Accelerated Leadership

PROSPECTUS 2016/17
ACCELERATED
LEADERSHIP
PROGRAMME
LEADERSHIP
RELEASING
POTENTIAL
EXPERIENTIAL
LEARNING
SELF-AWARENESS
PERFORMANCE
TEAMS
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About Grahame Robb Associates

Established in 1989, Grahame Robb Associates (GRA) specialises in learning and development training
programmes which release the potential of individuals, teams and organisations. We firmly believe in
enabling organisations to improve performance by investing in their people.
We own and operate two Outdoor Learning Centres, Reading and Burton-upon-Trent, which are
purpose-built facilities, designed specifically to support high impact, experiential learning and leadership
development. The Reading centre is situated within a 15-acre mature oak woodland and includes one of the
largest and most extensive ropes courses in Europe. Our Burton-upon-Trent centre is located at the English
Football Association’s St. George’s Park National Football Centre.
Our delivery team are accredited trainers in many of the world’s most recognisable and successful
leadership and team development models. We utilise the outdoors to bring theory to life, practice the skills
and provide honest, encouraging and constructive feedback so that delegates can immediately apply their
learning once they return to the workplace.
©Grahame Robb Associates Ltd. Accelerated Leadership Programme

2 ALP Overview
In many organisations, technical The performance and progression of individuals,

competence is considered the most teams, and sometimes entire organisations,
can stagnate because of an inability to lead
critical component for success. We
successfully. Often, leaders with high technical
promote high performers to management
competence, but underdeveloped ‘soft skills’ are
roles as it is often seen as the only
dismissed as ineffective leaders and not provided
solution for career progression and with the resources to develop these skills and apply
justification for rewards such as higher them.
salaries, bonuses and other perks.
The GRA Accelerated Leadership Programme is
In a management position, employees are no longer a modular leadership development programme
simply judged on their technical proficiency, they designed to support organisations who wish to
are also evaluated on their ability to coach and accelerate the development and performance
mentor; provide and receive constructive feedback; of practising middle managers. The programme
hold difficult conversations; develop budgets; blends proven theoretical models with opportunities
present with confidence to senior members of staff to bring them to life and apply the learning in a
and external stakeholders; and build an effective practical setting at our Corporate Outdoor Learning
and high performing team. Centre, Reading.
By the time most employees reach a position Our approach provides delegates with the freedom
demanding such skills, the expectation is that they to explore and develop their own style and personal
will have developed the required leadership qualities brand of leadership and enhance their team’s
through life experience or their “natural” ability in performance.
other areas.
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Delegates will use globally-recognised learning and

WHY GRA?
development tools to take an introspective assessment Grahame Robb Associates Ltd has over 25 years of
of their own strengths and weaknesses and experience in the design and delivery of leadership
understand areas of personal development. They will development training programmes for organisations of
also enhance their ability to lead through the quality of all sizes around the world. In the last 12 months, we
their interactions with other members of the team and have delivered training in over 30 countries.
by flexing their leadership style to specific situations
Our team of vastly experienced facilitators have
and individuals.
developed leaders at every level of an organisation,
Our practical exercises have been developed over from graduates to senior executives, enabling them to
many years and encourage delegates to explore the maximise and achieve their potential.
boundaries of their comfort zone. We will test their
Through this experience, we are able to design and
ability to think strategically, coach others and lead
deliver programmes that meet tailored outcomes
under pressure, all in a risk-free, structured training
applicable to the specific management level of the
environment designed specifically for high impact
participants. We accelerate development by going
learning.
above and beyond typical learning and development
Over the course of the three modules, we will enable packages to inspire people to change their approach
participants to enhance their skills, practice leading in and improve performance as well as provide a return
a range of situations and improve results as well as on investment.
prepare for senior management responsibilities in the
We are partners of two leading learning and
future.
development organisations Belbin® and The Ken
To help sustain development once delegates return Blanchard Companies®, as well as accredited trainers
to the workplace, they will nominate a colleague in Action Centred Leadership™, Thomas Kilmann’s
to sponsor their progress and receive personalised Conflict Mode, and many other leadership and team
actions plans from our Course Director, Joe development models. In addition, we are the exclusive
Mackintosh. UK and Republic of Ireland licensee for the VitalSmarts
suite of culture change training programmes: Crucial
The Accelerated Leadership Programme provides
Conversations®, Crucial Accountability™, Influencer™
managers with a platform to learn more about
and Change Anything™.
themselves, improve the quality of their interactions
and enhance their leadership capabilities. Following excellent feedback from our clients about
the long-term success of our programmes, we are
delighted to be able to add our public programme to
our leadership offering, enabling individuals to attend
with managers at a similar level in other organisations.

