders — The Velocity Leadership CheckPoint Is The Start Point For Executive Leadership Coaching and Training Programs

Get the Most from This Leadership Assessment Tool

The results of this leadership assessment tool will provide you with a clear snapshot of your current leadership style, strengths and weaknesses, and opportunities for growth. The leadership assessment highlights your top three leadership behaviors, so you know what skills to maintain and your three most important areas for improvement. The Checkpoint is not a personality assessment, nor does it tell you if you’re a good or bad leader; it simply provides an accurate image of your current skills and traits. These behaviors can and will change over time as you progress along your leadership path.

Personal Debriefs Are Essential for Leadership Assessments

The VLC is most effective in conjunction with leadership training (such as the Emerging Leaders Program or Executive Leadership Program) and with Executive Leadership Coaching. When used as a tool for skills development, it can help you recognize your positive abilities and provide insight into areas that could use improvement. The assessment can also help you determine personal and group goals for a leadership program, as well as measure your progress throughout the program.

‘Wow, this checkpoint is something, it was a super eye opener! a deeper level of insight, knowledge and understanding of how I worked and more importantly a greater appreciation of my areas of genius. Michael really quickly identified my strengths, things I can improve and more importantly which areas I need to stick to, to get the most productivity out of myself and others around me. Honestly one of the most valuable assessments I’ve done so far… I believe everyone should do it – my team sure will ?? Thank you!’
Peter Dempsey, CEO, Ability Tech Australia

The Velocity Leadership Checkpoint is a comprehensive evaluation tool for leaders, managers, and employees. It provides an overview of the skills and abilities that are essential for successful leadership in today’s fast-paced business environment. By taking this short assessment and analyzing your results, you can better understand your strengths and weaknesses as a leader so you can learn how to improve as a leader. Contact us about our leadership training in Melbourne if you want to develop your skills and progress even further.

The Option of Online Or Face-To-Face Leadership Program Delivery

While we will still be keeping the flexibility of the online executive coaching, executive leadership coaching and leadership workshops, we are again adding the options of blended learning (some face to face and some online) and full face-to-face workshops and leadership programs. Our new training calendar is almost complete, providing leaders, managers and small business owners with multiple options to ensure that their learning and development needs are being met in the best way possible.

IMLD's Abell Boardroom for Leadership Training in Melbourne — IMLD’s Abell Boardroom for Leadership Training in Melbourne

‘This is an exciting time not only for all of at IMLD, but also for our clients as well’ IMLD CEO, Michael Peiniger said. ‘The facilities at Level 17, 31 Queen Street are second to none – the meeting and break-out rooms are a great size and have amazing light – they provide a relaxed yet attentive atmosphere that provides the right feel for a memorable learning experience.’ The Level 17 facility provides a number of small meeting room and boardroom spaces that can cater specifically to the size of the leadership program or workshop being delivered.

Experiential Leadership Training Returns

One of the signature options of the Institute of Management & Leadership Development’s leadership programs and workshops is the availability of experiential leadership training. ‘Experiential leadership training is included in many of our leadership programs and workshops and provides learners with an ‘immersive’ leadership experience. It is similar to a pilot simulator for aircrew – we have created a number of leadership scenarios for teams to challenge their leadership skills and behaviour in real time.’ Peiniger says. ‘After being briefed on an activity, a leaders has to communicate and brainstorm with their team, develop a plan, and implement action the best way they can with the time, resources and team available to them. The new facilities at Level 17 provide us with such flexibility – not only to provide great experiential training, but also the space and environment to create great reflection opportunities and debriefs with leaders in smaller one-on-one spaces’.

IMLDs Metro Meeting Room for Leadership Workshops and Experiential Learning

The experiential leadership training programs runs across the Executive Leadership Program, Emerging Leaders Program as well as the Diploma of Leadership & Management. ‘Participants in our leadership programs want to gain more than knowledge’ Peiniger said. ‘They are looking for the opportunity to test and practice new skills in a challenging environment, as well as get some very practical tips and options for doing things better in the future, which our experiential training and skilled facilitators can provide’.

