Hazelbranch

In 2012 there will be a new leadership program for successful organizations, in which leaders are given not only the skills and knowledge to create truly inspiring visions and create action but also get to develop these skills and expand their experience through the challenge of leading projects benefitting the environment and community.

What is most different about this?

• Leaders are developed and get value from understanding and making a difference to a world outside of corporate life and learning from others outside of their usual scope of knowledge
• Leaders get a better sense of satisfaction from being better at their job and making a difference in areas they are passionate about.
• Wider society benefits from the experience and passion of leaders really being involved, people are engaged with your business in a proactive way.

What is the involved in the Program?

The program includes three one day training workshops, and six coaching calls taking the leaders on a journey from vision to action. There are guest speakers at each workshop who have delivered outstanding results.

Why have this focus?

Why have a focus on community and environmental projects?

Any brand or individual doing exceptionally well, is now expected to demonstrate how they also are giving back to society. Thanks to shifts in power and a relentless transparency, those who don’t know how to will have no excuses left.

Being seen to actively be involved in society and making a difference attracts people to work with your company, and consumers to do business with you.  86% of global consumers believe that business needs to place at least equal weight on society’s interests as on business’ interests. TRENDWATCHING.COM

The 2006 Companies Act placed CSR as a critical component of corporate governance in the UK. Directors must assume responsibility for environmental, employee, social and community matters .

What is the investment?

The program is £3600 per individual. Part of your fees go towards the costs of promotion and kick starting of projects and can come from your CSR budget as well as your people development budget.

We are deeply passionate about providing our tools and training for those with a passion to make a difference. We provide places on a community leaders development programs to self-motivated individuals with a passion for making a difference who hasn’t the backing of an organisation or funds to achieve this.

Who runs the program?

Toby Buckle of Hazelbranch runs the program with:

Glen Poole: an experienced leader, trainer and consultant with a particular interest in what it takes to get different communities to take action and make change happen.

Glen has been responsible for designing and delivering a wide range of change campaigns in the public and charitable sector which included the Fathers 4 Justice campaign, the successful campaign to stop the development of third runway at Heathrow Airport and the Bounce Your Balls testicular cancer campaign. Glen is the Strategic Director of The Men’s Network in Brighton & Hove, a Community & Voluntary Sector elected representative and sits of a number of citywide groups in Brighton such as the Volunteering Strategy Steering Group.

Glen has also delivered training on communication, strategy, creativity and leadership to hundreds of people from the public, private and not-for-profit sectors. Glen enables leaders to identify the actions that make a difference and then empower more people, to take those actions, more often.