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Developing talent using Sailing and Emotional Intelligence
First Thoughts Many managers aspire to be inspirational leaders, but the first step often requires them to analyse their own emotions and behaviours rather than focusing on the performance of their team members . Research Recent research in a major round the world yachting challenge, aimed to identify what enabled the winning teams to achieve and maintain high performance. They did this by tracking the skills and behaviours of skippers during the race. One of the authors of the report noted: "What you've got is a highly competitive situation that is very changing and turbulent - a complex situation that replicates the situation in business today." The principal findings of the research were that the best leaders combined 'driving' and 'enabling' behaviours, adapting their style according to the circumstances. The research specifically highlighted what was needed for management and for leadership and showed that the effective leaders moved between the two. The successful skippers showed flexibility and creativity of leadership ( performance enablers ) in addition to the more traditional management skills of control and use of procedures. These performance enablers such as self-belief, self-control and openness provided the top skippers with the necessary foundation upon which they could build high-performing teams who were loyal and supportive, even during rough times. Performance enablers can be measured using Emotional Intelligence (EI) tools. EI distinguishes superior performance from run-of-the-mill performance and is made up of two parts; Intrapersonal Intelligence and Interpersonal Intelligence . We need both in work and life as a whole . Many managers are unaware or unsure how to utilise their performance enablers How do we deliver our events? We design and deliver events tailored to our individual client's needs, using one or more of our fleet of yachts over one or more days. We integrate Emotional Intelligence and other psychometric tools. Before the event we work closely with our clients to agree the objectives and desired outcomes from the day. We gather any relevant background information about the participants or team(s) We ask participants to complete a short on-line questionnaire and we review the results for each participant and brief our observers prior to each event What does a typical day look like? Morning: Arrival, safety briefing and familiarisation with the yachts Afternoon: Challenge, Leadership, Team Building and Racing, putting personalities under pressure Debrief: Feedback to participants and a chance to reflect upon the day, lessons learnt and agree a development plan with one of our Coaches or Business Psychologists Learning from performance enablers Openness and revealing thoughts, feelings and vulnerabilities in different situations, can pay dividends for leaders in getting the best out of themselves and their team it enables them to draw on the strengths of their team members and promote a sense of shared leadership in the process.
For information regarding Personal Development and Profiling, Call Jim on 07805 927 288, email jim@spinnaker-yachts.com |
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