4 Module 1 - Self and Team Awareness
OVERVIEW KEY MODELS/TOOLS TO BE USED

Self-awareness is a critical component for becoming a • How to Build and Lead a High Performance Team
more effective leader. Through personalised feedback
• Treat Others How They Want to be Treated
and practical exercises delegates will develop a
greater understanding of their own personality and • Learning Styles Questionnaire
leadership style, enabling them to recognise the
• Reaction to Job Questionnaire
impact this has on the performance of others. The
module also outlines how to develop successful teams • Experiential Team Exercises
and provides delegates with the opportunity to begin
• The Four Stages of Team Development
work on their Personal Action Plan.
• Personal Action Planning
LEARNING OUTCOMES
• Increase self-awareness of participants’ own
leadership style, team contributions, personality,
behaviours and how they impact the performance
of others. MODULE DATE:
• Gain personal feedback from a variety of 24th-26th May 2016
questionnaires, tools, techniques and practical
exercises and understand how these can be used
MODULE LENGTH:
within their own organisation to improve individual 3 Days
and team performance.
MODULE TUTOR:
• Understand personal motivation and how to
motivate others. Grahame Robb
• Master relationship-building through simple
psychology and learn to recognise how to best LOCATION:
communicate with different individuals. Corporate Outdoor Learning Centre
• Gain practical experience of how teams develop Goodboys Lane,
and understand the importance of team process Mortimer,
as well as how this impacts on team performance Reading,
• Create a personal action plan to return to the RG7 3AE
workplace with.

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MODULE 1 MODULE 2 MODULE 3
Duration: 3 Days Duration: 3 Days Duration: 3 Days
SELF AND TEAM LEADERSHIP SKILLS SITUATIONAL

AWARENESS IN PRACTICE LEADERSHIP® II IN
ACTION
Day 1 Module 1 Details
How to build and lead a high performance team

AM The four stages of team development
Creating balanced teams
Break Lunch
Understanding how teams develop
Team exercise and review
PM
Understanding personal motivation and its impact on results
Analysing personal career progression
Day 2
Differences between leadership and management
AM Understanding and learning from how my career has progressed up
until now
Understanding my learning style and how I can use this effectively
Break Lunch
PM Team exercises and review
Day 3
How to build stronger relationships by understanding how people
want to be treated
AM
Problem solving and reaction to change
Break Lunch
PM
Action planning

6 Module 2 - Leadership Skills in Practice

This is an experiential learning module involving • How to Deal with Conflict
a significant planning phase culminating in a 1
• GRA Business Scenario – The cohort would
and a ½ day business scenario taking place at our
work as a single team over 1.5 days to plan
Corporate Outdoor Learning Centre. This powerful
and deliver a number of objectives for an ‘end
learning experience provides each participant with
customer’. These objectives can only be delivered
the opportunity to apply learning from the programme
by successfully undertaking a series of indoor
and lead an equal part of the scenario to discover how
and outdoor team-based activities that will
they can build on their potential to deliver maximum
link to many of the concepts, tools and skills
performance within their leadership role.
that the managers have gained throughout the
programme. It’s about ‘putting it all into practice’
LEARNING OUTCOMES
in a fun, engaging and impactful way.
• What has happened since Module 1? How have
• Continue Personal Action Planning
you been able to apply the learning?
• Understanding the different forms of conflict and

how to tailor your behaviour to a specific situation.
• Business planning skills, leadership, problem- MODULE DATE:

solving innovation, team skills. 13th-15th July 2016
• Review, refresh and put into practice the skills, MODULE LENGTH:
principles and techniques learnt throughout the
3 Days
first two modules.
MODULE TUTOR:
• Review of the experience and application back to
the workplace. Joe Mackintosh
• Personal feedback via stop, start and continue.

