Mike Hohnen

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Discovering Leadership In Groups

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I found this neat quote on the Integral Leadership Review web site

Greatness in leadership, that is, human authenticity, is not only a matter for individuals. Quite to the contrary, it is best accomplished in groups and leads therefore to in-depth group growth and to team development. Group and individual growth are systemically interrelated.

People must share with each other their experiences of authentic behavior, their inner struggles, their successes, what makes them proud, their tough decisions, and then support one another in this process of growing as a person and growing as a team.
—Peter Kostenbaum

It pretty much sums up what we do during our 12 week GROW:leadership pgms

Are your new recruits coachable…

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Seth Godin writes:

…at the great Bolshoi Ballet, auditions for the troupe were conducted among 8 year old girls. That’s because it took ten years to become great. How did the auditions work? The teachers weren’t looking for the best dancers. They were looking for the dancers who took coaching the best. The rest would come with time.

How coachable are your new recruits

Original post from Seth Godin here…

Generating employee loyalty

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I picked a few interesting quotes on the subject of generating loyalty from an article in the Boston Globe – you will find the full article here

“Organizations are not a source of security but they are a source of identity,” says Bill Taylor, cofounder of the magazine Fast Company and coauthor of the book, “Mavericks at Work: Why the Most Original Minds in Business Win.”

One of the most common ways of finding meaning at work is through personal development. “Loyalty as a function of time is a dated idea,” says Jaerid Rossi, process engineer at Specialty Minerals of Canaan, Conn. “Work is only appealing if there’s constant learning.”

Communicating is not as easy as we think

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We had great fun working with communication and problem solving with a group of hotel reception and booking people. How good are we at explaning to our colleagues what we have actually promised the guest? How good are we at understanding what the guest really wants? Good fun and lots of useful learning.

Komunication is not as easy as you think...

“What piece goes where did you say?”

How do you solve problems?

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There’s nothing as exhilarating as a genuinely new idea. So where do great ideas come from? The traditional answer is that big ideas come from big brains: The eccentric genius (think Sir Richard Branson), or the visionary CEO (think Apple’s Steve Jobs). In this model, the boss does the thinking and the employees do the work. If you are in charge, you are, by definition, “the smartest person in the room”.

Read the full article in The Guardian here

Halfway meeting – DKBS Grow:Leadership

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We have already reached the halfway point with this great group – today was the day when they present their chalengees to each other – each trio creates a work of art that illustrated what they are working on – this gang showed more creativity than we have seen in a while – great fun!

GROW leadership

And here is one more creative contribution
Fishy leadersship...

IMPOSSIBLE is NOTHING!

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Impossible is just big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they’ve been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It’s an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It’s a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary.

IMPOSSIBLE is NOTHING!

We are taking the GROW concept to the next level…

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This went out to British media this week:
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Bristol-based consultancy practice, Value Projects Limited, forges training links with Danish hospitality group

Through its partner in Denmark, Mike Hohnen, Value Projects, a leading consultancy practice based in Bristol, has launched a management development programme with Danske Konferencecentres, a leading conference centre provider in Denmark.

The management development programme, entitled GROW, which will initially lead to participants gaining a Professional Certificate, is accredited through the University of Chester. Value Projects is partnered with the University to offer and deliver accredited Work-Based Action Learning programmes. The launch of the accredited GROW programme is the first programme to be launched under the Employer Engagement project. This project created an alliance in March 2007 between Value Projects Limited and the University’s School of Lifelong Learning and has been funded by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) as part of a major project to support the extension of Work -Based Learning nationally and internationally.

Dr Richard Hale, Managing Director of Value Projects commented: “We are delighted to partner with Mike Hohnen and work with him and his team to provide accredited work-based leadership development. That we can extend the benefits of the HEFCE-funded project beyond the UK at such an early stage in the project is a real boost.”

Mike Hohnen added: “I have to say that I’m proud that we are now able to launch a 3 year management developing programme with Danske Konferencecentre. In Denmark the press is buzzing with talk about the need for diplomas in management, and our new type of educational programme reflects this need for constantly improving leadership. The project has already been received with great enthusiasm, and we can hardly wait to develop this concept with our British partner.”

Value Projects are developing links with both corporate organisations and training consultancies where they are able to offer University of Chester accreditation for Work-Based Learning.

For more information about Work-Based Learning programmes through Value Projects Ltd and the University of Chester contact Sarah Moore, sarah@viprojects.com 0117 310 1262 or visit www.viprojects.com. For further information on the GROW programme visit www.mikehohnen.com.