Session 1:

Discovering Your Authentic Leadership Style 

A session introducing participants to basic concepts on Authentic Leadership – drawing on the work of Bill George and others which focused on: 

• Why Leadership Matters 

• Highlighting the difference between Leadership and Management 

• Giving participants an opportunity to consider and reflect upon their own leadership style 

• Challenging and Stretching participants to map out the type of leadership they want to bring to HubSpot 

Agenda Flow for the session: 

• Introduction to Authentic Leadership – referencing the work of Bill George in this area 

• Authentic Leadership Questionnaire – a simple self-scored set of questions designed to help participants uncover their leadership preferences and biases 

• Leadership Story Boarding Exercise – My Story and My Leadership Intentions for the year ahead 

Session 2:

Coaching and The Grow Model 

A session focused on building the capacity of participants to coach their teams and direct reports such that they can proactively engage, inspire and enable greater levels of performance from the people around them in ways that actively promote greater cohesion, honesty and accountability. 

Over the course of the session participants worked on: 

• Understanding the basic principles of great coaching and links between motivation, capability and performance 

• Understanding key coaching skills including reflective listening and asking purposeful questions 

• Using the RE-GROW Model in coaching conversations 

• Putting their learning into practice in the areas of active listening, questioning and using the RE-GROW model in their every-day coaching interactions 

The Agenda flow of the session was as follows: 

• Introduction to key concepts of coaching 

• Introduction to the GROW Model 

• Skills Practice 

Session 3:

Leading Teams in Practice 

This session was designed as an opportunity for participants to understand the true nature of high performing teams and how to lead in this type of environment through the lens of elite sport.

Working off-site in an elite sport training venue the session focused on giving participants a practical insight into the building and application of 4 interconnected principles of team performance: 

• Communication 

• Collaboration 

• Delegation 

• Trust 

The agenda flow for the session was as follows: 

• Taking participants off-site to a centre of excellence for elite sport 

• Platforming key concepts of building and leading high-performance cultures and teams 

• A series of fun and practical team-based challenges and games focused on spotlighting areas of team performance 

• A debrief and reflection session followed by group plenary on the key learnings, insights and take-aways