LOCATION:
Corporate Outdoor Learning Centre
Goodboys Lane,
Mortimer,
Reading,
RG7 3AE

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ACTION

What’s happened since module 1?
AM
Understanding my style when I find myself in conflict
Learning how to improve my ability to deal with conflict effectively
Break Lunch

Introduction to the business scenario
PM
Business planning
Business presentation
Day 2
Full Day Business scenario
Day 3
Review of business scenario
AM What does this mean for me as a leader?
Development and learning points
Break Lunch
Personal feedback - stop, start, continue
PM What will I do differently following modules 1 and 2?
Action plans
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This module will introduce the Situational Leadership® • Situational Leadership® II
II experience to equip delegates with the skills
• Development Levels
to develop and coach others through change. It
encourages them to analyse and review their own • Leadership Styles – Directive and Supportive
leadership style, and flex this style, depending on the Behaviours
person and the situation. Partnering for Performance • GRA Partnering for Performance
enables delegates to practice flexing their leadership
• Finalise Personal Action Plan for Continued
style by acquiring a new skill on our ropes course or
Development
archery range and coaching another delegate how to
develop this skill themselves.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
• Understand the Situational Leadership® II theory MODULE DATE:
and how it can help improve performance within 27th-29th September 2016
the organisation.
MODULE LENGTH:
• Learn how to diagnose the different development
3 Days
levels of staff and the appropriate leadership
styles to use. MODULE TUTOR:
• Recognise individuals’ preferred leadership styles Brian Collyer
and the importance of being flexible in meeting
the needs of employees. LOCATION:
• Understand and practice the skills of Situational Corporate Outdoor Learning Centre
Leadership II in a risk-free environment. Goodboys Lane,
Mortimer,
• Enhance coaching capabilities in skill acquisition.
Reading,
RG7 3AE

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ACTION
Introduction to Situational Leadership® II

AM
The first skill of a Situational Leader - Goal setting
Break Lunch
The second skill of a Situational Leader - Diagnosing

PM
Introduction to the concept of development levels and requirements
Day 2
The third skill of a Situational Leader - Matching

AM
The pitfalls of over supervision and under supervision
Break Lunch
Skill acquisition in the outdoors
PM Preparation of coaching activity
Introduction to partnering for performance
Day 3
Coaching your new skill
AM
Peer feedback on coaching capability
Break Lunch
Leadership Behaviour Analysis II
One-to-One Conversations
PM
Tools for mastering SLII®
Finalise personal action plan

10 Meet Our Trainers
Joe’s ability to deliver impactful, results-focused

leadership development programmes is supported
by the wide range of qualifications he has achieved.
This enables him to blend theory with practical skills
application effectively. These qualifications include:
• Master Trainer in Crucial Conversations®

• Certified Trainer in Crucial Accountability™
• Belbin® Team Roles Accredited Trainer
Joe Mackintosh, Course Director • Practitioner in Neuro-Linguistics Programming
Joe has over 15 years’ experience in designing and (NLP)
delivering leadership development programmes • Action Centred Leadership™ (ACL) Accredited
specialising in behaviour change, performance Trainer
management, and coaching. • European Ropes Course Accredited Instructor
Trainer and Assessor
As Course Director for The Accelerated Leadership
Programme, Joe will be ever-present on all • Archery GB Instructor
three modules and lead facilitator on Module • BCU UKCC Level 3 Kayaking and Canoeing
2 – Leadership Skills in Practice. He will provide
Joe has designed and delivered leadership and
personalised feedback and action plans to individual
team development programmes for a wide range of
delegates and progress will be tracked throughout
organisations in the public, private and not-for-profit
the programme. He will also be available to
sectors. Delegates have ranged from graduates to
delegates to offer support and guidance on how
senior executives. Notable clients include: HSBC,
to effectively embed the skills once back in the
Kyocera, United Technologies Corporation, The
workplace.
Football Association, NHS, London Business School
Joe is a versatile trainer accredited in many indoor and Oracle.
training programmes and is a vastly experienced
outdoor instructor able to bring theory to life in an
experiential learning environment. He is passionate
about helping people reach their full potential and
this is reflected in his enthusiastic, engaging, and
honest training delivery. His natural facilitation skills,
coupled with his ability to relate to his audience,
helps keep people engaged and motivated.

