Leadership Hallmarks Programme

UNLOCK YOUR WHOLE BRAIN POTENTIAL

HELP YOUR ENTIRE WORKFORCE TO THINK BETTER

BE THE BEST LEADER YOU’VE EVER BEEN

Exclusively for leaders. Our flexible modular leadership training & development programme is based around Synaptic Potential’s ‘Hallmarks of High Performance’ – our 8 key pillars of leadership excellence.

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YOU HAVE GREAT LEADERS.

BUT YOU WANT THEM TO BE EVEN BETTER.

The rigours of leading your people and your organisation are incredibly demanding, and even the very best leaders can struggle to maintain their own wellbeing while under immense pressure.

The need to adapt to changes such as AI, the ever-increasing demands of the workplace, balancing fairness with the needs and preferences of the individual – all this and more takes its toll.

Our comprehensive leadership training & development programme has been specially created for leaders, senior executives and senior managers who understand that learning and personal development are lifelong pursuits.

It is aimed at leaders who want to create a culture in which the full potential of every employee is unlocked, and for those who are committed to sustainable high performance.

This programme will be an excellent fit for your organisation if:

Your people are keen to explore innovative ways to develop and bring their best selves to work.

Your employees are smart and discerning – and who will benefit from facts, rather than fluff.

You value an evidence-based or science-based approach to people development.

You see the business sense in ensuring that performance enhancement doesn’t result in employee burnout.

You believe that organisational success depends on everyone being able to use their brains in the most effective ways possible.

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“I haven’t seen the group latch on to something so quickly in such a strong way…”

“Our senior team introductory session with Amy provoked a high level of interest and engagement. Since working in this role, I haven’t seen the group latch on to something so quickly in such a strong way.”

Steven Napier, International HR Director, Twinings Ovaltine

WHO ARE SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL?

For almost two decades, Synaptic Potential has been helping business leaders and their people to harness their Full Brain Perfomance.

We employ scientifically underpinned neuroscience and behavioural science methodologies to help transform leaders, managers, teams and organisations all over the world.

Our clients include EY, Tesco, BNP Paribas, Sainsbury’s, Novartis, Trinity College Dublin and many more leading organisations. 

Led by founder Amy Brann, the Synaptic Potential team shows businesses how re-engineering the way we think and learn puts game-changing transformation within anyone’s grasp.

What’s Included in this leadership training & development programme?

Our Leadership Hallmarks Programme is modular and is built around our 8 Hallmarks of High Performance. These have been developed based on a scientific understanding of the neural networks that underpin human behaviour and performance. 

The programme consists of multiple elements that are designed to fit around busy work schedules and commitments.

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‘SPRINTS’ ON REAL WORLD CHALLENGES

Your people bring real world challenges to our programmes that we focus on in ‘sprints’ over agreed timeframes. What needs fixing for the biggest impact? Leaders get to apply everything they need to progress and learn – and strengthen their skills as they are doing it.

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INTERACTIVE WORKSHOPS

Fast-paced and dynamic, these help your leaders to reimagine the possibilities for your business and develop and discuss priorities and opportunities.

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SNAP-SHOT ASSESSMENTS

Where are we now? A critical part of our programme is checking in with your leaders to make sure we’re on track. Pre- and post-assessments help support self-awareness and ROI progress.

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VIDEO EXPLAINERS

To complement our in-person sessions, your leaders gain unlimited access to our wide body of video content that will help to flesh out ideas we’ve discussed and take a deeper dive where most beneficial to them.

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SELF-REFLECTION QUESTIONS

A key part of the programme, which helps to increase self-awareness, involves taking a moment to pause and consider how, why and what to do next. Our guided self-reflection sessions help leaders to think deeply and differently – and find clarity.

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PRACTICAL HACKS AND EXERCISES

The ultimate brain-powered toolkit. We provide your leaders with powerful, evidence-based hacks, tools and exercises that can be incorporated into the work day to bring out the best in everyone.

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What your leaders will discover in this leadership training programme

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The reasons behind why people don’t achieve their Whole Brain Potential™ at work and what you can do about it as a leader.

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How to implement the scientifically underpinned Whole Brain Potential™ framework.

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How to use this framework to tackle the biggest challenges in leadership today.

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Practical examples of how you can redesign your own and your people’s habits to unlock potential – complete with brain hacks, tools and takeaways.

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Ongoing skills to keep you and your people motivated and performing at 100% – without burning out.

THE Whole Brain PotentialFRAMEWORK

Our Leader Skills Solutions are built around a 3-stage habit change framework that takes you on a journey from reimagining what’s possible through to redesigning the way you work. The final part of the process helps reinforce these changes to deliver meaningful and sustained improvements in performance.

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1. REIMAGINE

First, we reimagine with your leaders what’s possible and what success looks like.

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2. REDESIGN

Next, we work with your leaders to redesign the mindframes, behaviours, and environments that unlock potential and make this reimagined success a reality.

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3. REINFORCE

Finally, we reinforce these redesigns using core behavioural change strategies to ensure they are sustained over time.​

The benefits your leaders and senior managers will leave with

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A broad understanding of the key leadership habits that will allow them to create high performing teams and cultures and achieve their business imperatives.

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An individual plan for improving their leadership habits across their highest priority hallmark(s) that can be practically and easily implemented in their daily work to deliver sustainable improvements in high performance.

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The confidence that this approach will support their overall business objectives.

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The benefits of this leadership training programme from the perspective of your board

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Shifts the narrative

Shifts the narrative from performance management to performance enhancement.

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Healthy high performance

Provides an applied easy-to-implement framework that creates a strong, healthy, high-performing workforce.

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Practical Strategies

Has practical strategies and habit hacks that leaders can start applying straightaway to improve performance. 

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