“Good balance of learning, self-awareness and practice. Great to have time to reflect. I’m not completely convinced about not explaining “why” to D1s – but I’m a change manager so that is intrinsic to my role. Thank you!”
“A fun and interactive 2 days – could almost have been 3 days to give more time to practice”.
“I really enjoyed the pace. I was not bored and was completely engaged”.
“The facilitator’s energy was very effective in that he was able to sustain engagement without becoming loud or over the top. He was able to incorporate reflection into the learning. Very well paced and moderated.”
“Thoroughly enjoyed the two days. The training was informative and engaging and will be very useful in my role.”
“Really great course! Learnt so much about people leading – thanks!”

Vodafone New Zealand

“This program was valuable and will act as a prompt for me when considering how to deal with difficult situations, in particular with people ‘peers’ or subordinates. Being able to ‘adapt’ is the key. Good course, well run. Cheers.”
“Really enjoyable and very relevant. Learnt lots about my leadership style and how to improve.”
“Interesting interactive and great subject to cover.”
“This was a thoroughly enjoyable learning experience which I can’t wait to put into practice. Many thanks.”
“Great course: really enjoyed it. Wish I’d done it years ago, would have had a huge difference to my career.”
“Found this really useful and using practical writing of goals and conversations illustrated how I can transfer this to work. The videos were especially good illustrations of situations.”

Deloitte New Zealand​

“I can’t wait to facilitate the new programme! The videos took us all on a meaningful journey. Pleased to see this medium being used so effectively.” AA Insurance New Zealand​​

“Very useful tools to take away. Very happy I was asked to attend and really looking forward to applying and passing on this new knowledge. Useful knowledge on how to approach and lead others.” Thames Coromandel District Council

“As a new and fast growing company with a strong belief in good leadership, we wanted a company-wide framework that all of our Leaders and people could relate to. SLII has provided us with exactly that – a simple yet very effective leadership framework that can easily be applied in all situations- from the factory, warehouse or energy centre, to the office managers and the Senior Leadership team. SLII has become our ‘language of leadership’ at Synlait, with every leader receiving full training and all new staff being given a short overview of it.”

Tony Aitken, Synlait Milk Ltd
Organisation Development Manager

“Takeaway resources are a fantastic resource. Group discussion and reflection really beneficial.”

Waipuna-Hospice

“Excellent concepts and highlighted improvements I can make to how I lead my staff and better support them, identifying their needs (development levels) for each task was a key learning.” “Excellent two days. This was my first ever leadership course and I thoroughly enjoyed it. The tools are highly practical and applicable.” “Great course delivered well, will be useful, can’t wait to apply techniques.” “The variety of teaching methods – videos, exercises, examples, stories were really effective. The facilitator was great at answering questions and using the framework to demonstrate how it could be used in real-life situations.” “I thoroughly enjoyed the session. The material and techniques are easy to understand and apply. Many thanks.” Nexans Olex

“Really enjoyed the two days. Felt comfortable as a new leader to be fully involved in class activities. Really enjoyed the venue.” “The “theory” was put in a very practical ‘how-to’ way which made sense. The knowledge was turned into tools for daily use in both work and home life. It’s always interesting when a new door is opened to another way of doing something and suddenly new and exciting options are presented!” “I was really looking forward to the course and it did not disappoint. I often thought that the problems and solutions in leadership courses would not apply to my 6 staff pharmacy but they do. I lacked the confidence to ‘manage’ my staff properly but now I have the tools to be able to do it. I am looking forward to going back to the shop and putting things in place so we do not continue to have the same problems. Thanks!”

“We’ve trained more than 1,000 managers in SLII over the last 15 years. It’s a ‘must-do’ for our managers – a compulsory course on our training management curriculum.” Philippe Baurant, Caterpillar (Belgium) HR Specialist

“The bottom line is, we are becoming more effective in all facets of all our business and we can now see a time when we are all ‘walking the talk, not just talking it.” Tim Smith, Lone Star Steakhouse and Saloon National Operations Manager

“SLII is a foundational piece in our leadership curriculum. It allows us to validate that we’re moving the needle on leadership behavior. In the past two years, SLII has become the mainstay for developing leaders at Pfizer to diagnose, communicate, and partner for performance more effectively.”

Doug Trainor, Pfizer
Director and Team Leader of the LEAD Department

Rackspace is the number one managed cloud company. Everything we offer is managed and with top customer service that we call Fanatical Support. At the core of Fanatical Support is our front line Rackers and our Racker managers. This year we asked Blanchard International to help with training our Racker managers in SLII (SLX). Our managers had excellent feedback on the course and the SLX language has become ingrained in our management language. Following the course we’ve had a 26% increase in the number of front line Rackers who would promote their manager as a person to work for.

Rackspace

Leadership is about creating the environment that motivates people to reveal their magnificence every day. SLII and the Master of Science in Executive Leadership program provide potential leaders with the framework to become practicing leaders.

Garry O. Ridge, WD-40 Company
President and Chief Executive Officer of WD-40