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Leadership

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Leaders today face a world that is increasingly complex, ill-structured, dynamic, and even chaotic to the casual observer.

Traditional leadership and management approaches don’t seem to be working – often leaving us feeling unsure of what direction to take and struggling to make sense of it all.

Contemporary leadership is emerging based on the understanding that leaders are in service to problem solving and do not need to know all the answers, but do need to create a context in which everyone is willing and able to continually execute and change at the same time.

Our approach

LEADERS EXPERIENCE THE PUSH-PULL TENSIONS OF MULTIPLE PARADOXES

We prepare leaders for the constant push and pull of paradoxes that seem to be everywhere – balancing these tensions is the essence of contemporary leadership. Flexing and adapting to find the right balance on many different continuums is sometimes called ambidextrous, Janusian, or creative leadership.

The hardest leadership challenges arise when there are no quick fixes, easy solutions or simple responses – especially because so many of today’s paradoxes have a high degree of social complexity and progress depends on relationships and trust.

High performing leaders establish a relationship where followers choose to follow willingly, not through dominance or control. This requires an ongoing process of self-development to role model, inspire, challenge and enable those they lead in service to effective collaborative problem solving.

We do not believe in a one size fits all approach and our bespoke leadership development services typically involve a mix of consulting, coaching and training. Some examples are outlined below.

The leadership challenge

A foundational training and development programme for those embarking on their leadership journey which establishes a shared language and approach to leadership, integrating the well-researched work of Kouzes and Posner: The Leadership Challenge, The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership model and a 360-degree feedback leadership survey the Leadership Practices Inventory, with our developmental coaching.

See our training programmes, coaching expertise and the Leadership Practices Inventory assessment.

High performance leadership & change management

More advanced training and coaching that enables leaders to manage change, harness the collective genius of teams and transform business processes to create value for customers despite surrounding uncertainty.

Leaders develop awareness and understanding of key dynamics associated with performance, leadership and change, as well as personal feedback, specific models and practical tools to help raise their performance and the performance of their direct reports, peers and managers.

See our training programmes and coaching expertise.

Executive leadership coaching

Using dialogue, questioning strategies and reflection, coaching is a valuable form of personal development that improves self-awareness, resilience and effectiveness.

People today are in a legitimate state of anxiety about galloping technology, globalisation, competition and complexity. Leaders increasingly need someone to provide support and challenge that increases their understanding and commitment to actions that improve performance.

Our coaching expertise can help individual leaders and teams.

Client quote

‘I needed to raise the game of the senior leadership team and the extended management team. This programme really challenged us to step up to new levels of performance – with results beyond my expectations.’

– Brian Gunn, Chief Executive Officer, Advantica

Leadership case studies

Case studies
National Grid
Energy
National Grid
Energy

Perspectiv has worked with National Grid for 20 years to help improve their performance by developing collaboration, leadership, and complex problem solving capabilities.

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Energy
International marketing company
Marketing
International marketing company
Marketing

We helped embed a culture change which positioned our client as one of the world’s most effective marketing organisations.

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Marketing
Leo Burnett
Marketing
Leo Burnett
Marketing

We helped global creative agency Leo Burnett to develop its understanding and capability in the areas of styles of creativity, climate for creativity and creative leadership.

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Marketing

Leadership insights

Featured leadership insights from Perspectiv and our partners are below or see all leadership insights.

Insights
A spoonful of fair process helps the medicine go down
Thought leadership
A spoonful of fair process helps the medicine go down
Thought leadership

This article by Perspectiv’s Andy Wilkins and Chris Unsworth, Strategy Manager from National Grid ESO, is about how using ‘fair process’ can build or damage trust, which in turn influences engagement.

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Thought leadership
Andy Wilkins on the Creative Tech podcast
Podcast
Andy Wilkins on the Creative Tech podcast
Podcast

How can businesses of every size learn to embrace curiosity and creativity? Hear insights from Perspectiv’s Andy Wilkins on the Creative Tech podcast from the National Centre for Creativity enabled by AI.

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Podcast
The awful truth about most meetings
Blog post
The awful truth about most meetings
Blog post

This post shares research findings about traditional meetings and provides some more inclusive, productive, and better-quality ways forward – highlighting the importance of process thinking and Facilitative Leadership.

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Blog post

 Our services

We help clients develop these capabilities.