Leadership Training and Executive Coaching At Its Finest

Finding the right environment to learn and grow is important for leadership development and executive leadership coaching. ‘For many leaders, the online environment has provides a level of comfort and security to develop and explore their leadership strengths and weaknesses, which can often be challenging things to tackle. For others, it has felt restrictive and confining, and have been looking for an opportunity to learn with groups, have meaningful discussion both in and out of the learning environment, and feel connected to the people around them again. We are delighted to say that we can cater to both groups again with the facilities we have in the Melbourne office’ Peiniger says.

IMLD New Office - One of The Best Views in Melbourne for Leadership Training — IMLD New Office – One of The Best Views in Melbourne for Leadership Training

The New IMLD Melbourne Office For Leadership Training

The new Institute of Management & Leadership Development’s office is located on Level 17, 31 Queen Street, Melbourne. The office is only a short stroll from Melbourne’s most iconic railway station, Flinders Street, and is close to available parking and lunch break meal options.

If you are looking to develop your leadership skills through executive leadership coaching, leadership programs or workshops, give us a call on +613 9069 8172, email us at leader@developingleaders.com.au to discuss or book a Q&A through Calendly on our Contact Page.

09Aug

The Best Leadership Assessment Tool

Michael PeinigerDeveloping Culture, Executive Leadership Coaching, Leadership, Leadership Assessment Tool

A leadership assessment tool is an easy way to understand your inner leadership skills. They help you identify areas for improvement and give you an idea about how effective you would be as a leader. You can find several leadership assessment tools in the market today, so choose one you can customize to meet your organisation’s needs. While the best leadership skills are practically universal, every team is different, so find a tool that measures the leadership traits you’re looking for.

What Does a Leadership Assessment Tool Do?

Our leadership assessment tool measures leaders’ core competencies. Use it to assess an individual’s leadership skills, whether they are a leader or not. These tools help you understand the strengths and weaknesses of a leader. It will also show you what type of leader you are and where there may be room for improvement. One of the most essential traits of leadership is humility. Strive to find somewhere you can improve, no matter how confident you are in your current skills.

In addition to providing individuals with insights about themselves as leaders, another advantage of these tools is their ability to provide a detailed analysis of an individual’s organisation’s culture. Having such information would enable leaders who have been assigned new teams or are working on special projects involving multiple organisations to easily understand each area before making necessary adjustments to achieve maximum effectiveness.

Leadership Assessment Tools Provide Deep Insights For Leaders

Benefits of a Leadership Assessment Tool

Leadership assessment tools can provide workers with helpful insight into their unique personalities, work styles, and leadership techniques. With this information, they can improve their performance and hone their skills. Here are just a few of the benefits of assessing your leadership skills.

Learn more about your leadership style
Gain insight into what you do well as a leader
Recognize areas for improvement and discover how to overcome your weaknesses
Develop leadership skills

Understanding The Velocity Leadership Checkpoint

The Velocity Leadership CheckPoint is one of the best skills assessment tools available. The VLC looks at 25 leadership traits in 5 categories: alignment, achievement, awareness, altitude, and adaptability. Each can be measured using a scale of 1 to 10. You can complete the VLC with a debriefing; because the traits are so specific and linked to one another, it’s best to go through it with someone who can help you understand your results. The VLC helps leaders develop their skills and behaviors to become more effective leaders in the workplace.

A leadership assessment tool can help you understand a leader’s core strengths and weaknesses. Doing this can help you address the issues hampering your emotional growth. A good leadership assessment tool will also help you understand how others perceive your behavior and style. Knowing this, you can work to improve yourself and become better leaders for your organization. Contact us for more information on our leadership assessment tools and other leadership training in Melbourne. We are always happy to help your team polish your leadership skills.

The First Step In Your Leadership Journey – A Leadership Assessment

Do you know the impact you have on your leader and / or team? Completing a leadership assessment tool to assess your leadership strengths and weaknesses is the first step that Carla took as part of her Emerging Leaders Program journey.

