Leaders are people who drive ideas forward. They create change and momentum in the organisations and support, enable and influence others to meet this change. They help other people to be effective they are always striving to be more effective themselves. You don’t have to be a manager to be a leader. In the Academy, we will explore how you can become a great leader while staying true to your creative integrity and your personality.
Leadership Academy At the bonafide hr Leadership Academy we grow creative leaders who can solve the business challenges of today and tomorrow by engaging teams through heart, vision and excellence. The Leadership Academy has been designed to empower you to create your own leadership style, so that you can drive change and growth across your entire organisation. Our Leadership Academy is a suite of carefully designed and configurable programmes built by experienced facilitators from across the executive coaching, HR, leadership and training industry. They enable our participants to develop the creative capabilities of frontline leaders and high-potential employees as part of a cohort. – An opportunity to be part of a cohort of like-minded people – a diverse mixture of aspiring, experienced and newly appointed leaders from across the creative industry – Create or develop your own leadership brand – Become confident in your leadership abilities – Explore skills that will allow you to engage your team with heart and vision – Learn how to master difficult conversations and resolve conflicts assertively – Understand what it means to increase your influence and the impact it may have – Improve your personal effectiveness To register your interest or for more information contact us today. I first met Hans in 2017 at a networking event and we connected immediately. Hans is an ex-lawyer (Ashurst and Santander) turned executive coach. This transition from lawyer to coach was a compelling one. Hans explained how, as a result of a serious health crisis, he decided to do something more meaningful with his life. I found him charming, charismatic, engaging and with a contagious smile. You just wanted to talk to him. Hans has been successfully coaching many bonafide hr clients on a host of issues, mainly around leadership. He combines practical insights with a wealth of coaching tools for a person-centred approach. The Leadership Academy was created out of frustration. During my long career in human resources, I had witnessed first-hand self-indulgent leadership styles at every level. What’s worse is that the very leaders I supported didn’t always recognise a suitable leadership style for themselves. That lack of awareness became an obstacle when discussing leadership of their teams – especially as they themselves were the root cause of the problem. I struggled for some time with a genuine desire to do something around leadership versus the need for HR to miraculously have managers lead – but how? What support would be given them? What tools are available for leaders? How did they view leadership themselves? What is the key to creating your employees’ leadership style…? More recently, since the launch of bonafide hr, I set out to discuss this with my clients and discovered that one common thread tied them all. We want to upskill our leaders and support them but can’t afford to send them on expensive leadership development training programmes. [Average cost is often upwards of £10,000 per participant]* I recently approached a few leadership development training companies; most of them did not want to tap into the SME space. The response ranged from “They can’t afford to send participants on training” to “We only work with companies that clearly have a leadership proposition for their employees and the budget to invest”. The list of companies they worked with included financial institutions, pharma companies, global conglomerates (all the companies I worked for myself) who can afford to send people on expensive leadership and management training programmes. I was one of them! I found myself moaning about this constantly with HR and leadership colleagues and then I thought, “I’m going to do something about it”. In January 2019 I started to pull together a team of experts from across the HR and leadership industry – a mixture of training professionals, occupational psychologists and coaches. We all got along well and discovered a common interest in supporting smaller businesses. We wanted to bring together what we have learnt to serve the next generations of leaders in the SME space, within the creative industry… and here we are. My name is Shaheen, Founder of bonafide hr Leadership Academy, and here is our remarkable team! Shaheen Kadri Human Resource Director & Co-Founder, bonafide hr
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“Leadership and Performance is part of any organisational culture. Your ability to perform and lead helps you to grow your leadership position in the businesses that you support.”
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