LEADING THE BAND

Leadership Matters

Welcome to leadership at Spaulding Ridge! Whether you are a first-time people leader or an executive, we take leading the band seriously. As leaders, our tone has consequences and keeping to our company’s beat is critical. It is both a privilege and responsibility to help our team find their rhythm and empower each bandmate to play to the best of their unique abilities.

Our ultimate impact as leaders is not simply about utilization, it’s about realizing the full potential of our people, and maximizing our value to clients. This Leading the Band Training Series is designed to strengthen your leadership and ensure that together, we successfully rise to the opportunities and challenges ahead for our firm.

• Expand self-leadership skills critical for personal and professional growth

• Enhance emotional intelligence and your ability to navigate personnel challenges

• Improve communication, collaboration, and coaching skills

• Strengthen your ability to lead inclusively, building trust with your team and clients

Leading the Band Training 2020

Each of the following training sessions will be 90 minutes and include small group breakout discussions with peer-level leaders. Please see the trainings and recordings from 2020 below.

Part 2

Building Trust: How to Create Psychological Safety and Team Cohesion 

See recording of this session from Thursday, September 10th 2020

Research shows that high performing teams are determined less by who is on the team and more by how those team members interact. The presence of trust and psychological safety within a team are imperative for productivity, inclusion and impact. In this session you will:

• Learn the 5 traits of high performing teams and how to identify your gaps

• Understand the key mindsets and inclusive behaviors of leaders who build trust

• Create your playbook to increase trust and psychological safety on your team

Part 3

Elevating Communication: How to Lead with Clarity, Consistency and Vulnerability

See recording of this session from Thursday, October 8th 2020

Effective communication is one of the most important skills for a leader and foundational to managing projects, teams and client relationships. The greater the value and quality of our communication, the more successfully we will lead. In this session you will:  

• Learn the key questions to ask to help develop clarity and consistency for your team

• Understand what vulnerability looks like and how to cultivate it in yourself and others

• Create your playbook to improve communication with your team

Part 4

Cultivating Collaboration: How to Leverage Individual Strengths for Team Success

See recording of this session from Thursday, November 5th, 2020

Collaboration is really the process of how work gets done, and each team member - with their unique strengths - plays an important role. When we use a common language and consistent approach, our work becomes more efficient, empowering and fun. In this session you will:

• Learn a dynamic process for approaching work and tapping into team members’ strengths

• Understand the mindsets and behaviors of creative, solution-focused leaders

• Create your playbook for how to enhance collaboration on your team

Part 5

Enhancing Coaching: Helping Your Team Members Become their Best

See recording of this session from Thursday, December 3rd, 2020

As a leader, learning to ask the right questions is more important than having all the answers. Today’s people manager needs to be more coach than commander, providing feedback and investing in the growth and development of their team members. In this session you will:

• Learn a simple framework for engaging team members with a coaching mindset

• Understand the behaviors needed to coach your people to their potential

• Create your playbook for how you will execute a “manager as coach” approach

Questions? Contact Cara Halladay at challaday@spauldingridge.com.