Leadership Development

LifeForward’s leadership development programmes help leaders excel. We enable individuals and leadership teams to gain confidence to lead with authenticity and vision.

Through our Leadership Programme at LifeForward, we work with leaders to develop new skills such as strategic planning, business development, eminence building, change management and personal impact to help them manage the transition from management to leadership. Our leadership development programmes incorporate workshops, executive coaching and Insights Discovery® to help leaders develop their emotional intelligence and leadership capabilities, target critical skills and identify areas for development.

Leadership Development at LifeForward

We recognise that leaders have many responsibilities and often find it difficult to take time out for personal development. Therefore our programmes are tailored for each organisation and client, and offer a flexible delivery approach. Whether in bite-size short workshops, a programme of one-to-one executive coaching or an offsite training day, we take our core leadership development competencies and deliver them where and when they are most effective for the client. We can also blend leadership development with business coaching to build skills as we work on practical and current business challenges.

Any time, any place…

We have offices in Europe and, through our associate, LifeForward Pte Ltd, offices in South East Asia, offsite venues on two continents available for leadership retreats, team coaching and personal development, LifeForward brings leadership development to you.

Discover the leader within you

We help leaders to identify their strengths and leadership style and gain the confidence to lead authentically, aligning personal and business values in a clear vision for the future. Our focus on emotional intelligence competencies such as self-awareness, self-assessment and self-management gives leaders the skills they need to continue to grow and develop throughout their career.

Common areas of focus for leadership development

Leadership capabilities

Leadership style
Empathy and emotional intelligence
Influence
Confidence
Self-awareness
Self-management
Self-assessment
Self-control
Adaptability
Creating a vision
Authentic leadership
Networking and business management
Leading a team

Business capabilities

Insights Discovery

Leadership capabilities

Leadership style
Empathy and emotional intelligence
Influence
Confidence
Self-awareness
Self-management
Self-assessment
Self-control
Adaptability
Creating a vision
Authentic leadership
Networking and business management
Leading a team

Business capabilities

Insights Discovery

Leadership Development with LifeForward

Below are examples of the topics and programmes we offer through our leadership development programmes.

Introduction to Leadership programme

Understanding Leadership – overview of core leadership concepts
- Vision and strategy creation
- Value of self-awareness and self-management
- Approach to risk and decision making
- Proactivity, responsibility and action
Understanding personal strengths
- Personal evaluation – Insights Discovery and personal feedback
- Styles of leadership
- Leadership characteristics
- Impact on others
Creating a plan for growth and development
- Personal vision and goals
- Bringing about change
- Action plan for development

Leadership Development Foundation Topics

Emotional Intelligence in Leadership
Insights Discovery® & emotional self-awareness
Accurate self-assessment
Authenticity, personal brand & values
Motivation & limiting beliefs
behaviour as a choice and emotional self-control
Models of stress
Proactivity and initiative
Creating meaningful goals

Leadership Development Advanced Topics

Perceptions and paradigms
Insights Discovery® and your opposite type
Styles of leadership
Communication, empathy, listening, mirroring
Influencing others
Conflict management
Coaching & delegation
Giving & receiving feedback

Leadership Development Mastery Topics

Business Coaching

Some of the topics in our leadership development programme combine well with business coaching for leaders.

What to expect from LifeForward's leadership development?

LifeForward's coaching approach to leadership development

Through LifeForward’s coaching approach to leadership development, abilities and strengths can be explored and limiting beliefs identified and overcome, helping leaders to develop a deeper understanding of the qualities of good leadership and how to exploit their own strengths and abilities to further develop those qualities.

LifeForward's tailor-made solutions for leaders

Whether focusing on strategic business needs, personal skills development or self-awareness and team dynamics through Insights Discovery, LifeForward brings a range of tools and approaches to build tailor-made solutions for leadership development.

LifeForward's coaching approach to leadership development

LifeForward's tailor-made solutions for leaders

Personal Growth

Leaders can increase their competency by developing greater self-awareness. Such self-assessment enables leaders to understand their strengths but also know when to ask for help.

