1. DEFINING YOUR POSITIVE LEADERSHIP STRATEGY
Regardless of economic conditions, it is mission critical to high performance that an organisation
possess strong and positive leadership at all levels of its structure. Developing such leadership is
essential to meeting the evolving needs, strategies and goals of the business while effectively solving
the problems of low profitability and productivity and poor levels of employee morale, wellbeing
and retention.
Progressive organisations achieve this outcome by defining a leadership strategy that drives and
optimises their business objectives and strategies. These organisations recognise the commercial
value of having an integrated, values based leadership platform to attract, develop, leverage and
retain their top talent for competitive success.
The Values of Positive Leadership™ are the keys to unlocking your strategy for delivering high
performance and optimum results, even under pressure.
POSITIVE LEADERSHIP STRATEGY
An integrated platform to attract, develop and retain top talent for competitive success
PLAN FOR SUCCESS ATTRACT, DEVELOP AND RETAIN TRANSFER WISDOM
TOP (LEADERSHIP) TALENT
VALUES STRATEGY COMPETENCIES ASSESS AND PERFORMANCE ENGAGE AND CAREER SUCCESSION
SELECT FEEDBACK DEVELOP DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT
VALUES Imperatives for corporate culture
to agree  Leading with the Values of Positive Leadership™ - a prioritised listing of
purpose what is important to both the organisation and the leader (an integration
of organisation, individual and Positive Leadership values) - is imperative
to bring about end results that resonate positively with all stakeholders.
STRATEGY Setting the foundation for success
to plan  Having the right people, in the right place, at the right time is key to
structure ensuring sustained success. We start with the desired outcome(s) and
work with you to lay out a comprehensive strategic plan that will support
corporate goals.
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2. KEY Identify the skills that drive success
COMPETENCIES
to define  Making sure that the supply of qualified talent matches demand requires a
required skills structure to identify the skills and competencies to hire for and develop.
ASSESS AND Assessing competence
SELECT
 Whether you are hiring a new leader, assessing for promotion, investing
for best in development or planning a recruitment campaign, assessing capability
capabilities against agreed competencies and values will promote sound and
defensible decisions.
PERFORMANCE Managing leadership performance
FEEDBACK
 A well designed performance management and appraisal system is critical
for better to ensuring high workplace productivity. Achieve better levels of success
productivity by incorporating specific leadership metrics and feedback into existing
processes.
ENGAGE AND Developing competence
DEVELOP
 Developing targeted positive leadership learning and development tools
for on-going and programmes to address gaps in performance or to prepare for new
improvement challenges is essential for ensuring organisational health and an engaged
leadership community.
CAREER Preparing for new challenges
DEVELOPMENT
 Effective career planning and development depends on a strong
for new partnership between the leader and the organisation. To ensure that
challenges there is an alignment of positive leadership skills and behaviours with the
needs of the organisation, companies must provide appropriate resources
and infrastructure to support attaining performance and career goals.
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3. SUCCESSION Ensuring sustained success
MANAGEMENT
 Succession plans are key to ensuring an organisation’s on-going
for critical excellence. Effective succession planning involves a structured approach
roles to forecasting and planning for changes in an organisation’s leadership,
due to both personal and strategic demands.
FOR PROGRESSIVE ORGANISATIONS WHO WANT TO ACQUIRE, DEVELOP, LEVERAGE AND
RETAIN LEADERSHIP TALENT, POSITIVE LEADERSHIP LIMITED CAN HELP YOU DEVELOP A
SOLUTION THAT IS FLEXIBLE, INTEGRATED, COST-EFFECTIVE AND TARGETED TO YOUR
UNIQUE NEEDS AND BUSINESS OBJECTIVES.
OUR ADVICE WILL ENSURE THAT YOUR ORGANISATION ACHIEVES WINNING RESULTS BASED
ON THE POSITIVE LEADERSHIP APPROACH TO HIGH PERFORMANCE.
For more information, please see our web site:
www.positiveleadership.co.uk
or contact:
graham.watson@positiveleadership.co.uk (+44 (0)7774 883 103)
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