Leader toolkit

We live by our values because they help us to deliver our purpose – ADDING QUALITY AND INSPIRATION TO LIFE.

It is up to each and every one of us, to live the spirit of our values every day and to be CUSTOMER OBSESSED, COLLABORATIVE, INSPIRATIONAL, RESPONSIBLE and DEDICATED TO QUALITY.

As leaders, our people look to us to demonstrate our values in all we do. We lead our teams and deliver performance, both our own and the team’s, based on our values. Our values are demonstrated in the all-important conversations with our people that strengthen relationships. These relationships, built on trust, are how we engage our people.

Our toolkit provides tools to help you plan for these ongoing conversations that will build performance, motivation and engagement.

Keep in mind

Leading Self

Time management and planning

Planning and organising for all aspects of your work, including making time for your people and running effective meetings.

Communication and listening

Developing two-way communication skills focusing on listening and achieving shared understanding.

Taking charge of change

Helping you to take control of the change process and the opportunities presented in moving towards the future.

Understanding yourself

Developing an honest understanding of your own emotions, strengths, weaknesses, needs and drives.

Stepping up – preparing to lead

Preparing to take on the role of leading others.

Leading Others

Performance planning and conversations

Bringing out the best in your people through honest, clear and fair performance conversations.

Difficult conversations

Helping you to prepare to deliver unwelcome or unexpected messages.

Enabling and engaging others

Building commitment including motivating and delegating conversations.

Coaching and developing others

Using approaches such as feedback, coaching and mentoring to support the development of team members.

Collaboration and influencing

Building the key skills of getting things done by working with others.

Supporting health and well-being

Recognising when team members are feeling challenged, identifying early warning signs of stress and encouraging health and well-being in your team members.

Leading Teams

Leading teams

Working together to create shared goals and values.

Leading change

Building confidence and expertise to make change work for the benefit of your team and the organisation.

Leading strategically

Defining and taking the organisation into the future.