If you are unsure of your impact on your leader / team, perhaps you should complete the Velocity Leadership CheckPoint? 25 behavioural leadership traits, focussed in 5 distinct leadership capabilities – a ‘must know’ for any leader or team looking to drive high performance. If you haven’t completed the CheckPoint, get in touch with us today to arrange an appointment. Read through the comments and feedback from those that have – many say that it has had a profound effect on how they lead and perform within a team.

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08Aug

How to Choose An Executive Leadership Coach – Question 3

Michael PeinigerExecutive Leadership Coaching, Leadership, Leadership Assessment Tool

How to choose an effective Executive Leadership Coach. Question 3 – What is your experience as a leader? This might seem obvious, but many consultants calling themselves leadership coaches have actually never lead people in a team.

A Credible Executive Leadership Coach Is An Experienced Leader

For all of the learning and reading a person has done, nothing can substitute having experience in a leadership role – making decisions, counselling / coaching and performance managing team members, holding other accountable for results, setting a clear vision – all of the things that you have to do as a leader.

It is also worth asking the types of teams and industries that the coach has experienced leadership in – does the experience they have compliment what you are looking to develop in your leadership skills? As a member of a team, a leader or a supervisor, you will have learnt that not every team is the same. Some teams (and businesses) are a dream to work with, and others take all of your skill and effort just to keep them on the straight and narrow.

Effective Leadership Coaches Have Made Mistakes

A credible executive leadership coach will have multiple leadership experiences leading teams, and be able to discuss freely and openly the mistakes that they made, how they recovered from them and what they learnt in the process. Any leadership coach that is unwilling to discuss their failures isn’t worth working with – because we have ALL made mistakes and done things we wish we could do over – and have subsequently learnt from.

I know that some of the best practical tools and tips that I have shared with my clients (and they have responded positively to) are those that were borne out of mistakes, and a desire to never repeat them. Both the Team Expectations Checklist and the AIR/BLEEDS model for personal responsibility came from seeking to correct mistakes with my team – and make a huge difference now.

What Questions Should I Ask a Prospective Executive Leadership Coach?

Ask:

‘What experience have you had leading a team?’
‘What industries have you worked in and for how long?’
‘What was your toughest experience as a leader managing people?’
‘What was the biggest or most embarrassing mistake you made as a leader?’
‘How have your leadership experiences shaped your leadership style?’

A credible and experienced leadership coach should be able to provide you with solid, concrete examples of how they have led teams, the number of people they have led, and the impact that their leadership had upon the teams they were working with.

Executive Leadership Coaching — A Credible Executive Leadership Coach Can Provide Clear, Believable Examples Of Their Experience

Listen for ‘I’ versus ‘We’ Statement

Listen also for the difference between ‘I and ‘we’ statements. An effective leader will recognise their impact on the team – BUT they will attribute most of the credit for performance to the team, not to themselves. It is a tricky balance for a leadership coach – wanting to show they are credible in their field with boasting or seeming arrogant – but the good coaches will find the right balance.

A really good coach will be able to share with you the wins as well as the losses. If you hear ‘I did this’ and ‘I did that’ – ask about the team they worked with. If the responses are slim, you are getting some red flags. Good executive leadership coaches are matter of fact with their successes – are humble in their impact, and you can hear / feel the pride in what the TEAM achieved, not just in their impact.

The 9 Questions To Ask When Choosing An Executive Leadership Coach

These 9 simple questions will help you identify the good from the bad, the amateur from the professional, the executive leadership coach worth paying for compared to the one that is an expensive waste of time.

How To Choose An Executive Leadership Coach – The 9 Questions

Question 1 – Do you have a coach yourself?
Question 2 – Are you an accredited coach?
Question 3 – What is your experience as a leader?
Question 4 – What is your own coaching style?
Question 5 – Who else would you recommend?
Question 6 – What recommendations and success stories do you have?
Question 7 – What resources and tools do you have at your disposal?
Question 8 – What leadership assessment tool do you use?
Question 9 – How will you challenge me (and yourself)?

If you are talking or engaging a coach that can’t answer these 9 questions effectively – walk away! There are plenty of highly effective executive leadership coaches who can – and you deserve to work with someone that can back up what they say with action.

