According to Brandon Hall’s 2013 Leadership Development Benchmarking survey, 75 percent of organizations say their leadership development programs are not very effective.

https://trainingmag.com/content/survey-leadership-programs-lack-effectiveness

Why is this? Most Leadership training ignores the key ingredient – BELIEFS.

You can do all the ‘Leadership’ training in the world, but if your beliefs about Leading are limiting, you will be limited as a leader. Your behaviours will not change, as beliefs hold behaviour in place. It’s important to take time out to ‘quality check’ your beliefs about you as a Leader.

Your own beliefs about your leadership are like the glue that holds your leadership behaviours in place.

Jon, a Middle Manager, wanted to take the next step up in his career but had limiting beliefs regarding his own his own abilities. ‘Sometimes I feel like an imposter, a fraud waiting to be exposed. I worry I won’t perform up to expectations, so I keep safe in my current role. I wish I could back myself – believe in myself more.’

Jon gave himself permission to challenge his beliefs. He found these beliefs more useful: ‘I am a work in progress. I am developing my leadership skills. Staying safe is not developing my skills’