Meet Our Trainers 11
Grahame Robb, Course Tutor Brian Collyer, Course Tutor
Grahame is the Managing Director of GRA and has Brian has over 25 years’ experience as a
more than 30 years’ experience in leadership and Development Trainer and has worked with a wide
team development, organisational development, variety of delegates ranging from senior executives
and strategic consulting. He is an enthusiastic of multinational organisations through to graduates
presenter who inspires others to achieve beyond on accelerated management development
their aspirations. Grahame is a Master Trainer in programmes. Brian is accredited in Belbin® Team
Influencer™ and is accredited in Belbin® Team Role Role Theory, Situational Leadership® II, and Facet
Theory and Situational Leadership® II. 5. He excels in developing business scenarios
that enable delegates to apply their learning in an
outdoor experiential environment.

12 Client Testimonials
We were soon sat around the table together and as a

result of listening to and understanding the challenges
we faced, the GRA team developed a tailored
modular leadership training programme that suited
the varied skills and experiences of the TAG Aviation
management team; with each individual manager
receiving a personalised action plan following the
“It has had such a positive course.
impact on our people with From the outset of the leadership programme, GRA’s
enhanced team performance team of skilled and experienced trainers were very
professional in their approach and built a great rapport
as a result of better with all of our managers. The seamless combination
leadership.” of indoor and outdoor learning kept our team engaged
throughout the programme. I’m delighted that it
Greg Hoggett, Managing Director- TAG Aviation
has had such a positive impact on our people with
Farnborough
enhanced team performance as a result of better
“After almost a year of unsuccessful searching for a leadership. It has created real and tangible benefits for
management training company, my search ended on the business.
one sunny day in April 2013 at Wokefield Park, where I
The GRA team genuinely cared about delivering
immediately recognised that GRA were the right fit for
results-focused training that benefited our business.”
what we needed.
I attended their complimentary Leading Change

event which gave me the chance to gain a first-
hand experience of their ability to blend theory,
skill development and practical application into a
management development programme. Following
the event, I was in no doubt that GRA were the best
training services partner for TAG Aviation Maintenance
Services.

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“We have developed a strong

leadership brand and code as
a team.”
Neil Caldwell, Vice President Europe - Cybersource
“I consulted with GRA to establish a leadership

programme for my regional team. I was new to my role
and, as a group, we had taken little time to align on our
priorities, collaboration and focus but, most importantly,
how that translated to enabling and motivating our staff.
The GRA team did a great job of identifying how

to achieve our objectives in the most effective way
possible and introducing compelling management
strategies to improve our approach and implementation
in an interactive and engaging way.
As a result, we have developed a strong leadership
brand and code as a team and maintained a level
of focus that has catalysed the team’s development
through 2015/16.”

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Further Information
PRICING CONTACT US
Price to attend: £3,995 per person ex VAT. For further information on the Accelerated
Leadership Programme or to book your place,
Please note that this fee includes study
contact us via:
materials, tuition and lunch during
the workshops. It does not include
Tel: 01962 779911
accommodation or morning and evening
meals. Email: enquiries@gra.uk.com
HOTEL ACCOMMODATION
Grahame Robb Associates Ltd
Our Corporate Outdoor Learning Centre near Dolphin House, Abbas Business Centre,
Reading is located within the grounds of Itchen Abbas,
De Vere Venues’ Wokefield Park Conference
Winchester,
Centre and Hotel. As a long term partner of
Hampshire,
the hotel, we are able to secure preferential
SO21 1BQ
rates for our course delegates.
www.gra.uk.com/accelerated-leadership
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©Grahame Robb Associates Ltd. Accelerated Leadership Programme

In many organisations, technical The performance and progression of individuals,