Personal Development Solutions

LifeForward works with leaders to help them develop self-awareness and awareness of others, communicate effectively, manage conflict and develop a broader suite of capabilities, resulting in confident and competent leadership.

Building Teams

Internal conflict within teams, particularly within the leadership team, can have a negative impact on the whole organisation, reducing productivity and creating a poor work environment.

Team Development Solutions

LifeForward offers solutions tailored to the needs of each team. We will assess team dynamics, build better communication and offer development workshops. A happy collaborative team environment enables everyone to thrive.

Building the Business

Leaders need to set aside time for strategic thinking and planning in order to build a vision and strategy for future growth, allowing their competent managers to handle daily operations.

Business Development Solutions

LifeForward helps leaders acquire the confidence needed to build the business, to make strategic decisions and to lead their management team with authenticity. We works with leaders to create a vision & develop a personal presence.

Communication

Leaders must be able to communicate effectively with both teams and clients. Communication is most effective when each party can address alternative perceptions and adapt to the other’s preferred communication styles.

Communication Solutions

LifeForward works with leaders to help them understand their communication preferences and the impact of these on others. Understanding others’ perceptions and preferences, leaders can better influence and inspire people and develop effective listening skills.

Personal Growth

Leaders can increase their competency by developing greater self-awareness. Such self-assessment enables leaders to understand their strengths but also know when to ask for help.

Personal Development Solutions

Building Teams

Internal conflict within teams, particularly within the leadership team, can have a negative impact on the whole organisation, reducing productivity and creating a poor work environment.

Team Development Solutions

Building the Business

Leaders need to set aside time for strategic thinking and planning in order to build a vision and strategy for future growth, allowing their competent managers to handle daily operations.

Business Development Solutions

Communication

Communication Solutions

Personal Growth

Leaders can increase their competency by developing greater self-awareness. Such self-assessment enables leaders to understand their strengths but also know when to ask for help.

Personal Development Solutions

Building Teams

Internal conflict within teams, particularly within the leadership team, can have a negative impact on the whole organisation, reducing productivity and creating a poor work environment.

Team Development Solutions

Building the Business

Leaders need to set aside time for strategic thinking and planning in order to build a vision and strategy for future growth, allowing their competent managers to handle daily operations.

Business Development Solutions

Communication

Communication Solutions

What our clients say
The benefits of leadership development
Leadership development and Insights Discovery

Sarah is a really great coach – she is approachable, personable and makes one feel at ease. She is also a great listener. In my view coaching works best if you are open to sharing honestly your toughest issues or deepest fears – be it work or personal.

Sarah is really good at asking probing questions which set me thinking hard on my current mindset and open my mind to new perspectives.

Being a newly promoted partner who is still adjusting to the new role, the coaching sessions helped tremendously. Sarah is a great listener and she always put my interests first.

Sarah has a deep understanding of how things work in our organisation and the demands of a client-facing function. Hence, she is able to relate better and offer insightful advice on how to manage clients’ expectations as well as the firm’s expectations of a partner. Sarah discussed my partner KPIs [key performance indicators] at length with me and asked probing questions to encourage me to think deeper about how I could better achieve them.

The sessions were useful in helping me gain a better self-awareness of my leadership style and whether I am on the right track in terms of my approaches to addressing problems and issues.

The sessions also helped with self-discovery as they .. force you to answer questions about yourself that you may not have thought to ask or you would rather not think about.

It was also useful to have someone outside the firm to share thoughts and ideas on how situations or issues could be better addressed, and to gain a fresh perspective how to approach them.

When considering leadership development, consider what type of leader you are looking for.

Good leaders, who exhibit high self-awareness and accurate self-assessment, know their limitations and strengths. They therefore delegate effectively and will bring in specialist help as needed. Such leaders are open to continued learning and development and welcome constructive criticism and feedback. They can utilise their strengths to good effect and use their emotional intelligence to bring out the best in others.

Once a leader has acquired these essential leadership capabilities, they will know how to use them on an ongoing basis, thereby creating a virtuous circle of continuous learning, growth and development.

Insights Discovery personality profiles are a valuable addition to leadership development programmes as they improve self-awareness and understanding of others.