Group Programmes

Culture Change

The culture of an organisation directly influences performance – so being able to identify the ideal culture is a key step toward achieving it. Of course, as well as knowing where you want to go you have to know where you are right now. That way you can identify what behaviours need to be changed and what new habits need to be formed to achieve the goal.

LeaderShape has developed a proven model-the LeaderShape Organisational Culture Shaper survey (LOCS) - to define the current and ideal culture of an organisation and practical steps to take to get you there.

Embedding Ethical Behaviour

Most of what is written about ethics, ethical leadership and ethical behaviour focuses on what needs to be done not HOW it can be achieved. The focus is often on compliance, an essential but insufficient aspect of ethical behaviour. Compliance is based on rules and processes, which become a box ticking exercise and there are ways to circumvent the rules if intent is there. Embedding ethical behaviour confers a commercial advantage with the certainty that any investment cost will be exponentially less than the fines and lost market share that many organisations are paying resulting from unethical behaviour.

Our Developing Ethical Leaders & Cultures programme is designed to enable senior leaders to instil ethical thinking and behaviours into their organisation. This results in a positively ethical culture that provides sustainability for the benefit of all stakeholders rather than just avoiding heavy fines and other punishment.

Leadership Development

Taking leadership to new levels, we take leaders on a journey towards leadership excellence. This journey is based on increasing emotional intelligence, embedding new behaviours and relating them to specific leadership styles which drive the development of a performance-enhancing culture.

Benefits to Participants:

• This programme will have a major impact on your business performance.

• You will help others reach their potential.

• You will be less stressed.

• You will reach a new level of inner self confidence.

Women Leaders

LeaderShape's programme is targeted at organisations that want to build a strong pipeline of effective women leaders right up to and including Board level. Complementing any diversity and inclusion programme, organisational performance will be delivered through developed leadership, increased relevance and a performance-enhancing culture.

Reorganisation Support

There are many reasons that organisations may need to reorganize. These can both positive and less positive such as M & A activity, relocation, divestment.

People are invariably affected, whether or not their own role, location and working relationships are directly impacted. There is always a period of uncertainty, accompanied by an inevitable sense of loss, ‘survivor guilt’ or fear of the future.

Leading Beyond the Ego: How to Become a Transpersonal Leader

TRANSPERSONAL LEADERS operate beyond their ego, continuing personal development and learning. They are radical, ethical and authentic while emotionally intelligent and caring. They create performance-enhancing and sustainable cultures.

This book (published by Routledge, March 2018) is a game-changer in how it provides a journey for leaders to develop into Transpersonal Leaders through managing both their ego and their emotions, by increasing their awareness and bringing their values to full consciousness.

An essential read for current and aspiring organisational leaders, HR professionals, executive coaches and mentors, Leading Beyond the Ego is a vital point of reference for anyone in a leadership position who wants to embrace the right kind of leadership for today and the future. Watch and listen to a recording of the book launch webinar describing the purpose and content of the book.

This cutting edge approach to leadership, which can also be used as a personal manual or core text for higher education programmes, has been acclaimed by business and leadership experts. You can see the reviews of those listed below at the Routledge website.

Sandro Giuliani, Managing Director of the Jacobs Foundation, Switzerland

Dame Fiona Woolf DBE, DL, Lord Mayor of London 2013-14; Partner at CMS Cameron McKenna, UK

Natalie Ceeney CBE, former CEO of the Financial Ombudsman Service, National Archives and HM Courts & Tribunals Service, UK ...plus:

Professor Sir Muir Gray, Chief Knowledge Officer of the NHS; Peter Cheese, CEO at Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development (CIPD), UK; Dr Gerhard van Rensburg, Chairman of Future Leaders Development and Director of Future Leaders Africa, South Africa; Dr Ronald J. Kovach, Vice President of Academic Affairs, Virginia International University and Past President of the National Society for Experiential Education, USA; Warren Harris, CEO at Tata Technologies, USA & India; Vishnu R Dusad, MD, CEO at Nucleus Software, India; Professor Harris Friedman, PhD, Research Professor of Psychology, University of Florida, Editor of the International Journal of Transpersonal Leadership

You can also order the book at Amazon around the world if more convenient.

HERE IS A SELECTION of the raft of magazine and newspaper reviews, broadcast interviews and published blogs which accompany this thought-leading publication:

Podcasts / Interviews

Leadership with Dov Baron (audio clip): Leadership and Loyalty Podcast or here for YouTube
Global Responsible Leadership Initiative (GRLI) (video clip): Part 1 of a conversation with John Knights on Transpersonal leadership
Your Working Life, USA (podcast): Your Working Life with Danielle Grant by Caroline Dowd-Higgins
American Business Radio Interview with Barry Molz, USA: John Knights in Conversation
The Fast Leader Show, USA (podcast): Greg Young: I needed to reframe what I considered to be successful (Please click on the link on the LHS)
Lens On the World TV Interview: Xinyu Zhang interviews John Knights
Barry Moltz Radio, USA: Leading Beyond The Ego: Interview with Barry Moltz (See clip in Segment 3)

Articles / Publications

FM Magazine (Global): Moving up the leadership maturity chain
Enlivening Edge (Global): Reinventing Leadership - Leading Beyond The Ego
Blue Heron Journal, USA: Leading Beyond the Ego" Book Review
The Orient (British Chamber of Commerce Magazine), Singapore: Developing a New Kind of Leader for the 21st Century
Amazon book review from the Dean of Virginia International University’s Business School, USA: Amazon US Review
The Smart Manager, India: When Ego Takes a Back Seat
Investor's Business Daily, USA: Adapt To Change To Reach The Top And Excel
Motivation.Se, Sweden: Bli en Transpersonell Ledare
Great Leadership by Dan, USA: Heading into the Unknown? Get REAL
Training Industry Journal, UK: How to Embed Leadership Learning for the Long Term
CEO Today Magazine, UK: Do Millennials and Ethics Make Good Business?
The CEO Magazine, USA: The Best CEOs Continue Their Personal Development
Sustainability Next, India: We Need Transpersonal Leaders for Global Sustainability
HRD Connect, UK: Ego-free Leadership
ByteStart, UK: Transpersonal Leadership. Becoming the Best Leaders You Can Be for the 21st Century
Skip Prichard:Leadership Insights, USA: Lead Beyond the Ego
Execunet, USA: Leading Beyond Ego - the Next Conscious Self-development Requirement of Leaders
We are the City, UK: Women - Naturally Better Suited to 21st Century Leadership
Coaching Tip: The Leadership Blog: Leading Beyond
Forbes Inc, USA: Modern Leaders need to Keep Learning and to Stay Humble
CEO World Magazine, USA: Developing the Best Leaders for the 21st Century - how to Become a Transpersonal Leader
Investor's Business Daily, USA: Adapt to Change to Reach the Top
Management Magazine, India: Beyond Tokenism:Diversity without Inclusion will lead to Dysfunctional Organisations

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