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Focussed, personal, confidential, honest and practical – all words that have been used in testimonials to describe the Developing Leaders Executive Leadership Coaching. If this sounds like something that could be useful for you or a member of your team, get in touch with us today for a confidential chat about your needs. If you would like to read what other clients experienced and gained through the Executive Leadership Coaching process, check out our LinkedIn recommendations, reviews and testimonials.

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04Aug

Leadership Programs at Developing Leaders

Top 5 Tangible Benefits of Leadership Training

Michael PeinigerEmerging Leaders Program, Executive Leadership Coaching, Leadership Assessment Tool

As a CEO or business owner, you know that the best way to help your company succeed is by helping your staff succeed. Like many business leaders, you may think that leadership training or coaching is something only people at the top of the corporate ladder need. But there are several ways to offer leadership coaching to your employees to help your company grow and thrive, even if they’re not a part of the management team. Here are a few of the most important benefits of offering leadership programs in Melbourne.

Recognize Potential Leaders Within Your Company

Many companies choose to promote talent from within to leadership roles rather than look for outside talent. The importance of recognizing potential leaders is not just a feel-good idea; it’s absolutely crucial to the success of your company. Recognizing emerging leaders within your organization means that you are more likely to promote the right people (and prevent missteps), retain your best talent, and motivate everyone else by helping them see that they can be successful too. With leadership programs in Melbourne, you can recognize which staff members are interested in moving up into leadership roles and who is best suited for those positions.

Executive Leadership Program — Identify Potential Leaders

Help Current Managers Improve Performance

There is always room for improvement, even among the current leaders in your organization. One of the most important things you can do for your company is to help your managers become better leaders. Unfortunately, many managers don’t know how to improve their skills and are afraid to ask for help. Leadership training and leadership coaching in Melbourne is a great way to help them improve performance and learn new strategies that will make them more effective in their roles.

When you offer executive leadership coaching at your company, it’s important to remember that all employees—not just direct reports—benefit from this type of leadership training. It’s especially beneficial for managers who might have gaps in their knowledge or areas where they could use improvement. This can happen because:

Managers are often promoted into leadership positions without proper training or mentorship.
Some people may have been excellent workers but weren’t prepared as leaders.
Managers may be less experienced than some of their subordinates and need guidance on how best to manage others’ workflows within the department (or even across departments)

Establish Leadership Training Paths for Diverse Talent

Diversity of talent is a valuable asset to any company. Whether you’re looking for ways to attract and retain top talent or sustain your competitive advantage, leveraging diverse talent can be vital to the future of your business.

The benefits of having a diverse workforce include:

Better decision-making processes: Diverse teams are more likely to have individuals who challenge assumptions, question processes and offer new ideas to help drive better outcomes. They also tend to be more creative in their thinking and problem-solving.
Increased innovation: Companies that harness the power of diversity for innovation consistently outperform those who don’t when it comes to market share growth, revenues and profit margins.

By offering a leadership framework model, you’ll be able to provide a pathway for talent from all backgrounds to advance within your organization.

Give Staff Personalized Coaching and Mentorship

Mentorship is a great way to help staff grow and reach their potential, but it is also one of the most underutilized tools in the workplace. If you’re unsure what mentoring is or how to implement it at your company, start by asking employees what they want out of their careers. Then take some time with each employee (or group of employees) to discuss how they can achieve their goals and see where those goals align with company goals—and where they don’t.

As an alternative to formal mentorship programs that require lots of upfront planning and setups, consider meeting one-on-one with staff members on an as-needed basis. You can have these meetings for more targeted discussions about professional development or career progression plans for individuals looking for more than just general career advice from friends or family members outside work hours. It takes less time than creating an individualized program but still gives employees access to someone who understands them as individuals instead of just another employee number on a spreadsheet somewhere!

Executive Leadership Coaching and Personalised Training — Personalised Coaching and Mentorship

Affordable, Available, and Effective

There are many benefits to offering a leadership framework model at your company. One of the top benefits is that it’s cost-effective. Leadership coaching in Melbourne is a solution to a problem. Suppose you have a problem with a high turnover rate or low productivity. In that case, you can use coaching as an affordable solution to help solve these issues by having one-on-one sessions with each employee every month.

