Leading to Here with Jon Dawson

Meet Jon Dawson, a keen follower of his beloved Everton Football Club and the UK and Ireland Director of STAAR Surgical, a leading developer, manufacturer, and marketer of the EVO family of Implantable Collamer® Lenses (EVO ICL™). Their lenses provide visual freedom to patients, lessening or eliminating the reliance on glasses or contact lenses.

Jon’s inspiring career started in the family business, a local printer. He took it upon himself to go door to door to drum up business in his local area. He navigated various sales and management roles before taking the opportunity to lead STAAR’s strategy in the UK and Ireland.

Unlocking Leadership Potential: A Blueprint for Transformative Growth

As a leader of large teams and departments, you will know that leadership isn’t just about hitting targets and managing people. It’s about unlocking the potential within your teams and, just as importantly, within yourself. In an environment where the only constant is change, how you lead makes all the difference between just surviving and truly thriving. That’s why I’m excited to share our Leadership Blueprint—a powerful tool designed to help leaders like you break through the barriers that often hold you back and drive real, meaningful change.

Why the Leadership Blueprint Matters

In my experience working with organisations across various sectors, I’ve seen firsthand how easy it is for leaders to get caught up in day-to-day operations, often at the expense of strategic growth and personal development. The pressures of managing large teams and hitting KPIs can sometimes overshadow the importance of continuous leadership evolution. But the truth is, if you’re not growing, you’re stagnating—and so are your teams.

Our Leadership Blueprint addresses this head-on. It’s not just another leadership guide. It’s a strategic tool designed to help leaders navigate the complexities of modern business while fostering an environment where individuals and teams can excel.

What Sets Our Blueprint Apart

  • 1. Mindset First: You will have encountered those moments when your own thinking becomes the bottleneck. Our Blueprint emphasises the importance of mindset as the foundation of effective leadership. It offers practical ways to shift our perspectives, challenging the self-limiting beliefs that can hold us—and our teams—back.
  • 2. Actionable Change: While changing your mindset is critical, it’s equally important to translate those shifts into tangible actions. The Blueprint provides step-by-step guidance on how to embed these new ways of thinking into your daily leadership practice, ensuring that the impact is not just theoretical but real and lasting.
  • 3. Alignment with Organisational Goals: Leadership is more than personal development; it’s about driving the organisation forward. Our Blueprint ensures that as you evolve as a leader, your growth is aligned with your organisation’s broader strategic objectives, creating a ripple effect that benefits everyone.

What You’ll Gain from the Leadership Blueprint

The Leadership Blueprint is for leaders like you— who oversee large teams and departments tasked with managing, inspiring, and driving transformation. Here’s what you can expect:

Self-Assessment Tools: Understand your current leadership strengths and areas for development with actionable insights focused on areas where you can grow.

Tailored Action Plans: Develop a personalised roadmap that aligns with your leadership aspirations and your organisation’s goals.

Insightful Case Studies: Learn from peers who have successfully implemented these strategies in real-world scenarios.

Continued Support: Access resources that keep you on track, ensuring your leadership journey is ongoing and adaptive to new challenges.

The Path Forward

Leadership is about more than maintaining the status quo, especially at the helm of large teams and departments. It’s about driving significant, positive change. Our Leadership Blueprint will support you, providing the tools and insights necessary to elevate your leadership game and, by extension, the performance of your entire team.

I encourage you to download the Leadership Blueprint today and discover how to unlock your leadership’s full potential.

This leadership blueprint is a powerful tool designed to help experienced leaders, those new to the role, and those aspiring to join the leadership ranks. It will help you break through the barriers that often hold you back and drive real, meaningful change. As a leader, you will know that leadership isn’t just about hitting targets and managing people. It’s about unlocking the potential within your teams and, just as importantly, within yourself. In an environment where the only constant is change, how you lead makes all the difference between just surviving and truly thriving.

