Leadership development...

"The reason we chose top-banana for our Leadership development uk programme and our Executive leadership development was that they really get to understand us as a company and they continue to work very closely with us to develop the perfect solution. The delivery of the material is entertaining, challenging and has produced noticeable differences in both behaviour and performance"

Serah Goldsworthy - Personnel Manager Retail Field Staff
- Estee Lauder Group of Companies

Leadership development - Leadership skills development - Executive leadership development

We offer solutions for leadership development, leadership development strategy, leadership skills development and a comprehensive executive development course that will create new business leaders and also stretch existing ones.

Management and leadership development is now seen as a key part of every business. Retaining and improving your ‘talent’ brings life to any organisation.

From the basics of management…time management, delegations skills, assertiveness, influencing, performance management, effective meetings… through to leadership development strategy and high-level directorship skills, we will work with you all the way.

Besides the business specific content of any leadership development training, the overall objective is to ‘raise the game’ and develop top-flight business leaders of the future. Whilst we recognise that many of your people will already be in senior positions, we can create a tailor-made leadership development program to enhance the individuals’ ability to lead, motivate, make decisions, think strategically and manage projects.

Recognising the fact that senior people are likely to have already completed other leadership skills development courses, our job is to design a programme that enhances existing skills, whilst developing new qualities that take them, and the business, to a higher level. Our pre-course training needs analysis ensures that we have the understanding to develop a unique solution that delivers the results you need.

In essence, any leadership training programme must be intellectually demanding, challenging and stretching, stimulating, fresh and action orientated…that’s exactly what you can expect from top-banana!

EXAMPLE CASE STUDY

Here is an example of outline content for a modular training programme we put together for a leading publications company.

MODULE - HOW TO BE A BETTER MANAGER

• Understanding yourself
• Listening skills
• Motivating others
• Prioritisation
• Presentation
• Values
• Creating a vision
• Managing stress

MODULE - CREATING OUTSTANDING IDEAS

• Trend analysis
• Customer segmentation
• Creative processes
• Creativity in organisations

MODULE - MANAGING COMPLEX PROJECTS

• GAN charts
• Risk analysis and assessment
• Communication
• Project Management