High-Performance Leadership

About the Program

Leaders and their teams need to be confident, clear and capable in their roles to drive business outcomes. High-Performance Leadership enables leaders to learn, practice, apply, and reinforce critical leadership habits that drive results and personal effectiveness. 

High-Performance Leadership is designed to minimize time away from work and maximize the opportunity for leaders to apply their new skills.  

All participants will be expected to: 

• Complete a short, 180-degree feedback survey at the beginning, end, and six months after the program; 
• Complete a 20-30 minute self-paced workshop then a 60-minute live virtual practicum about every 10 days (a total of 6 workshops) and complete approximately 15 minutes of pre-work for each workshop; 
• Attend a 90-minute live virtual group coaching circle about every ten days (a total of 5 coaching circles); 
• Complete a behavioural assessment and attend a live virtual group 90-minute debrief and
• Complete weekly virtual micro-learning modules.

Each participant will also receive 2.5 days of workshop leadership competency development plus one day of group coaching. 

Offered in partnership with Stratford Group.

Who Should Attend?

This program is ideal for leaders at the senior manager or director level who: 

• Have been tasked with finding new ways for their teams to differentiate and cultivate talent to create additional value for their department or business.
• Want to continuously improve and level-up their leadership capacity.

What You Will Learn

• Participants will learn about their own and their team’s leadership styles and capabilities through self-assessments & DISC assessments;
• Essential skills in leading teams;
• Interpreting DISC styles;
• Engaging diverse and distributed teams;
• Communicating with purpose;
• Coaching for results.

Program Takeaways

During the program, participants will learn to: 

• Align teams and individual work to their organization's direction; 
• Manage individual and team performance, set clear action plans and drive results; 
• Empower others with the resources and authority they need to succeed and 
• Use effective communication methods to share and receive thoughts and ideas, give feedback and instruction, and increase employee engagement.

Program Facilitators

Dean Fulford

Program Director

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Dean Fulford

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Program Director

As Practice Leader of Leadership Development at Stratford, Dean Fulford combines strategic insight with a collaborative approach to foster leadership excellence. Dean specializes in designing and implementing customized leadership programs that drive organizational growth and effectiveness. Whether facilitating workshops or providing one-on-one coaching, he is committed to empowering leaders to reach their full potential and achieve their business goals. 

As a member of Stratford People & Culture, Dean brings more than 20 years of experience and a deep expertise in leadership development, organizational development and design, project management, process mapping, and best-practice benchmarking activities. With an extensive background in organization development and effectiveness, performance consulting and process improvement, Dean compliments his HR background with strong process management and competency-based project experience. Holding a degree in Engineering, he brings a high technical aptitude to his engagements that make him a credible voice with deeply technical clients. 

As a member of Stratford’s Leadership team, Dean is responsible for bringing both innovation and operational effectiveness to Stratford's Leadership Development service offerings. Dean has held HR Executive roles in high technology and financial services firms, responsible for design, implementation, and oversight of organizational development, effectiveness and human resource programs at both the local and global levels.

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