Senior Leader Mentoring

Supporting leaders to be their best

A mentor relationship can support in four areas: as an insurance policy, a growth strategy, a sustainability play or to create legacy and support the transition from being the CEO.

As experienced business leaders and qualified coaches we can support leaders in a mentoring relationship, which provides the wisdom of our experience and the guidance to ask the right questions and includes access to ongoing support whenever necessary.

When beginning an engagement we start by pairing the mentors we believe to be best suited to the assignment and conducting chemistry calls to ensure a great fit and the most valuable and tranformative mentoring relationship possible.

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Insure - When promoting people into new roles, especially as CEO, there is an acute awareness of risk. There is a risk to the organisation and its business if the new incumbent does not do a good job. There is also a risk to the individual’s career since failure is difficult to recover from. Engaging a mentor to support the individual as they step up helps to de-risk the appointment. It can be seen as an “insurance policy” or stated positively, a means of assuring success.

Accelerate/Grow - Organisations frequently look to unlock or realise latent potential in their senior leaders. There is a desire to continue to help the leader grow and accelerate the development of their capability. A mentor can help create the path for a leader to develop and achieve their full potential.

Sustain - After a period of intensive mentoring, the emphasis tends to shift from personal growth of the leader and thinking partner on the business, to thinking partner pure and simple. The mentor is seen as trusted advisor and the client values the discipline of reflection.

Legacy/Transition - Mentoring for the leader at the close of their career can be highly effective. From the organisation’s perspective it is important that the CEO “leaves well” and creates a positive legacy. From the individual’s perspective they are frequently financially secure and are therefore, for the first time in their lives, facing the question of “what do I really want to do?”

Throughout the mentoring assignment a significant proportion of the value lies in the creation of space away from the never ending cycle of activity. The discipline of “taking a step back” leads to more effective, smarter ways of working that replace the natural instinct to simply work harder doing the same things and expecting different outcomes. What emerges over time from the reflection aligns with the Energising Leaders System™.

How we energise: Your Energising Leaders System™

Clarify
We begin by clarifying your strategy, roles and responsibilities and understand what it is that energises you. Aided by our Triangulation® methodology, our experts work with you to understand the interplay between your sources of energy, context and the energy you bring to work.

Energise

From there, we use our wisdom and experience to draw upon what we learned in the first part of the process to help unveil the path to a more energised and effective working life. Among other things, we support the process of removing energy detractors, building better working relationships and creating a strategic plan for you and the change you want to see.

Transform
We aim to take everything a step beyond. Transform is all about thinking differently and making small changes, which when implemented aid a greater order shift to enact truly transformsational change for you, those around you and ultimately your organisation.