Leading from Behind
In a predominant Alpha male world, why Beta is better.
“You do not lead by hitting people over the head – that’s assault, not leadership”
GENERAL, PRESIDENT USA – Dwight”Ike” Eisenhower
“Leadership at one time meant muscles, today it means getting along with people”
MAHATMA GHANDI
Learn and practice skills in influencing, empathy, building rapport – and trust.
This workshop course provides a safe non-judgemental environment to explore and practice new transferable interpersonal skills. It includes interactivity and focussed discussion and shares practical, ready to use, tools and techniques relevant to your personality style. Also available; follow up material and tips sheets.
In a corporate world of still predominantly, alpha male leadership, top-down style, you might be more comfortable, equally, steadily – Leading from Behind!
Who is it for?
C-Level, PA/EA’S, Directors, Managers, Departmental Heads, HR’s, Women in Business – and those who need to influence others in their particular sphere, to achieve goals and get things done.
What you learn
In this session we explore:
- What is leadership anyway?
- Alpha leadership and why Beta is better
Participants learn:
- The secrets of how to get people on board – and keep them there!
- What is your natural leadership style?
- How to lead authentically
- Tools and techniques for applying in everyday life.
Get In Touch
About Catherine
“The qualities that underlie all positive human endeavour and success are not ‘soft’ but ‘CORE” skills – and they can be learnt.”
CATHERINE ARDEN
Catherine Arden, former Royal Navy, draws from over 25 years’ experience as a theatre director, trainer, and speaker. She has delivered her tailor-made, drama -based training to adults and youth, covering a wide range of topics and themes.
Catherine has helped hundreds of people in the Corporate, Education and Public/ Social Sectors, including C-level, Directors, Managers, PA/EA’s, high achievers, disadvantaged youth, parents, teachers, in the UK and Internationally.
Our work with business and corporations
Give your organisation the professional edge!
Executives and employees across the corporate sphere, companies large and small, have already benefited from Catherine’s in-depth knowledge, engaging style, and invigorating workshop content.
Among the many clients Catherine has delivered workshops and courses for:
Black Rock’s ACE EPP, Executive Presence Programme and ACE Connects. Bank of America, Citco Financial Services Group, Redmayne and Bentley Stock Brokers, Framestore/Cultural Investment Holdings, Hilton International and more
Catherine has also worked in partnership delivering workshops with the LPAN for The PA Show and as a speaker at International CONFEX, Olympia.
What Clients Say
Catherine’s workshop programme is a call to arms for all types of leaders of every age in every corner of the planet.
I found it hugely beneficial and it is one of the most useful courses I have ever been on as an Executive Assistant. It has really helped me deal with the day-to-day stresses of office life I thoroughly enjoyed the workshop – good fun too
Catherine delivered training sessions in management that are exceptional and have produced results.
I felt really centred by the end of the session and want to learn and improve my state of being more as this will be a great advantage when dealing with people on a day to day basis.
The group was still buzzing after the session. Response from the workshop is all very positive. Thank you again for the session, the group really enjoyed and got a lot from it
My thanks to Catherine for her message I am regenerated and re-energised by the last two days and am looking forward to going to the office on Monday morning, something I haven’t felt for a long time.
How we work with your organisation
We enhance your people power by:
- Getting to know you and your company by exploring what is important to your success.
- Creating a tailor-made programme to help you achieve that.
- Helping your people to explore, through specially designed interactive exercises, the things that get in the way of individual and collective success.
- Providing a safe environment to explore and experiment with new ways to improve relationships with self and others.
- Enabling your people to start using their new skills, right away.
- We can do follow up and monitoring sessions to guide and support to help them fly.
After the programme:
- Your people will have a clear understanding of their own potential and that of others
- They will have a clear awareness of what gets in the way of healthy interaction and creating good relationships and enabling innovation.
- They will be able to correct themselves and help others.
- They will have the confidence to do it in your work and in life that very same day
Effectiveness
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Using business metrics Catherine offers qualitative and quantitative feedback analysis and the opportunity to follow up at 3 and 6 months to monitor impact and support progress.
Get In Touch
+44 (0)7985 590 835
info@catherinearden.co.uk
Catherine Arden is a Trainer, Speaker and Theatre Director.
Catherine helps people, adults, and youth, across Corporate, Education and Social/Public sectors, express and apply good values and ethics - the core skills that underlie all positive human endeavour, interaction and success.
Drawing from her expertise as a Theatre Director she specialises in creating and delivering interactive, bespoke, drama based, training workshop courses that are fun, practical and entertaining with in-depth and high knowledge retention that have immediate impact.