Team Actualisation Programmes

“Now more than ever, inspired leaders and talent lie at the heart of business success and sustainability.”
– Bryan Hattingh | Co-Founder and CEO, Cycan

Team Actualisation Programmes

“Two leaders in the same circumstances doing the same thing can bring about completely different outcomes, depending on the inner place from which each operates.” This requires more than just knowledge and the application of methods; it requires an inner shift in beliefs, personal motivation and presence, which changes the way that leaders show up.

In a complex world where business unusual is the new normal, traditional forms of leadership development and engagement are being replaced with interventions that secure meaningful and positive changes in behaviour and levels of passion, commitment and energy.

Transactional, ‘command and control’ leadership has rapidly become outdated and counterproductive. There is a requirement for creative listening, inclusion and empowerment, whilst being able to demonstrate presence, purpose and vision at all levels so as to create a sense of ‘one team, one goal’ and increased levels of actualisation of self, and the organisation as a whole.

Cycan has developed a range of Exponential Leadership programmes, detailed below, which are designed to equip leaders at all levels with the knowledge to develop agility, resilience and adaptability for leading in this complex world.

Our flagship programmes, namely Leadership Alchemy and Leader as Coach, have been deployed in numerous companies across the globe with resounding success. All of our programmes are underpinned by the integration of empirical neuro-leadership research and findings, with practical application to entrench the requisite changes in behaviour that lead to sustainable organisational shift.

Our programmes include:

Leadership Alchemy — Scroll down for more information on this flagship programme.
Leader as Coach — Scroll down for more information on this flagship programme.
Masterful Mentorship — A two-faceted programme focused on equipping organisational mentors with the skills and presence to impact the leaders of tomorrow, while simultaneously empowering the next generation of leadership (mentees) with ‘ahead-of-their-time’ leadership insights and the knowledge needed to take the company ahead in this complex world.
Winning Conversations — A programme for empowering your Sales and Customer Service teams with the tools and frameworks for having impactful conversations with your clients
Millennials: Leading in the Digital Age — A digitally-friendly programme designed to engage the Millennials and Management in your organisation so as to create synergy and cohesion by equipping and fast-tracking your Millennial contingent, ensuring that their new ideas and impact are maximised in the current business environment, sharing the best practices that our executive coaches have learned from the most remarkable leaders they’ve worked with, and guiding the Millennials in mapping these best practices into their career journeys.

LEADERSHIP ALCHEMY

The central theme and focus of our Leadership Alchemy programme is that of enabling leaders in finding greater levels of purpose and meaning in who they are, what they are doing, and why they are doing it. This journey of self-actualisation and discovery guides them in understanding what it means to be a leader of self before being a leader of others and, ultimately, organisations.

This is not just another training/knowledge transfer session — it is about inner presence and resilience as a leader, and how to maximise these traits to create an impact in any environment, during challenging times.

During this programme, leaders will experience:

Developing presence and influence as a leader, regardless of the uncertainties and complexities being faced in this exponential world
Guidance on creating an environment and culture that supports sustainable personal and team performance, while preventing burnout and disconnection
Best practice for mastering change and disruption in your industry, to ensure that you’re a Change Leader and not a Change Reactor
A new motivation and energy for your career, and what’s possible for yourself and your team
Developing personal and team resilience that transcends technical expertise, and creating a culture of resilience in a world of rapid change, complexity and ambiguity
Frameworks for creating personal presence, resilience and self-leadership

Organisational benefits of the programme:

Re-energised leaders who are focused on creating maximum impact within the organisation, despite any constraints they may face
Fast-tracking of high-potential leaders and teams
Innovation, as a by-product of a renewed leadership perspective
A method of retaining top talent, by taking high potential individuals to the next level

“Cycan’s facilitators kept the most cynical of my managers engaged, and continuously injected energy into the workshop with practical examples of theory in practice. We are engaging with each other more effectively, and more importantly, are taking the lessons down into the heart of our organisation.

My take-away from our Leadership Alchemy intervention: It does what is says on the box. They claim to have the skills to make a lasting change in an organisation – and that accurately describes the change that we continue to experience.”

– Managing Director, Proconics

“To date, the programme has been well received by the business, and the Cycan coaches have played an integral part in its success. Whilst we build on the solid foundation of this initiative, Cycan continues to be a valued partner in both the refinement and delivery of our Leader as Coach programme.”

– Head: Talent Management and Organisational Effectiveness, De Beers

LEADER AS A COACH

Our Leader as Coach programme is more than a model or framework. It is designed to equip leaders to introduce a coaching style of leadership into their environment, by developing a communication style for leading in a way that results in greater levels of trust, engagement, empowerment and well-being for them and their teams.

During this programme, leaders will experience:

An inner shift in beliefs, personal motivation and self-awareness
Development of practical skills and methods for a coaching style of leadership
Enhanced self-awareness and personal presence
An exploration of the challenges currently being experienced in this exponential world of uncertainty, continuous change and complexity
Global leadership best practice incorporating the latest neuroscience
Guidance in developing a common leadership language, skills and models in order to build effective chemistry, trust and engagement with their teams