A bespoke solution for a uniqely challenging situation

The design phase

Right Management designed a 2-day in-person development programme titled ‘Lead, Collaborate, Succeed’, to create connection (to purpose and each other), emotionally intelligent leadership behaviours, collaboration, transformation, and momentum for 1500 people managers across National Highways who needed to deliver a very challenging business plan.

We launched the programme with a virtual workshop for leaders of the people managers, that was designed to focus on how they needed to role model and champion the programme.

Each participant was then invited to undertake some pre-work:

A short questionnaire gathering thoughts and experiences from the previous 12 months.
A GEARS questionnaire and follow up report – this is a proprietary Right Management tool that focuses on communication preferences, as well as how and when to utilise certain ‘GEARS’ depending on the context.
A pre (and post) programme questionnaire to help us understand everyone’s starting point and ensure we could measure their progress.

However, 4 months into the programme, delivery had to be switched to a virtual experience due to government restrictions (latter part of Covid-19 pandemic).

Programme delivery

Despite this additional challenge, we flexed our approach accordingly and delivered the below for all 1500 managers:

The participant experience

The participants experienced a number of different development interventions, some of which included:

Collaboration Challenge
3 immersive three-hour experiences focusing on effective collaboration in changing circumstances.

Business Challenge Lab
3 practical simulation exercises undertaken across the 2 days.

Theory Boosts
bite-sized learnings and tools that could be used immediately.

Practical Exercises
allowing participants to put the theory boosts into action.

Peer Coaching
where participants learned how to coach and support their peers.