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What is the ‘Alpha Organisation’ concept you talk about?

The Alpha Organisation is a benchmark for excellence for those organisations who want to improve their overall culture, quality standards and performance. It incorporates key factors which research has shown characterise the highest performing organisations:

What are ‘Alpha Individuals’? 

Like Alpha Organisations, Alpha individuals strive for excellence. They are confident, easy and assured; great to work for and good to do business with. They recognise the power of cultivating a personal brand and acknowledge the benefits of working for an organisation where their joint vision and values are closely aligned.

The Alpha benchmark provides a framework for helping people find out what matters in their life, establish powerful goals, and clarify what they need to do to become the best they can be. It helps take the guesswork out of success by revealing and building on some of the principles and techniques which have been used throughout the ages to make many leaders and celebrities great.

What are the three BIG Question perspectives?

Although goal-setting may be very effective in terms of helping individuals achieve their own objectives in a way which is personally meaningful and rewarding, it sometimes leads them to overlook how their goals and actions will be perceived by those with a different viewpoint.

The BIG Question programme overcomes this problem through encouraging people to devise and evaluate solutions through three highly contrasting perceptual filters –– the Idealist (What would we really like?), the Pragmatist (What is the bottom line?) and the Explorer (How can we make this happen?).

By adopting each of these three perspectives in turn, you can tackle any problem more effectively, the quality of your questioning will improve and the quality of your answers will be enhanced.

Why do you concentrate on vision and goals?

Experience shows that the biggest problem most people face is getting out of their comfort zone.  Every individual has dreams, wants, unfulfilled ambitions – both in terms of their personal lives and careers. However, many may never take the leap of faith they need to fulfil their potential and become the person they want to be.

In order to do so, every organisation and individual needs to focus on their vision for the future and create specific, measurable, time-bound GOALS. Research proves that those who have a clear vision and goals achieve more than those who don’t.  Living with the knowledge of ‘what might have been’ is harder than living with the knowledge that you failed. As the old saying goes, “Better to have tried and lost than never to have tried at all.” That’s why we’re so fond of vision and goals.

You often refer to ‘positivity’ – what exactly do you mean?

Generally and unfortunately ‘positivity’ is not a term we hear often. Quite simply, it is the opposite of negativity – which in the workplace we tend to hear far too much!  We use positivity as a framework for helping individuals and teams find out what matters to them, establish powerful goals, and clarify what actions are required to achieve success.  Positivity also involves communicating effectively to create self-perpetuating motivation both within individuals and teams - and extending as far as the organisation as a whole. A positive attitude causes a chain reaction of positive thoughts, events, and outcomes. It is a catalyst, a spark that can create extraordinary results.

What benefits do you offer over other training companies?

For a start, we’re don’t consider ourselves trainers! We’ve nothing against the term, but for us ‘trainers’ deal more with specific technical skills training (for example, IT skills) whereas we are specialist advisers in personal and business development. Also, many trainers have a fairly limited business background – ours is wide-ranging and broad-brush, helping us to analyse and understand your development needs and organizational culture. As a result, we are able to design our programmes to address your specific challenges - ensuring, as a result, that real learning and behavioural change results.

How much do you charge?

We don’t work to a standard price list. Our workshops and development sessions are all bespoke and tailored to the individual needs of each organization. Our costs take into account the amount of preparation required, number of individuals involved,  extent of the programme and nature of the organization. Charges for consultancy, coaching, mentoring, and motivational speeches also take into account these factors.
Please contact us to discuss your requirements.