RETAINING YOUR LEADERSHIP TALENT

HOW TO RETAIN YOUR LEADERSHIP TALENT TO BOOST PRODUCTIVITY

WHAT IS LEADERSHIP?

“A Complex, Largely Emotional Process That Can Be Learned through.....experience, observation, understanding leadership models, self-awareness”

THREE LEVELS OF LEADERSHIP(John Adair)

Strategic Leadership•Vision•Purpose•Communication•values

Team Leadership

Task

Team Individual

Operational Leadership•Energy•Behaviour•Structure•Manager as coach•Creating the work climate

John Adair recognised three levels of leadership: team, operational and strategic.

This tool is to help develop a person's leadership presence, knowhow and skill, depending on their level of leadership responsibility.

Setting Goals

Monitoring

Controlling

Efficiency

Strategic Thinking

Aligning

Visioning

Effectiveness

Inspiring

Innovating

Opening Doors

Building Alliances

Removing BlocksImproving

Planning • Coaching

• Developing

• Mentoring

• Role model

DEVELOPING LEADERS & ENHANCING LEADERSHIP SKILLS

MANAGING LEADING

“Doing things right”

“Doing the right thing”

RETAIN LEADERSHIP TALENT

Why retain and develop your existing leadership talent?

• Improves productivity, increases performance• Encourages a positive work environment,

engaged, motivated and happy workforce• Reduces costs in recruitment• Reduces time for new employees to embed

into the company

RECOGNISING AND REWARDING LEADERSHIP TALENT• Give praise and performance feedback

either on an adhoc basis or in one to one meetings

• Use performance development reviews and appraisal process to provide structured recognition

• Use reward and recognition events to showcase your star performers and encourage and inspire others

Reward your ‘star

performers’

INVESTING IN LEADERSHIP TALENT

Invest in your people and they will invest in you

•Explore leadership and management training and professional development

•Implement pay, incentive or employee benefit schemes

•Celebrate talent and showcase your workforce

Explore our professional

routes to leadership

development

HOW CAN LEADERSHIP SKILLS BE DEVELOPED?

Training events and seminars

MentoringJob rotation

On the job experience

E-learning

Action learning sets

Guided learning

FACE TO FACE

ONE TO ONE

GROUP ACTIVITY

REMOTE

PRACTICAL

Coaching

HOW TO RETAIN LEADERSHIP TALENT

• Recognise your existing talent• Reward those who stand out

amongst the crowd• Invest in your people and they’ll

invest back in you• Inspire, motivate and encourage

others to develop

Improves performance, Increases productivity

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