Another benefit of leadership training is that it’s available to all employees who are interested in growing their skill sets and becoming better leaders within their departments or teams. The best part about this option is that anyone can take advantage of it! If someone wants to improve themselves as a leader but doesn’t have the budget for expensive training programs or boot camps, they can simply go through this program with no cost (other than their time).

Finally, leadership coaching will prove effective because employees who participate in such programs tend to learn from them and apply what they learned back into their everyday lives. While working within team environments, they interact with others daily–whether those other individuals are coworkers or clients/customers alike.

We hope you have enjoyed learning about the benefits of offering leadership coaching at your company. This is a great way to improve performance and help employees develop their leadership skills. If you’re looking for more information about leadership coaching in Melbourne, contact us at the Institute of Management and Leadership Development today!

A Credible Executive Leadership Coach Is Accredited

The International Coaching Federation (ICF) is the international governing body for coaching – and they have 3 levels of accreditation – Accredited Certified Coach (ACC), Professional Certified Coach (PCC) and Master Certified Coach (MCC). While you don’t have to be working with an MCC level coach, you should at least work with someone who has the ACC. As a minimum, the person has then had their coach recordings assessed by another certified coach, and they will have completed over 150 hours of coach training and done more than a 100 hours of coaching (for ACC – higher again for the higher levels).

Not only do you get someone who has completed some significant hours as a coach when you choose someone accredited, you also ensure that they have signed up to the coaching industries code of ethics and conduct.

Why Work With An Accredited Coach?

Working with an accredited Executive Leadership Coach has a number of benefits.

They:

are invested in professional development themselves, and will most likely respect your investment in doing the same,
are still seeking to learn and grow, irrespective of experience,
are likely not a ‘part time’ coach – this is their job and they want to attain high professional standards,
they have been assessed and reviewed by someone else (the ICF) to verify their basic coaching standards,
have signed up to a professional code of ethics and conduct, and
have had at least 2 recorded coaching sessions pass a peer and have completed at least 10 mentor hours with an accredited coach themselves.

Why is all of this important? Trust and credibility. Don’t fall for the ‘I studied at ### school, or I got my coaching licence from ### academy’. Having a certificate from a coaching institution is not an accreditation. It can certainly be part of an accreditation – the hours of training (and hopefully mentoring) and part of the accreditation process – but only the ICF issues accreditation. The standard and content of coaching institutions is so varied – with some face to face, others virtual and some completely online – the completion of a coaching certificate through an institution is no guarantee or skill, competence or rigour.

In an industry full of slick marketers, bold promises and low barriers to entry, look for the person who has taken the time and effort to attain a coaching accreditation.

The 9 Questions To Ask When Choosing An Executive Leadership Coach

How To Choose An Executive Leadership Coach – The 9 Questions

Question 1 – Do you have a coach yourself?
Question 2 – Are you an accredited coach?
Question 3 – What is your experience as a leader?
Question 4 – What is your own coaching style?
Question 5 – Who else would you recommend?
Question 6 – What recommendations and success stories do you have?
Question 7 – What resources and tools do you have at your disposal?
Question 8 – What leadership assessment tool do you use?
Question 9 – How will you challenge me (and yourself)?

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14Jul

Launch of The New Cohort Of The Executive Leadership Program

Michael PeinigerEmerging Leaders Program, Executive Leadership Coaching, Leadership, Leadership Assessment Tool

Yesterday I had the pleasure (and pure joy) of facilitating the first day of the Developing Leaders Executive Leadership Program Phase 2 with Sunbather Pty Ltd‘s Operations leadership team. I say pleasure because it is invigorating working with passionate individuals who want to challenge themselves and their team, work hard, learn and adapt new skills to drive new levels of performance.
Honestly, it pushes me as a facilitator to stretch myself and bring new and relevant models and ideas to the fore and for the benefit of the team and business.

The Executive Leadership Program

Developing Leaders Executive Leadership Program is a year long leadership program broken up into two phases – Phase 1 incorporating learning and adoption of new leadership models and practices, and Phase 2 focussed on implementation, execution and group accountability.

