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A new leader taking on a team is an important time, even if that leader has led teams before. Smoothing out, and speeding up, that transition time for both the leader and the team is something we do well. Read about how we can help by clicking here.

The step from “do-er” to Manager can be a huge leap and many organizations lack support for their bright and capable stars who are elevated to management. We sometimes think it’s simply the “logical next step” for someone who really excels in a role, to now manage people in that role. If you’re about to make the leap to leader the Padraig Accelerating Success Program — designed to help leaders get to know their team and vice versa (click here) along with one-to-one coaching (click here) to help that new leader find leadership strengths and build confidence. We can help you step-up to the opportunity to lead others.

The more senior you rise, the more strategic and visionary you have to be. The challenge is, the higher you rise, the more people, issues, challenges and opportunities you will be facing. The noise and distractions can compete for your attention. Very successful, very senior leaders around the world rely on a Coach to help them map their way and achieve their vision. Here’s how we can help (click here).

Congratulations! At Padraig we believe in Tom Peters’s mantra “Leaders don’t create followers, they create more leaders.” We can help you accomplish this. Consider our Everything DiSC Work of Leaders program to help your team members understand themselves better while learning what motivates others around them, combined with tangible examples to help them build their leadership skills. As well, you may want to consider one-to-one coaching for your rising stars — an executive coach can help your team prepare for their next level of leadership, before they’re called upon to step up. For more information on coaching, click here.

Stepping up to lead a new team, even if you’ve led teams previously, takes a lot more energy then when you’re comfortable in the role. The learning curve can be steep and yet the team and your boss will be counting on you right from the start. We have a fantastic program that can help you get up to speed quickly, and the team to learn about you quickly, to flatten out the learning curve and really grab success quickly. Read about how we can help by clicking here.

Team challenges are the main reasons projects fail, deadlines get missed, and opportunities get overlooked. At Padraig we have extensive experience helping teams to work better together and we offer a number of team programs that will help improve relationships and performance. In particular, our amazing workshop series The Five Behaviours of a Cohesive Team based on Patrick Lencioni’s bestselling book, The Five Dysfunctions of a Team, will completely change the way your leadership team interacts with each other, deepening trust, learning to have constructive conflict, committing to decisions, strengthening accountability and ultimately achieving greater results. Click here to learn how we can bring this to your organization.

A reorganization or a realignment of roles and duties can affect everyone in an organization. One key to success is helping the people who will lead others in the realigned organization to get up-to-speed quickly with their new teams. Take a look at our very successful Accelerating Success Program to facilitate leadership through the changes.

For staff, because different people react differently – with some thriving on change and others fearing it- consider our Everything DiSC Workplace Workshop. This is particularly beneficial when people end up working with new teams and colleagues.

At Padraig we’ve had tremendous success helping our coaching clients to reach new heights in their careers. One-to-one coaching can bring incredible return on investment for your career and for your organizational success by helping you develop your strengths and improve other areas to make sure you shine in your current role and when the next opportunity arises. Click here to learn more about how we do this.

One of the key axioms of sales is “How You Interact with the Customer is More Important Than What You Sell.” Yet even the most experienced sales person may misread the clients’ needs, push too hard with some prospects; or not be purposeful enough with others. It can be a challenge to understand what went wrong in the approach that lost a potential customer. Padraig’s Everything DiSC Sales profile and workshop help you improve success rates. Designed specifically for Sales people, this program helps sales staff know themselves, read their prospects, and most importantly align their personality to their prospect to meet the prospect’s needs. Click here to get started.