When leadership development fails, performance gaps increase. This impacts workplace culture, delivery of organisational objectives and the bottom line. Developing leadership capability in others takes more than understanding theory and authorising the training budget - bringing out the best in people can be challenging and often leaders simply don’t know what to do.
In the new book, Developing Direct Reports ($29.95), Corrinne Armour, Anneli Blundell and Belinda Cohen draw upon their extensive experience in leadership development and share a proven approach for having meaningful development conversations that deliver sustainable performance improvement, at both an individual and organisational level.
Written for leaders who lead leaders, the book will change the way leaders think about and drive performance development and the critical conversations needed to support behaviour change. Readers learn how to:
• Recognise the 12 common leadership derailers and develop a strategy specifically for them
• Understand the drivers behind their own behaviours and of those they lead
• Develop the essential mindset needed to successfully develop their leaders
• Implement a proven framework for coaching behaviour change that sticks
• Have meaningful performance development conversations
• Model a new approach to performance development that delivers profitability and growth
Packed with industry insights, examples and supported by a practical framework, Developing Direct Reports provides the foundation needed to create great leaders, and is a must-read for all managers at all levels.
Corrinne Armour: Waging a war on wasted potential, Corrinne’s mission is to empower leaders and teams to get out of their own way and embrace ‘fearless leadership’. Known for her innovative approach, results focus and the ability to tell it like it is, she is recognised as a provoker of change and growth.
After living in Asia for a few years, Corrinne cooks a mean curry.
Anneli Blundell: As a professional ‘people whisperer’, Anneli has been working with leaders and teams to improve their communication and interpersonal intelligence for almost a decade. She brings to her clients a recognised expertise in the field of ‘below conscious communication’ and motivation and is obsessed with decoding people and performance dynamics for improved results.
Although geographically challenged, Anneli also rates herself as an excellent parallel parker.
Belinda Cohen: Performance improvement is at the heart of all Belinda’s work. With a natural curiosity for what drives behavioural diversity, Belinda brings a non-judgmental, supportive and ‘no excuses’ approach to her clients. She combines her legal, business and leadership experience with her passion for helping people work smarter. Belinda assists her clients to simplify the complex to bring about fresh perspectives and a new focus.
Always up for adventure, Belinda’s ability to plan and book travel of any kind is an enviable skill.
