Does it work?
Because our research is only done with leaders in transition, and because we keep on researching, we bring up to date, relevant and practical support to leadership transitions. Here is what some leaders say about the value they have had from collaborating with The Turning Point
“What has been the basic change in me (after working with The Turning Point)? I think I learnt again how to think afresh. It is so easy to just repeat what one has done well for so long, even when this is not appropriate at the level one has reached. I had to start thinking about things I had never had to think about before… about how to manage the Board, how to manage my boss, how to manage a whole different set of dynamics which I had never had to manage before… or I had never felt the need to manage before, because normally it had always worked. Now was the time to make real shift and I am glad I had the courage to do it.”
COO, The Post Office Ltd
“My line manager and I agreed that going on the Navigator programme would be worthwhile if it helped me to overcome two specific challenges: (1) having to manage people with functional specialisms that I had little knowledge of (such as Finance and Supply Chain), and (2) the presenting of total business results in a bigger corporate context. I can say with confidence that the programme accomplished those two objectives for me, and that it gave me the support, clarity of view and direction that I needed in my transition. I have become competent (and confident!) at leading a team of diverse specialists towards a shared goal, and I have gained a sense of ease in promoting my unit (and my own performance) at the most senior levels of the company.”
General Manager, Food Business Unit, Nestle UK
There’s nowhere you can go, you can’t go to your boss with this transition. You can’t go to your peer group, you can’t go to your team – you need an outlet. You need to find a group of people who can empathise with you.
