Transformational
Leadership
Development
‘Virtual’ or ‘In-the-Room’ Delivery
The Courage and Spark®
signature programme
Our signature leadership development programme delivered in-company and as an open enrolment offering is one of the few vertical leadership development programmes in the world right now. When it’s run in a workshop environment there is the option of a single residential 5-day format or two shorter workshops (a three-day followed a few months later by a two-day). It is now available as a virtual programme delivered online following a similar programme design and using the same approach.
Transformational learning and development
The transformational nature of this learning experience lies in its design, content and approach, combined with the skill, expertise and experience of our Faculty. Our unique methodology, grounded in a Gestalt approach to vertical growth, has been honed over many years of delivering leadership and professional development learning experiences to leaders throughout the world and across a diverse range of cultures and organisational sectors.
Creating the psychological safety for inner work
One of our core competencies is to create ‘cultural islands’ where new norms around intimacy, sharing, and connection can evolve in their own time.
Purpose
One of the challenges and enjoyments of organisational leadership is that you need to pay attention to so many important yet disparate things; material and financial, personal and human, tangible and intangible, inner and outer. Overarching this, you also hold the larger context of care - what is often referred to as holding the space.
Against that background, as a leader you can lose sight of a critically important agenda - the need to also pay attention to yourself and continue your journey of growth and development.
This programme provides you with…
A space to slow down and connect with yourself in a deeper way.
Time to reflect on your leadership story, and what you want your new story to be.
A place to grow and make important personal breakthroughs.
An opportunity for those bigger questions and more significant conversations.
An opportunity to deeply connect with others and co-create a sense of group and community.
A time to get some of the help that may not be visible to you at present.
A space that facilitates self-actualisation and fulfilment of potential.
Outcomes
A clearer life vision and a stronger connection with your purpose.
Transformational leadership capacities and
skill-sets.
Resolution of personal issues: a lighter rucksack.
Consolidating and integrating at your current stage of vertical development.
Supporting transition to later stages.
A new sense of personal coherence.
A personal identity that is evolving, not static, and a growing wisdom and maturity.
New ways of understanding and expressing leadership in the world irrespective of role or seniority.
Delivered to senior executives and emerging leaders on four continents over the last ten years we are passionate about this programme not least because of the reaction people have to it.
They regularly tell us it’s a life changing experience:
“Through the years in the two Fortune 500 companies I have had a lot of Leadership Development, but nothing holds a candle to the week I spent on Courage and Spark.”
“It’s revolutionary. I’ve done so much development over the years, mostly horizontal learning, but this is the missing piece. A beautiful programme. An amazing week.”
“This programme is a place where you can work on yourself. It gave me the opportunity with very skilled coaches to do some personal work I’ve needed to do for a long time. I feel re-connected with myself and others again which is a great feeling.”
We’re also told by HR Directors and other internal sponsors of corporate programmes that they see a significant impact on the leadership culture of their organisations:
“We were blown away by the progress folk have made and the changes nearly all of them have made in their lives - both in and outside work. Lots of them have since been promoted and are in new roles and are performing fantastically well. The investment has been well worth it.”
“We are extremely proud of what we have achieved to date and delighted that we are achieving a sustainable change in our leadership culture and our business performance. This leading-edge learning experience has produced a significant impact on the bottom line. The company is on a strong trajectory of growth and development – our current growth levels are the highest they have been in the last 10 years. Courage and Spark has absolutely been part of the turnaround story.”
“There is a real change in our leadership culture. Relationships at the top of the company are fundamentally different now. Conversations are happening that just would not have taken place in the past.”
“Rolling out Courage and Spark to our senior leadership population has been pivotal in enabling our leaders become more self-aware, empathic, curious, and compassionate around the stories of others. Your work has transformed the VPs into a collaborative, collegiate team with a shared language and experience. You have made a huge contribution to the success of our business.”