The Improvised Leader

Minimum 4hr session + preparation and follow up
Up to 8 participants per group
Online or Offline

unlock your potential with improv

A leader focused on the situation rather than themselves

Everyone has had that boss. The one who shouts rather than helps, gives orders before understanding. The one who made everything more painful by not listening. The boss who got in the way.

The days of command and control leadership are gone, but what has it been replaced with? The boss who only listens enough to give advice? The inspiring speech with no practical changes? The boss who wants to be your friend?

Don’t be any of those bosses. Be a truly modern leader. One that empowers their team, knowing that their role changes from moment to moment. The boss who guides rather than dominates, but still knows how to make a decision. A leader focused on the situation rather than their ego. An improvised leader.

In this challenging and ambitious programme, you will examine what it means to be a leader, what skills you already have and what you lack. Crucially, you will ask yourself what mistakes you make and what you need to change right now.

Using interactive techniques to embed learnings fast, the Improvised Leader is a programme both for those new to leadership and looking to expand their toolbox and for those looking to shake up their old habits.

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Is it right for you?

Book this programme if:

You are stuck in an outdated model of leadership

Your hierarchies stifle discussion

You want to connect better with the people who report to you

Not any of these things? Go look at other stuff or call us!

Programme content

Before the Workshop

Leadership, status and Power Questionaire. Our attitude to power and status often has deep psychological roots. In the pre-course questionnaire, we ask participants to reflect on these roots and how they express themselves. Often we know more than we care to admit and can make significant change just by bringing this knowledge to awareness.

During the Workshop

1) Presentation: What is your job, really?

To start the workshop, we share some of the thinking about leadership, from the business world, sports, and the arts. Through case studies and simple principles, we encourage participants to reflect on what their role requires from them and what they can instantly adjust to better serve their teams.

2) Resilience through Flexibility

The easiest way to lead is to tell people what to do. But as anyone who has ever managed people will tell you, humans are complex and unpredictable. To begin the live part of the programme, participants will look at how they respond to failure and lack of control, seeing how opportunities to lead are not always obvious and how the best structures sometimes arise organically.

3) Status and Interpersonal Power

Some leaders have ‘it’ and some don’t. The ability to command respect, charisma, and presence. But that’s not the end of the story. ‘It’ can be taught. Using simple, applicable techniques, candidates will learn how interpersonal power is created and expressed and how to use it to connect in large groups and one-to-one.

4) The Quietest Voice in the Room

Often leadership isn’t about having the best idea. It’s about noticing what someone else is doing and drawing attention to it. In this section of the workshop, your participants will look at listening and emotional intelligence to draw out the best in everyone they work with, not just the loudest.

After the Workshop: Next step recommendations and support materials

This workshop is an invitation to change how you lead and we do not expect all of the insights we offer to be applied instantly. To support this change, after this workshop, we provide a tailored set of recommendations for further training and support materials.

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