The essence of leadership

Leadership and management are different but related skills. While good management essentially involves developing and co-ordinating people, and adapting and implementing processes, leadership is a wider, more holistic concept.

Leadership is about connecting with employees, customers, investors and the wider public and communicating a vision and building trust. A successful leader breaks through the barriers we all put up, instills us with confidence and takes us with him or her on their journey.

Development of leadership skills

Nutmeg helps business leaders and managers to focus on their business' core values, build reputations for authenticity and integrity, and motivate their employees or work groups.

We offer a range of development opportunities for business leaders. We specialize in ethos development, workplace culture and creativity and innovation. Our leadership skills training and workshops are therefore focused on improving understanding of:

• the relevance of core values
• the impact of the working environment on productivity
• employee engagement and motivation
• team building
• internal communications
• the importance of creativity and innovation
• corporate social responsibility

Coaching

Coaching is a valuable tool in improving workplace cultures and in embedding a positive ethos within an organisation. This investment in employees' development helps to promote a culture of learning and development and enables organisations to improve the fit between employees and job roles, increasing job satisfaction and productivity.

Our coaching model helps business people to achieve successful outcomes by:

• clarifying aims
• instilling belief
• improving motivation
• setting achievable goals
• determining a strategy for implementation
• providing ongoing support.

We take a holistic approach which explores a client's skills, experience, personality, motivation and learning styles. We also use our specialist knowledge and experience in promoting creativity and innovation to encourage the creative thinking processes of business leaders and employees.

Leadership and management grant

You may qualify for a grant from The Leadership and Management Service. This Service is specifically aimed at supporting leaders and senior managers to enhance their business building and leadership skills with the aim of fostering business growth. We can tell you if you meet the criteria and, if so, you can apply the money against one of our leadership skills packages.

The first £500 of support is directed to the owner/manager or a key director and match funding is NOT required. The remaining £500 grant can be used for any of the senior management team (including the original recipient) and needs to be match funded by the employer.