Leadership Workshops

Leading Through Stormy Seas

You can only tell the strength of a submarine's hull when you take it down – it's pressure that reveals the cracks.

Leaders are not defined by their efforts when things are going well, the most defining moments come when the team faces hardship and needs good leadership most. Make the wrong moves in these critical periods and performance will decline just when everyone needs it most.

Virtually all teams face hardship at some point. Alberta's boom and bust oil economy makes this inevitable. These are the situations that test leaders most and can build or break teams. Leading people through them takes a different approach than business as usual. When teams are well led, a stormy sea can produce accelerated team development, however these same periods can also break confidence and lead to big setbacks.

Drawing on the experience of leading teams through several stormy seas, Dan offers a powerful and practical workshop that will prepare the members of your leadership team through the toughest challenges with confidence.

Workshop Overview:

• The unique opportunity and risk presented by a stormy sea.
• Understanding the changing mission.
• Overcoming the distraction of fear and worry.
• The leader's role as encourager.
• Responding to pressure.
• Leading from the front.
• Attacking "victim mentality."
• Tightening focus and taking control.
• Rising to the new communication demands
• Building a plan.
• Celebrating success and reinforcing the team message.

Don't miss this opportunity to equip your leaders with this essential skill.

In the Heart And Hands Of Leadership, Dan Gaynor shares a lifetime of leadership experience honed in the fast paced world of newspapers and refined through ten years as a leading speaker, teacher and executive coach.  Learn More »

"Dan delivered his Heart and Hands of Leadership workshop as a guest speaker to kick-off to our senior management retreat. The content and particularly Dan's delivery of the information acted as catalysts in creating the conditions of success for our meeting. Throughout our sessions we kept referring back to the workshop as a benchmark of leadership behaviours required to bring our company to its next level. Participants were impressed with Dan's style and in his generosity to share from his own business management experience. No doubt in my mind that having Dan involved in our retreat will have a lasting impact on the success of Chariot Carriers in the future".
– Pierre Doyon, CEO, Chariot Carriers Inc.