A Blueprint for Leaders and Leadership

This leadership blueprint is a powerful tool designed to help experienced leaders, those new to the role, and those aspiring to join the leadership ranks. It will help you break through the barriers that often hold you back and drive real, meaningful change.

As a leader, you will know that leadership isn’t just about hitting targets and managing people. It’s about unlocking the potential within your teams and, just as importantly, within yourself. In an environment where the only constant is change, how you lead makes all the difference between just surviving and truly thriving.

Why do I find giving feedback so difficult?

Feedback has been described as the breakfast of champions, but giving feedback can be one of the toughest things we have to do, with many people avoiding giving feedback if they possibly can.

In this, another podcast in our series of questions from coaching conversations, Ricky and Graham focus on why some people find it so difficult to give good feedback and how developing your technique around feedback is a vital leadership skill.

From why we find feedback so difficult, through to models and structures to make you better at feedback – if you want to help the people around you be better at what they do, then this podcast is for you.

How Do I Say No (To Senior People)?

Paul and Graham tackle saying no in this latest episode of the podcast where we look at the questions that are frequently raised in coaching sessions.  Saying no, especially to the boss, is one of the things most of us find hard to do.

From the desire to say yes to the mindset that makes it okay to say no when that is the right thing to do, this episode explores all the aspects of saying no and offers some simple strategies to help you navigate these difficult conversations without ever having to actually say no.

Is Your Company Culture Adversely Impacting Your Business?

Is Your Company Culture Adversely Impacting Your Business?

Join Ricky Muddimer in our latest video, which explores the crucial question that every business leader should ask: “Is your company culture working for you or against you?” With alarming statistics from Gallup’s 2023 State of the Global Workplace report, we uncover the financial and people impact of poor employee engagement and what it means for your organization.

What you’ll learn:

  • The true cost of disengaged employees to the global economy.
  • The difference between engaged employees, quiet quitters, and loud quitters.
  • How poor employee engagement affects productivity, customer satisfaction, and financial performance.
  • You can fine-tune four dynamics to transform your company culture and boost organizational success.

Why watch?

Nobody wants an out-of-sync team or company culture. This video offers actionable insights and strategies to help you identify and address cultural issues before they derail your business.

What They Don’t Tell you About Leadership

We work so hard to climb the ladder that often, we forget to consider what it really means. In this webinar, we cover what it means for you personally, the mental demands, what it means for the things you care about and your bouncebackability – resilience to you and me. We’re so keen to get started we rarely consider these four pillars. These slides accompany the webinar; you can access the recording here.

How do I deal with a bad boss?

There is an old saying in business psychology: People rarely leave a company; they normally leave a manager!  Not all bosses are good bosses, yet at the same time, not all bosses people think are bad are really bad bosses.

Sometimes, what appears as a difficult boss is actually a different style that evokes a reaction from some of the people working for them. Sometimes, though, it is the manager’s behaviour that makes it difficult for those working for them.

In this podcast, Ricky and Paul explore the different categories, from bosses who are just different to toxic bosses who may not provide the support their people deserve.

What They Don’t Tell You About Leadership

Are you ready for the next step on the ladder?

In this webinar, Ricky Muddimer shares ‘What they don’t tell you about leadership.’ In just under an hour, you will gain invaluable insights into leadership’s hidden impact and consequences and learn how to prepare yourself for your next step. Discover the four pillars you must understand as you head in any leadership role. Are you ready?

Seize this opportunity to supercharge your leadership journey! Take our free leadership health check to see where you stand against the four pillars:

How to Tackle Underperformance: A Managers Guide

Unlocking the Potential: A Manager’s Guide to Addressing Underperformance

Are you struggling with underperformance in your team?

Don’t let it hold you back! In this comprehensive guide, we unpack the root causes of underperformance, the pivotal role of performance management, and your responsibilities as a manager. Discover practical strategies to overcome roadblocks, have effective conversations, and create an environment where every team member feels valued and motivated to grow. Unlock the potential within your team and chart a course towards success.