Executive Leadership Program - Phase 2 — Executive Leadership Program – Phase 2

The program includes Developing Leaders Velocity Leadership CheckPoint leadership assessment, half day workshops, experiential (immersion) activities and one-on-one Executive Leadership Coaching to challenge individuals and team to move from good to great performance, as measured by them. Phase 2 of the Program is only activated after completing Phase 1. It is a challenging program both intellectually, emotionally and from an effort perspective – and ‘the juice is worth the squeeze’!
Is the Executive Leadership Program the right investment in performance for your team / business right now? Why not find out? Click on the Calendly link in the comments to discuss if this program is right for you.
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Is The Executive Leadership Program Right For Your Leaders?

Developing Leaders tailors leadership programs, coaching and workshops to the business, business unit or calibre of leaders requiring training. If this program length or expectation isn’t for you, perhaps the Emerging Leaders Program, Team Leaders / Supervisor Program or Diploma of Leadership & Management course might be? Reach out and let us help tailor a program for your leaders today.

Leaders Listen and Seek To Understand Other Views

How about seeking to listen, seeking to understand, seeking to adapt – and treating people / teams / staff the way that they want to be treated?

You want to have a meeting at 8am on a Monday morning because it sets you up for the day and you want to know what is going on in your business. What does your team want? 8am? Every week?

Needs, wants and expectations.

Weekly or fortnightly one-on-one meeting with your team member gets bumped because ‘something more important came up’? This is one where either adage applies.

When leaders take a moment to see how they can meet everyone’s expectations and not just their own, a whole bunch of things start to change. Trust. Empathy. Compassion. Truth. Responsibility.

‘How would your team like to be treated?’

Business Values and Personal Values

They will most likely have done some work on business values – often writing value nouns (Integrity, Honesty, Courage, Innovation etc) without really considering whether they are their own personal values.
(We can talk on the fault of nouns rather than verbs as values, absolutes as values and writing aspirational rather than actual values at another time!).
Our personal values drive our behaviour. For those that haven’t considered putting those values into words or actions, it is often described as a ‘gut feel’.
When you consider what is really important to you, and take the time to evaluate, weigh up and consider hundreds of value propositions to sift through to your Top 3 – leaders end up with a huge sense of clarity.

Are There ‘Good’ Or ‘Bad’ Leadership Values?

Often we need to discuss whether they feel like their values are ‘good’ or ‘bad’ values for a leader. Quick tip – there are no good and bad values for a leader, just what you feel and believe.
When you know your personal values, a whole bunch of things fall into place from a personal and professional level.
When it comes to what you see as ‘good team behaviours’, they will most likely align with at least 1 of your top 3 values. Similar for what you see as ‘poor team behaviours’ – they will ‘cut across’ at least 1 of your top 3 values.
As a leader, when you understand the key values that drive you, you develop a sense of clarity regarding your behaviours and the behaviours you accept (or don’t accept) with others.

Good Leaders Share Their Values

As a good leader, you have the opportunity to share those values with your team members, to develop a better understanding of you as a leader, and what your expectations are. That clarity serves the team in numerous ways, not least in being able to anticipate what you may want or need in your absence, based on those values.
When your values are expressed as verbs rather than nouns, you get even greater clarity, as both you and your team understand more clearly the actions and behaviours that are required.
So yes, personal values are important for leaders!
If you haven’t thought to work out your top 3 values and don’t know where to start, reach out via email or DM. We have worked with dozens of leaders just like you to develop the value and behaviour clarity that you need to bring yourself and your team to the next level of performance.

Would You Like To Understand More About Your Leadership and Values?

The Velocity Leadership CheckPoint Is The Start

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04Jul

How To Define Leadership For Emerging Leaders

Michael PeinigerDeveloping Culture, Emerging Leaders Program, Leadership, Leadership Assessment Tool

How do you define leadership for an Emerging Leaders Program? There are literally thousands of definitions of leadership – what is most appropriate for explaining the concept to groups of supervisors, Managers and small business owners looking to understand more about how they should lead?

