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Two years of consulting with one company.

Two years of training and coaching their leaders.

And last week, I told the leadership team, “It’s time for you to fly alone.”

Cue the replies:

“I wouldn’t still be working here if it weren’t for your training.”

“You’ve made this company a better place for everyone; the impact you have had is hard to even put into words”

“The lessons you’ve brought into our business, helping us become more self-reflective, take ownership of our people, and build on our coaching skills, will stay with us for a long time”

They get it. They’ve seen what happens when leadership development isn’t just a tick-box exercise, but a journey which interrupts unhelpful habits and gives you a toolbox to address any situation, comfortably. Yes, even with Steve in Accounts.

Not all companies get it like this one does ⬆️

Now, let’s talk about one of the excuses I hear all the time:

“We can’t afford leadership development right now.”

Oh, but you can afford…

🚨 Losing your best people?
🚨 A culture as exciting as dry toast?
🚨 Managers who ‘lead’ by firing off passive-aggressive emails?

Because that’s what happens when leadership development takes a back seat.

Culture isn’t about yellow beanbags in the canteen, or free pizza on a Friday.

It’s about the flavour of the conversations. 

Particularly the tricky conversations.

And that is where I come in.

I train leaders to have the kind of conversations that build cultures people choose to be a part of.

✅ That retain top talent.
✅ That include genuine collaboration and high levels of trust.
✅ That drive real, lasting results.

So, can you afford leadership development?

Let me rephrase: Can you afford not to?

Spots for 2025 are filling up fast. If you’re ready for real change, let’s talk.

So you’re in a position of leadership and *hopefully* you’re chuffed about it.

**CHEERING FOR YOU**

What you don’t anticipate are the sheer volume of (super common) difficult situations you’re presented with.

The ones that truly make you wonder, “How the heck do I navigate this one?!”

Would you believe me if I said that – in its most simplistic form – there is one 2-part approach to them all?

If you’re curious to know what that is, I’ve made a snappy 3-minute video sharing a handful of the most common ‘HOW DO I TACKLE THIS?!’ situations and the solution that applies to all of them.

You can watch it here.

(Short on time? No worries, play the video on double speed!)

I’ve been asked over and over and over again…

“Jo! I don’t know if/when my company will bring you in to develop our leaders. But I am ready to do your training now! How can I join as a solo leader?”

That’s right!

People are waking up.

They don’t want to be part of the swarms of leaders who trudge through a treacle of friction for 10 whole years before they get shown how to get the most out of themselves, and their teams.

(Yes, 10 YEARS! That’s how long *most* leaders are in their role before they get any gold-standard leadership training… SCANDALOUS)

If this is you, I have an invitation to make.

**TRUMPETS**

We’re inviting individual leaders to join our next cohort of Take The Lead.

An 8-week battle tested leadership programme to help you become a leader your team chooses to follow.

>>No need to wait for your company to bring us in.

>>No need to battle through years of ‘winging it’.

>>No need to perpetually wonder why some people soar under your leadership, while feeling at constant loggerheads with others.

You can join Take The Lead and take your future as a leader into your own hands.

Now, if you haven’t been through one of our programmes, I know what you might be thinking…

“Pfffffffffft! Once you’ve done one leadership training, you’ve done them all”

**NOPE**

That’s where you’d be wrong.

The leaders who go through our programme don’t just feel ‘much better’ about their ability to lead their teams.

They don’t say ‘it was pretty good’.

They don’t say ‘I suppose I learned a thing or two’.

Their responses are far more full-bodied than that.

It’s life-changing.

Life-changing.

This work… It’s LIFE-CHANGING!

Don’t believe me?

Here are those words over and over again…

#ItNeverGetsOld

Do you know why?

Because when you’re in a position of leadership, it is everything to be a leader your team genuinely wants to follow.

• It is everything to feel confident, competent, and capable of both supporting every individual AND challenging non-compliance.
• It is everything to be an authentic leader who plays to your strengths rather than trying to be someone you’re not.
• It is everything to take the ‘difficult’ out of difficult conversations and say what needs to be said without breaking trust.

Clients who have been through our training know this.

