from Crisis Management to High Performance Leadership

Course 1M in the

UK Challenge Mapping programme

UK Leadership and Management Development Training Courses

The fast-track approach to creating a

Culture of High Performance

What is the Crisis Management to High Performance Leadership course?

This is the foundation course of the series that combine to create the complete Challenge Mapping Management Development Programme. This foundation course will enable managers to use the principles of Challenge Mapping to simultaneously create a step improvement in performance, change the culture of their teams and move from the traditional fire-fighting role of management, to high performance leadership. It is suitable for managers of all levels in both commercial organisations and public services. The course consists of a series of workshops, facilitated sessions and practical implementations.

What you will learn in this course?

• How to assess your current leadership style
• How to move toward the highly effective, High Performance Leadership Style and away continual fire-fighting
• How to quickly create a high performance culture in your team, department or organisation
• How to create the conditions that will ensure staff are able to work much, much smarter
• How to focus managers and staff on successfully improving any aspect of performance
• How to create “joined-up” solutions and ensure there are no "black holes" between people, teams or departments
• The five foundation components that have to be in place to ensure success in any change or improvement programme
• The six questions that will lead a team to identify innovative solutions that are capable of solving multiple, complex problems
• What a Value Lever is and how it can be used to create a fast, step improvement in performance
• The six questions that enable any team to test whether their solutions are practical and cost effective
• How to achieve improved performance, with less work and stress
• The fastest way to change behaviour (including your own) is to change perceptions, because people’s behaviour is dependent on their perception of the situation
• How to use a systems thinking approach to change perceptions
• The most effective way to facilitate and coach your staff to higher levels of skill, responsibility and performance
• How to create a positive desire for change rather than trying to overcome the typical resistance to change
• How to identify the minimum set of performance measures that have the most effect on overall performance
• The difference between Leadership, Strategic management and Operational management
• How to reduce needless conflict and antagonism
• How to ensure crises are stopped before they start
• How to get other people to solve your problems
• How to ensure staff fully understand their role in the overall strategy

Who should attend?

All levels of managers who wish to quickly achieve performance improvements as well as spending less time managing crises and more time in a leadership role. Also, managers who wish to quickly develop their staff or subordinates to work smarter, fulfil their potential, or work more effectively.

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