Legendary Leadership
for Teams

Leadership teams in scaleups experience unique challenges preventing them from growing as the business grows. There are often the pressures of pace, band-aiding, poor communication, decision-making bottlenecks, and a lack of role clarity - as individuals and as a team.

The more established a leader is in their role, the more individual their capability needs. I work with leadership teams in a 1:1 capacity to uncover these needs, and then as a team to establish an aligned, cohesive environment, for maximum performance.

Who is this program for?

This program is to support VCs, investors, founders and exec teams in scaleups who recognise the need to build leadership capability to scale.

VCs often look beyond the growth potential of the technology or product and prioritise investment decisions based on the scalability of the team.

Founder liability statistics, compiled by CB Insights in June 2021, show six of the top twenty reasons for startup failure are directly related to the founder’s role as leader of people.

Founder lacks passion
Founder lacks focus
Founder burnout
Founder didn’t use the network
Disharmony among team and investors
Didn’t have the right team

Don’t let your leadership be a problem

You start your business with the best of intentions. Amazing ideas. Grand plans. Big ambitions.

And then you need people to help you realise those dreams.

At some point, people become the problem, not the solution. But, as the saying goes, it’s not them; it’s you.

I hear plenty of concerns from the clients I work with.

Senior leaders and exec teams say:

There’s a lack of people leadership capability.

We feel stuck. We can’t make decisions to move forward.

We aren’t clear about our roles.

There’s high risk and high impact if we lose key technical capability.

It’s hard to find the right people in today’s job market.

Business is operating at breakneck speed, and we’re band- aiding the challenges.

VCs and investors say:

We want to support founders in our portfolio, but they’re not hearing us.

The company is burning our money. We want to help them.

The founders and leadership team are not aligned.

Founders need to let go of old ideas to drive performance.

Key relationships need attention, reputations are being challenged.

Founders must make tough calls about holding on to their mates or the ‘brilliant jerks’.

How does this program help?

To grow and scale as a business, founders and senior leaders will need to lift leadership capability to become great people leaders. You will need to ensure everyone is working together, in alignment. It’s no longer just about creating ideas, these will need to be converted into performance, to enable you to scale.

We will use two frameworks to build leadership capability to develop Legendary Leadership for Teams.

Legendary Leader Roadmap

It often feels there is so much going on with distractions, deadlines and launch dates that it’s hard to step back and assess what’s working and what’s not.

By investing time, energy and effort in developing yourself as a leader in your business, this program will set you on the path to become a Legendary Leader.

2. UP Skills Framework

There are 24 independent modules within my UP Skills framework, each addressing a different leadership capability challenge. I’ll work with you and your team to determine the best modules to meet each person’s specific leadership needs, as identified through their Legendary Leader Roadmap.

This is a consultative approach that ensures every minute spent on leadership development will have an impact. Once we agree on the modules, I’ll design each leader’s program and away we go.

Each module will typically involve a workshop or masterclass, group coaching and/or 1:1 coaching delivered each month.

The 24 UP Skills framework cover a broad range of topics addressing the following areas:

Fess UP - why we do what we do, self-awareness
Hang UP - confronting your inner voice
Pay UP - invest in yourself
Step UP – transition to leader
Level UP – operational v strategic
Show UP - personal brand
Nudge UP - influence
Change UP - complex environments
Listen UP - listening
Heads UP – delivering effective feedback
Speak UP – managing conflict
Connect UP - connection
Grow UP - coaching skills
Manage UP - manage your manager
Measure UP - performance
Move UP - careers
Mix UP – diversity & inclusion
Power UP – team infrastructure
Keep UP - engagement & retention
Shake UP - effective teams
Slow UP - consistency
Scale UP – org design
Lead UP – talent strategy & succession
Build UP - culture infrastructure

Selected profiling tools support the process, such as Genos 360 Emotional Intelligence, Gallup’s Clifton Strengths 34 Assessment, DiSC Workplace, DiSC for Leaders, Leaderskill 360