Peak Leadership

Peak performance is about aiming high and achieving the best you can. Sometimes it may seem we are climbing on our own; especially as we always need self-belief and determination to succeed. However no matter what we are involved in, only when we start to use leadership and team work do we truly realise the true heights we can aspire to.

Peak Leadership provides a broad understanding of leadership, management strategies and methodologies to enable managers to develop their own style of leadership. The tailored nature of this programme makes it suitable for all levels of management however is also essential development for new and middle managers in their first leadership role. This is the basis from which managers can develop excellence in leadership and management through their careers and ensure they operate at peak performance for their organisation.

This programme utilises both military and business concepts with interactive training methods to develop agile and resilient leaders for your business, improving their effectiveness and business profitability.

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Personal Peak Coaching

Andy Walker is an experienced coach and NLP Practitioner, qualified in Coaching and Mentoring with the Chartered Management Institute.

“I have learned a great deal from elite sportsmen, military and commercial leaders about motivation and reasons why some people fail whilst others succeed. Most of the people I have coached were held back not by themselves or lack of hard work, but by either poor goal setting or the need for mental resilience training. Both of these are coachable.

Our coaching packages are individually designed for everyday people who want to achieve exceptional things. The objectives and benefits of achieving your personal peak therefore will be specifically tailored with each individual.

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Peak Team

In business the word ‘team’ is often misused to describe dysfunctional committees that take two steps back for every one forward, groups that just do not come together for the better of the company, or project teams that engage in wishful ‘blue sky’ thinking rather than honest analysis. Anyone who has been part of any organisation — anything from a large international company to a small local council department — has experienced such behaviours that can occur when human beings try to work together in groups.

But does teamwork have to be a lost cause? Do we have to rely solely on the charismatic leader or the creative genius to squeeze satisfactory results from a mediocre workforce? Definitely not. The best chefs will testify they can only work with great ingredients. So too, our leaders can be enabled to achieve much more if we spend time developing the team. In fact research shows that almost every decision of consequence is either made or supported by a group, so it certainly pays to invest in improving the team’s understanding of the business and their accountabilities.

All team members must know what is expected of them. This programme introduces the team ethos so admired in the UK armed forces, adapted so your team know how to perform ‘at peak’ to support management and business success.

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Peak Experience

It is too easy for companies to spend money on team building activities or team bonding days only to find that weeks later all that was remembered were ‘fun days out’. With Peak Experience you get outdoor development that gives every single attendee a glimpse of their potential as individuals, team members and leaders.

Typically the day starts with training in some of the basic skills so everyone has an understanding of what lies ahead and also to ensure they share a benchmark level of knowledge from which to draw. The team are given specific challenges to practise their skills, leadership and team working. These activities are designed and supervised so that even the most junior of employees can have a go at leadership, so they can fully appreciate what it is like to be ‘in charge’. Also leaders can be reminded how it feels to follow!

As the day develops though so too do the challenges, as realistic scenarios are introduced for the attendees to control, manage and lead themselves. Everyone is also encouraged to analyse the experiences during periods of reflection so that they can relate what they have learned to the work place,

This is the ultimate experience to test and develop managers and their team – or both together. It is great as an opportunity for people who do normally interact on a regularly basis to do so in a fun, safe and exciting environment.

Suitable for all, this outdoor programme provides a challenging, fun and memorable experience, with the outcome that your leaders and team will have plenty of new skills and behaviours to improve individual and team performance.

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Train the Trainer

Fancy yourself as a Trainer? Have someone in your team that could deliver training? At Peak concentrate on the leadership and team performance training which is a necessity common to all organisations, therefore we recognise that there may be areas of your business, or your industry where your own people have more knowledge and may be better suited to design and deliver training. We are happy to help and can make this possible through our Train the Trainer programme. This is an intensive course run over three consecutive days which results in the award of a nationally recognised Group Training Certificate that stays with you for life.

The best leaders are also trainers, coaches and facilitators. If your business wants to carry out any training in-house, we can help with our Train the Trainer programme to develop and reward your top people to achieve a nationally recognised trainer qualification.

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Resilience

Whilst some special few may seem to possess resilience in ‘bucket loads’, many others may struggle to even meet the challenges of everyday life. Resilience can actually be acquired naturally either randomly by conditioning during our lives or more efficiently by applying our unique development principles. Andy has thrived despite being exposed to some of the hardest challenges the armed forces and sporting world could throw at him. He has also worked with elite units and Special Forces and tempers over forty years of experience into a system he tried and tested personally and also within business. These skills can be learned through personal coaching or be incorporated into a tailored training programme, but will give everyone the tools to build resiliency and accomplish outstanding achievements!