01Jul

Thank you to IMLD Executive Coaching and Leadership Program Clients

Thank you to our Executive Coaching and Leadership Program Clients!

Michael PeinigerEmerging Leaders Program, Executive Leadership Coaching, High-Performance Teams, Leadership, Leadership Assessment Tool

A huge thank you to our Executive Coaching, Executive Leadership Coaching and Leadership Program Clients! As Financial Year 2021/2022 comes to an end, we wanted to go ‘beyond the numbers’ (borrowing your tagline Fiscal Artisans pty ltd!) and say thank you to the wonderful CEO’s, small business owners, leaders, managers and supervisors that have trusted us in the last 12 months to develop your leaders and help deepen leadership and management skills.

Leadership Programs
Executive Coaching
Executive Leadership Coaching — IMLD Leadership Programs & Workshops

It is a great privilege to work with talented people who want to stretch themselves and develop themselves (and their teams and businesses) further, and we certainly don’t take it for granted!

IMLD Executive Coaching, Executive Leadership Coaching & Leadership Programs

Thank you for taking part in our:
? Executive Coaching & Executive Leadership Coaching (and the transition and blend of face to face and online coaching)
? Emerging Leaders Program (and the wonderful conversations and connections that developed)
? Executive Leadership Program (and the challenging conversations and new ideas that developed)

? Diploma of Leadership and Management program (both face to face and online)
? Experiential Leadership Program (and the challenging activities and debriefs included),

? Leadership & High Performance Team Workshops, and
? Velocity Leadership CheckPoint leadership assessment tool.

There is an old African proverb that says that ‘it takes a village to raise a child’ – I think that it also takes a team to raise a leader.
Thank you to the teams at 4Legs Pet Food Company, Peerless JAL, Sunbather Pty Ltd, All Saints Estate, Summer Foundation Ltd, LyondellBasell, Global Buildings Performance Network (GBPN), Fiscal Artisans pty ltd, Vow and many others for the opportunity to play a small part in raising the skills of your amazing teams.

Thank you also to all of the individual leaders that started their development with a Velocity Leadership CheckPoint and continued their leadership process through coaching, workshops or programs – It has been our pleasure to work with you all.

We are all looking forward to continuing and maintaining these amazing relationships for FY2022/23 and beyond!
Yours in Developing Leaders.

M
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27Jun

Should Emerging Leader Programs Complete A Leadership Assessment?

Michael PeinigerEmerging Leaders Program, Executive Leadership Coaching, Leadership Assessment Tool

Should you complete a leadership assessment for Emerging Leader programs? ?‍♂️
Absolutely!
We were recently asked to quote for an Emerging Leaders Program for a small / medium business and the need for complete the Velocity CheckPoint (our leadership profile / assessment) was questioned?
‘Do we need to complete an assessment for new leaders? Won’t they all be doing the same thing in the program?’

A valid question! The Emerging Leaders Program takes new leaders, supervisors and managers through the basics of managing themselves, their teams and the crucial conversations that come with it.
But what is the starting point? Not all experiences to get to a leadership position are equal. Some new leaders are incredibly skilled at difficult conversations, but struggle to manage their prioritisation. Others are very responsible, but struggle to hold others to account.

Emerging Leader Programs and Leadership Assessment

The reason we complete a Velocity Leadership CheckPoint for an Emerging Leaders Program is the same for completing one with our Executive Programs and our Performance Management / Difficult Conversations courses.
A leadership assessment is often the first time that an emerging leader has had an opportunity to really consider their own strengths and areas of development, and have a clear plan mapped out for their next stages of leadership growth. Without it, most are flying blind to their current level of skill. If you don’t know the problem…………..
Like all leadership development initiatives, measuring your current position / state is important not only for the individual, but also for the training / coaching provider to tailor activities / lessons / learning to suit your current development needs.
Emerging leader programs benefit greatly from the trust, communication and tailoring that a leadership assessment provides.

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Practical, focussed and confidence building – all words that have been used in testimonials to describe the Institute of Management & Leadership Development’s Emerging Leaders program. If this sounds like something that could be useful for you or for members of your team, get in touch with us today for a confidential chat about your needs.

