Your chance to shine!

Being a young or emerging leader can be challenging. You may have little or no formal authority. You may feel others don’t listen or respect your ideas. You may have a strong sense of ‘what could be’ and may not know where to begin. This programme has been developed for you.

Just doing it.

The focus is on practicing leadership not just talking about it.

Yes there will be some theory but mostly it’s about ‘doing’ leadership and sharing personal experiences.

While there is a programme outline, it is expected that participants will identify other opportunities to support their leadership development. These can be incorporated into the programme.

Leadership Themes

• Authentic Leadership
  Leading from the heart - and the head.
  Understanding and managing myself.
• Getting connected
  Building effective, professional relationships and networks.
• Working in teams
  Leading collective action. Mobilising others and managing team dynamics.
• Moving forward
  Setting the agenda, building a shared vision.

The ultimate leadership challenge

This is a nine month leadership development programme. It begins in February 2011 with a fantastic two day workshop.

This will kick start the programme and provide you with a wonderful opportunity not only to begin understanding your own leadership style and direction but also to get to know a great group of other young leaders.

There will be a further three,

two-day workshops held in Wellington. The workshops will be a mixture of high energy activity and reflection and sharing of personal leadership experiences.

Built around you!

Each participant will undertake at least one leadership project of their choice. The project will focus on a particular need or opportunity within your community.

Throughout the programme there will be opportunities to experience leadership in different environments outside of the familiar. We will invite leaders to speak at workshops and at other times. These will include people such as Martin Snedden, CEO Rugby World Cup.

Each participant will have an experienced personal coach. The coach will maintain contact with you through- out the programme and meet with you from time to time.

Are you up for it?

This programme is for motivated young and emerging leaders who have a strong desire to make a difference and would like to enhance their leadership skills and effectiveness.

It is likely that you are aged between 18 and 30 and have already demonstrated leadership of people and/or change within your community. This may not have been in a formal way but will have involved encouraging and working with others to achieve a goal.

Programme leaders

John Stuart

John is a very experienced leadership development expert. He has worked with many leaders from frontline to Chief Executive in a wide range of organisations and sectors. John strongly believes that the foundations of effective leaders are formed in the early years through real leadership experiences and personalised support.

Stephen Neal

Stephen is engaged with a wide range of organisations in the not for profit and commercial sectors. He coaches young, emerging leaders as they undertake important organisational projects. Stephen sees the rapid personal development that can take place when great projects are combined with great coaching and learning.

What will you get out of it?

• You will develop a deep understanding of yourself and your leadership style.
• You will develop clarity around your personal vision for leadership and what you would like to achieve.
• You will develop new skills and enhance existing ones in critical areas of leadership.
• You will develop confidence to lead without control and to be influential.
• You will make new friends and establish a network of like minded people both from within and outside of the programme.

Investment

Through the generous sponsorship of New Zealand Community Trust this programme is being offered at only $1,200 plus GST.

What are you waiting for?

Register your interest by completing this form or phone: Stephen Neal on 027 2871971

"John is an outstanding leadership coach and facilitator. He has been influential in the development of my leadership. I know any programme delivered by John will be very worthwhile"

Martin Snedden, CEO, RWC 2011

“Stephen established a successful SPARC leadership development programme for Chief Executives in the Sport and Recreation Sector. I found the programme very useful and thoroughly enjoyed working closely with other participants. I am sure this programme will also be challenging and useful for young and emerging leaders”

Geoff Barry, CEO Sport Canterbury (past CEO Surf Life Saving New Zealand)