Because we want to help you be less fearful and more confident. Because we will encourage you to continue to remember, and be, who you really are
What makes Wisborough different?
What can Wisborough do for you?
Why others are pleased they chose Wisborough
Wisborough Projects have included
What makes Wisborough different?
If you are a
company we
would like to build a relationship with you to help you review and embed
changes into your business to make it more successful. We are there for the long term and will be
there to support you long after a project has finished to help you maintain the
success.
If you are a
delegate on a
Wisborough Programme or workshop you will meet with Chrissie McGinn &
Richard Hewitt before coming on the Programme so that you can talk about the
problems you want to resolve, and explore what you want to gain from working
with Chrissie & Richard. They want
to really understand your needs before they start helping you to your achieve
goals.
You will have individual
attention from Chrissie & Richard as Wisborough Programmes are
generally limited to SIX delegates to ensure that you will be able to work on
your current issues, and find practical solutions that you can put into effect
immediately.
When you return to work you will continue to be supported by email and phone to help you put your
new insights and skills into practise so that they easily become your natural
way of working.
Chrissie
McGinn & Richard Hewitt
of Wisborough have twenty years experience of working in a variety of settings;
in organisations, with individuals and teams.
They work in the public, private and voluntary sectors on a variety of projects.
They facilitate groups, run workshops and courses, speak at conferences,
and have a counselling practice. They
are co-authors of “Wisboroughs - Make a New Start with a Fresh View on Life”.
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What can Wisborough
do for you?
Organisational Development
Personal Development
Spiritual Development
Why others are pleased they chose Wisborough
"In the past I haven't accurately seen the
power I have - now I feel more powerful in Board meetings. I
came on the Programme because I wanted to treat people well and still
get the job done. I found out what's
been getting in my way. I learned how
to get what I want and maintain my integrity. Now I want my Managers to come on the
Programme.”
“The way you two work together complements each
other - you play to the other's strengths, and are frank and open with us, yet
there's lots of humour"
“At the time I couldn’t see the
point of the one-to-one interviews before the course, but now realise that you
used everything to put the course together to help us all individually. Two
days + one is really good. It gave us a
chance to practise in between, and bring our successes back. This was the most beneficial course I’ve ever
done”
"I've been on so many courses before, but this is the one that
has had the most impact on the way I work - it explained so much more about my
thoughts, feelings and needs, and their effect.
You think you’re at a level where you do communication well, and then
you realise there is so much more. It’s
a shock.”
“I've never been criticised here and yet I learned more about
myself in a few days than ever before.
I have found a sanctuary here - a place where I can be myself.”
“I came on the Programme expecting to learn about other people. I also learned so much about myself - I got
twice the value!"
“You helped us to know what
and how to do things, rather than
simply offering theories as so many other courses do. You related things to our
situations. It was made personal to each of us.”
“I’ve seen the difference as my
deputy has taken the learning on board.
I’m pleased because I’ve let her manage differently and take it into the
team, so that it has changed the way the staff work. They will cope without us when we can’t be
there. The staff are now more
organised.”
“Most courses you do, you leave
behind when you go, but this one you’ll never leave behind. It’s a very professional course, but I didn’t
feel under any pressure. Your timing was
always just right.”
To find out more about how Wisborough could help you be the best that
you can be contact us or email info@wisborough.com or give us a call on
01798 872266
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Wisborough Projects have
included:
·
A
4 year project with a health authority to introduce and run an annual
management training and development programme, an appraisal scheme, a briefing
group network and senior management development projects
·
Developing
a team of managers to become trainers in a large financial company (Sun Alliance)
·
Team
development for a research and development company (Philips Research
Laboratories)
·
Developing
a multi-cultural management team for a new commercial enterprise in Russia (Aeroflot Marriotts)
·
A
4 year project to supply the management training and development for a large
engineering company (MEL)
·
A
personal development project for the management & staff of a national
voluntary agency to ensure the closure of units caused no negative political
publicity (Barnardos)
·
The
design and delivery of the Conscious Leadership Programmes - an open leadership
development programme based on using emotional intelligence
·
Facilitating
the Dean and Chapter of a cathedral to refocus their work and the way they work
together (Ely)
·
Developing
the Board of a company and setting the values that would be used for
decision-making (Gemini)
·
The
design and delivery of the Powerful Communications Programme – an open
development programme in Australia
·
Coaching
on Danah Zohar’s course on Spiritual Intelligence in Business
·
One-to-one
work with directors in a variety of companies to develop both themselves and
their companies
·
Team
development in a London hospital using an innovative values based approach (St. Charles Hospital)
·
Identifying
values and ways that the Australian business could express them (Mills Eaton
Communications)
·
Team
development for a dental practice (Squirrels)
· Working with long term unemployed people in New South Wales to develop confidence and resilience. Then Setting
up, and training managers and caseworkers to carry out
a new client review process (Work Directions)
·
A
cultural change programme to give a more positive leadership approach
(HumberVHB)
·
Conscious
Leadership Programmes in-house for Residential & Day Care Managers in the
voluntary sector (Guildcare)
·
Positive
& Powerful Leadership Programmes in-house for a local authority in New
South Wales (Port Macquarie Hastings Council)
To find out more contact us or email info@wisborough.com or give us a call on
01798 872266
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If you are a leader
In this uncertain climate there aren’t
always rules to follow, so you have to be able to discern the best way
forward. There are often different views
and you have to be able to find a way through the disagreements and still take
people with you as you find a solution. To be able to lead in this way you need
to have an enormous level of self-awareness and self-confidence. You need to be able to use your emotional intelligence to develop strong relationships
that you can depend on.