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How to Choose An Executive Leadership Coach – Question 1

Michael PeinigerExecutive Leadership Coaching, Leadership, Leadership Assessment Tool

How to choose an effective leadership coach. Question 1. Do you have a coach yourself? If not, why not? Would you buy a product from someone who doesn’t use the product themselves? When choosing an effective executive leadership coach – and by effective, I mean someone who is worth the cost and can make a difference in your leadership behaviours – there are 9 questions you must ask to ensure you have someone of value.
If you are looking for an Executive Coach, a Leadership Coach or any professional development coach, ‘Do you have a coach?’ is a really quick and easy question to sort the wheat from the chaff, the good from the average.

High Effective Coaches Have a Coach Themselves

Do you have a coach yourself?
If the answer is no – walk away. That person:
– believes they have learnt everything there is to know in coaching (they don’t),
– doesn’t believe in their product,
– is more interested in selling the services than living the services,
– has forgotten what it is like to be coached,
– has stopped striving and learning in their profession.
Is that who you want to work with?

When an Executive Leadership Coach Has a Coach Themselves

Work with the coach who has a coach themselves. They:
– believe in the product they are selling,
– are still seeking to learn and grow, irrespective of experience,
– know what it is like to be coached,
– clearly knows the feeling of being held to account and vulnerable with another person from both sides.

In an industry full of slick marketers, bold promises and low barriers to entry, look for the person who has a coach themselves and believes in the process.

The 9 Questions To Ask When Choosing An Executive Leadership Coach

Question 1 – Do you have a coach yourself?
Question 2 – Are you an accredited coach?
Question 3 – What is your experience as a leader?
Question 4 – What is your own coaching style?
Question 5 – Who else would you recommend?
Question 6 – What recommendations and success stories do you have?
Question 7 – What resources and tools do you have at your disposal?
Question 8 – What leadership assessment tool do you use?
Question 9 – How will you challenge me (and yourself)?

If you are talking or engaging a coach that can’t answer these 9 questions effectively – walk away! There are plenty of highly effective coaches who can – and you deserve to work with someone that can back up what they say with action.

EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP COACHING

Focussed, personal, confidential, honest and practical – all words that have been used in testimonials to describe Developing Leaders Executive Leadership Coaching. If this sounds like something that could be useful for you or a member of your team, get in touch with us today for a confidential chat about your needs. If you would like to read what other clients experienced and gained through the Executive Leadership Coaching process, check out our LinkedIn recommendations, reviews and testimonials.

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Is Your Diploma of Leadership and Management Practical Enough To Impact Performance?

Michael PeinigerDeveloping Culture, Leadership

Is your Diploma of Leadership and Management practical enough to impact performance beyond the training room / workshop? What an absolute pleasure to work with the leaders and managers of LyondellBasell for the 8th workshop of the Diploma of Leadership and Management – Lead & Manage Organisational Change.

The Diploma of Leadership and Management Is More Than Theory

Rather than just discuss models and theories of change, at Institute of Management & Leadership Development we design experiential activities that immerse participants in a live team activity, and create an unplanned change that the team has to problem solve and communicate to work through.
When you ‘feel’ a change and experience an unplanned change, the learning on the topic of change is amazing.

The Diploma of Leadership and Management can, and should, be so much more than a set of new model and theories. It should never be about wrote learning lists and undertaking meaningless activities for the sake of assessment. A cleverly designed Diploma includes practical activities that challenge both the participants and the facilitators, and result in some in depth analysis of leadership behaviours that have been experienced in the activity, and can translate back into the workplace. Activities such as this have the ability to ‘anchor’ learning – participants might not remember a model / concept weeks after a Diploma model, but they will most likely remember the activity, remember the behaviours and the emotions – and through that remember the key learning points of the activity and the Diploma module.

Diploma of Leadership & Management Practical Activities — Practical Activities Put Theory In Practice and Provide Valuable Learning and Debrief Opportunities

For leaders that were already dealing with an extraordinary amount of change – the level of discussion, thought and consideration of what constitutes good and bad change management was extraordinary.
A huge thank you to a wonderful group of Diploma participants – only one more workshop to go!
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