And the reason they are *finally* able to be the leader they know they can be, and that their team needs them to be, is because here at The Training Rock we do things… a little differently:

• This is practice, not theory. You’ll learn and *actually* improve through practical application using real-life scenarios. Get your head out of the textbooks and into role-play. No matter how much dread you feel reading those two little words… you’ll be fighting to be chosen for them by week four (that’s a promise).
• No ‘2-day plaster fixes’. The programme runs over 8 weeks so you don’t just have a ‘quick couple of workshops’ to learn… but also time to IMPLEMENT. Learn, try, feedback, adjust, try again.
• You will lead differently well before the programme ends. Transformation happens for most during the programme. You’re going to see and feel the difference in how you lead your team long before we say goodbye at the end of our 8 weeks together.
• The T.R.U.S.T Model. The one model to rule them all (LOTR, anyone? No?). This one communication model can be applied to EVERY behavioural and communication issue in the workplace. It will be your new secret weapon.
• Lead yourself first. You cannot lead others well if you cannot lead yourself. This training starts by focusing on you. You must understand the lens through which you see the world, as well as the lens through which others see the world.
• Tailored to you and your needs. These 8 weeks are deeply tailored to each individual despite being held in a group setting. Every touchpoint shows you exactly how knowledge of self and others can be applied to the challenges you face right now.
• One-to-one support. When the 8 weeks are over, we don’t just say ‘Ta-ta and good luck!’. No, we don’t boot you out the door – dropped and forgotten. You’ll have 3 x 1:1 coaching calls to support you as you put everything you’ve learnt into real-world practice!

So here’s what you need to know…

We start September 18th, 2024.

There are only 10 spaces available.

The nitty-gritty details can be found here.

And…

Secure your spot before August 21st you’ll even get one free 1:1 coaching call to focus solely on you and your needs before we get started, and get immediate access to our most-loved webinar “A human approach to conflict”

(The crowd goes WILD for this webinar!)

Let’s be honest, there are very few who manage conflict well – until they’ve done our training, that is.

Find out more information about Take The Lead, here.

If you’re a leader who is beyond ready to feel confident, competent and capable of leading your team to success, Take The Lead is for you.

Have questions?

Book a call with me and we can talk it out.

In September, we begin!

Do you know what we make time for?

Things we consider to be important.

It’s a no-brainer, right?

“If I see the value in doing this thing… I’ll do it”

Or, more importantly…

“If I understand what I’ll get out of doing it (and I want that outcome for myself)… I’ll do it”

Sort of like when you ask your teenager to set a 7am alarm, ready for school.

You’re often faced with all of the Kevin and Perry grunts.

Yet…

Tell them that if they want to [INSERT SOMETHING COOL HERE THAT THEY REALLY WANT TO DO] then they have to set a 7am alarm and get themselves ready to go at the crack of dawn…

You know they’ll be awake and at the front door before you’ve even had a chance to have your morning brew.

Often, our Team Leadership Training is met with similar resistance.

Understandably so.

Your team is inundated with tasks to do, projects to complete, and deadlines to hit.

You’re a growing business, and growth rarely offers you time to breathe.

So when we tell companies, like yours, that our training requires at least 3 hours of commitment per week over a number of weeks (depending on the length of the programme you choose)…

It can be a shock to the system.

“How can we possibly make time for that?”

You know what the real problem is here?

#HonestTruthIncoming

Those team members don’t yet see the value of this work, and they don’t yet understand what they’re going to get out of it.

That’s okay.

It’s my job to make that clear to you.

#OnAMission

I can always tell you why you need The Training Rock in your life, yet it’s something else entirely to live it and experience it for yourself.

So, I’ll let you hear from those who have…

Last week I finished Team Leadership Training with a cohort of amazing leaders.

They had the same resistance as you might have, right now.

All I will say is that the absence rate for this cohort… was zero.

(One person *actually* dialled in from holiday because they didn’t want to miss the session).

(Alright, fine. There was ONE absence… only because this gentleman had a pre-arranged meeting with the top dogs at his company that truly couldn’t be rescheduled. However, he was devastated to have missed a session AND… he asked for a recording so he could watch and catch up in his own time)

For all the ‘I haven’t got time’ resistance when it comes to professional development…

This lot will tell you that it’s time well spent…

Change happens when you invest the time to make it happen.

So today, I’ll leave you with this thought…

And invite willing changemakers and those dedicated to the development of their teams to book a call with me.

Let’s talk about how this training will be the best time commitment your business ever makes.