Lab to Leader
6-module virtual programme
If you prefer virtual training, we recommend a six two-hour module approach supported by psychometrics, coaching, online resources and Action Learning. A typical programme is described below, but can be adapted to suit your group’s experience levels and goals.
Module 1. Leading and managing your team
1.1 Engagement, Psychological Safety and Emotional Intelligence
- Engagement science – understand what drives engagement and motivates different individuals
- Apply the 12 key engagement predictors to improve your team’s performance
- Explore the link between emotional intelligence and effective leadership
- Build self-awareness and emotional intelligence across the team
- Recognise why psychological safety is critical to team success
- Use practical steps to strengthen openness, trust and healthy challenge
1.2 Leading and managing your team
- Management – what does it mean and how do we do it day to day?
- Leadership behaviours, skills and knowledge
- Developing a flexible leadership style
- Managing up – working productively with your manager and senior colleagues
Module 2. Coaching and mentoring your team
2.1 Coaching and mentoring your team
- Setting clear objectives for yourself and your team
- Giving and receiving effective feedback
- Coaching models
- Skills practice
- Carrying out an effective one-to-one
Module 3. Personal impact
3.1 Personal impact and influence
- Circle of control – identifying what you can control and influence, and what you can’t do anything about.
- Discovering your natural influencing style.
- Developing a flexible influencing style to increase your impact
- Adapting your tone and body language to create the impressions you choose.
- The difference between intention and behaviour.
- Increasing your visibility
3.2 Communicating and presenting with impact
- How to present yourself confidently
- Using your voice to create impact
- How to ‘fake it till you make it’
- Delivering clear and impactful messages
Module 4. Challenging conversations
4.1 Different types of challenging conversations
- Different types of tricky conversations and how to manage them
- Managing challenging attitudes and behaviour
- Communication skills during challenging conversations
4.2 Handling challenging emotions
- The role of words, tone and body language
- Identify your own trigger points and how to manage these
- How to gain the other person’s attention / buy-in
- Five communication styles and which ones are used in different situations
4.3 Preparing for your own challenging conversation
- Questions to consider before you have a challenging conversation
- Anticipating the other person’s responses and how you’ll respond
- Optional skills practice using scenarios written for your own organisation
Module 5. Strategy, politics and power
5.1 Strategy
- Where would you like to get to, and how are you going to get there?
- Thinking strategically about your career
- Planning strategically for yourself and your team
- Working ‘on the business’ as well as ‘in the business’
- Seeing the bigger picture
5.2 Widening your influence and network
- Identifying key stakeholders
- Stakeholder mapping
- Power and politics
- Understanding the political landscape and how to influence it
- Increasing your personal profile at work
- Building networks, coalitions and support processes
- Making the most of networking opportunities at conferences etc.
Module 6. Resilience
6.1 Developing personal resilience
- Managing physical resilience and your energy through the working day and week
- Building emotional resilience
- Dealing with pressure and overcoming setbacks
- Reframing and Cognitive Restructuring – identifying thinking patterns to deal with setbacks positively
- Making the most of your own time – switching off and recharging
- Mindfulness
6.2 Supporting wellbeing in your team
- Identifying signs of poor wellbeing in colleagues
- Feeling confident to talk to your team about wellbeing
- Sign-posting and referring employees to additional help
- Using the circle of control to manage pressure
- Creating a team culture that supports wellbeing and high performance
Supported by blended learning
Options to suit your learners
Choose from a range of additional tools and resources to reinforce learning and ensure that it translates into practical action.
From habit-forming e-nudges to virtual coaching, our blended learning services can be integrated into your classroom, virtual or hybrid course.
Virtual coaching
One-to-one executive coaching sessions provide a chance to focus on personal challenges and development needs. Often run before and/or after the main programme, they can also incorporate a Strengths assessment or 360-degree debrief.
Psychometrics and diagnostics
We are experienced and qualified in a range of personality and psychometric assessments. We can include appropriate tools as part of your programme to build self-awareness, foster relationships or develop an understanding of individual differences.
Recap video emails
After each training module, participants receive an email with a video recap of important takeaways from the session, plus extra resources to enable them to dig deeper into the topics they have covered .
Personal e-nudges
Throughout the programme, participants identify top action points, and receive follow-up emails that encourage them to implement their learning and provide useful practical tips and advice.
Resources portal
An online portal provides access to useful videos, articles, interviews and book suggestions that build on the content of the training.