Remember John Adair’s “Action
Centred Leadership” model, the three overlapping circles: “Task”, “Group” and
“Individual”. He suggested that a good leader needed to do activities to meet
the needs of all three, and to balance them according to the situation. This is
good practice and the basis for many competencies we see used today.
However, we now recognise
that to perform these activities we need not only the practical skills, but
also the competencies of emotional and spiritual intelligence, confidence,
self-knowledge, and the ability to create and maintain productive
relationships. Daniel Goleman introduced
us to Emotional Intelligence, and showed us that successful people had these
competencies. <a href=http://www.danielgoleman.info> click here
</a> to check out Daniel Goleman’s site. Danah Zohar & Ian Marshall
introduced us to Spiritual Intelligence and showed us that successful leaders
work with integrity and their personal values. <a href=http://www.dzohar.com>
click here </a> to check out Danah Zohar.
Emotional & Spiritual Intelligence
competencies
There was a flurry of activity generated by EQ, with many instruments
being developed to identify people’s levels of competence in EQ, and their
training needs, and courses were developed to gain these competencies. Zohar
and Marshall have now also developed an instrument to measure Spiritual
Intelligence. Cindy Wigglesworth offers
an on-line assessment of Spiritual Intelligence <a href=http://www.deepchange.com>
click here </a>
Daniel Goleman, with Richard Boyatzis and Annie McKee refined their
ideas into the Emotional Intelligence competencies needed for leadership (see
“The New Leaders - Transforming the art of leadership into the science of
results”). These competencies are: Self-Awareness, Self-Management, Social
Awareness and Relationship Management. Zohar & Marshall have identified
positive motivators such as “exploration”, “co-operation”, “power within”,
“mastery”, “generativity”, and “higher service” (see “Spiritual Capital -
Wealth We Can Live By”), and Cindy wigglesworth has identified skills of
Spiritual Intelligence.
At Wisborough, Chrissie McGinn & Richard Hewitt have been using
these ideas as the basis of the Conscious Leadership Programme. Following what
we know about the best way for people to learn, the programme has been designed
as 3 x 2 day modules with time in between for the integration of the learning.
The modules are: Using Your Emotions to Create Success, Making & Maintaining
Positive Relationships, and Influencing with Integrity.
Individual attention on the Conscious
Leadership Programme
Following Boyatzis and McKee’s, and Zohar and Marshall’s suggestions
on how these competencies can best be learned, the Conscious Leadership
Programme offers self-reflection, insights, and then practical skills to
translate the ideas into actionable solutions.
A coaching approach is suggested, and the Wisborough Programme follows
the principles of coaching quite closely, both in the process of learning and
group size. The group is limited to six participants, with Chrissie McGinn
& Richard Hewitt as the two facilitators so that delegates have the
advantage of individual attention.
Although Wisborough also run Coaching Programmes for Conscious
Achievement <a
href=http://www.wisborough.com/activelst.asp?rid=1&cat=17> Click here
</a> it was decided that there were advantages to running the Conscious
Leadership Programme for a group. People
not only get a wider perspective by hearing how others do things, they also
learn about being part of a group and can practise together and support each
other.
How competent are you as an emotionally
intelligent leader?
Before the programme delegates are asked to complete a questionnaire
based on the EQ leadership competencies to help them identify what they would
like to learn. Some of the statements are printed here so that you can begin to
check out how competent you think you are.
Simply rate yourself 1-5 (1 = low level of competence to 5 = high
level of competence) and see what you discover about yourself.
[ ] I am self-confident
[ ] I have a sense of purpose
[ ] I am able to persuade others about my passion
[ ] I take myself lightly
[ ] I have integrity
[ ] I can
be calm or full of energy as I wish
[ ] I am optimistic, seeing the good in people
and situations, and do not get disheartened by set backs
[ ] I can quickly see what is happening in a
relationship, a meeting, or an organisation
[ ] I am
able to get along with people from different cultures or with different values
[ ] I am candid and authentic, and speak about my
emotions, convictions and visions
[ ] I am able to resolve conflicts
To find out more contact us or email info@wisborough.com or give us a call on
01798 872266
We hope that you will enjoy working
with WISBOROUGH soon.
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