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Performance Management

Developing leaders who think systemically, lead relationally, and act decisively

Performance management circles

This builds on the leadership development work to help managers lead to deliver. It helps leaders face their realities with skill, heart, and urgency by being able to:

  • Translate vision into work 

  • Hold performance with integrity and care

  • Move teams forward without micromanagement or burnout

Tailored to organisational needs with option to cover:

1. From Vision to Priorities - “Are we clear on what matters most right now?”

Aligning strategy to operational priorities

Saying no with purpose: focus, trade-offs, and clarity

Avoiding waterfall planning traps in agile environments

2. Performance Without Punishment - “Can we talk about delivery openly, early, and constructively?”

Building performance conversations that energise, not shame

Developing feedback fluency and mutual accountability

Holding clarity and compassion in tension

3. Leading Pace Without Pressure - “Are we creating momentum or just speed?”

Embedding rhythms and rituals for steady execution

Working with urgency without tipping into panic

Avoiding heroics: building collective, not individualised, delivery

4. Courageous Decision-Making - “Are we clear, timely, and ethical under pressure?”

Identifying and confronting avoidant leadership patterns

Practicing decision rehearsals for risk and ambiguity

Aligning speed and ethics when the stakes are high

5. Leading Execution Culture - “Are we creating a system that supports or sabotages execution?”

Role-modelling the language and rituals of delivery

Building local ownership and rhythm without central command

Creating the space to learn from failure—without fear