Paul Scouller is passionate about people. People in the Waitara community, which the WISE Charitable Trust serves, and his people making up the workforce behind the Trust.
Paul is a leader alright. As the CE, the key outcomes for upskilling his leadership team is to build leadership capability that the Trust can continue to grow, maintain key stakeholder trust and relationships and provide growth opportunities – no matter if he is CE or not.
Recognising this as giving back to the community, in line with the purpose of the WISE Charitable, Paul does not prescribe to the fear many organisation leaders have around training – “What happens if we invest in them and they leave?”
As Paul sees it, “If they leave working with WISE, we hope they benefit from the investment in them, as members of the community, and make a positive impact themselves. And as we are seeing, some do return to work for WISE, which means they bring back their experience for the community to benefit.”
Here’s what we have implemented so far:
- Blanchard Self Leadership – The leadership team. One day course focussing on developing personal influence, assumed constraints and taking the initiative to seek the leadership style they need to get the job done.
- Results Through Relationships – The leadership team, including Paul. One day workshop and SDI assessment to understand and develop team Relationship Intelligence – supercharge communication and reduce conflict.
- The SLII©️ Experience – CE Paul Scouller. Two day course giving Paul the skills to provide the leadership style to match his teams development level. The flip side to Blanchard Self Leadership.
Together, we will work hard to maximise the investment WISE Charitable Trust have put into training and implementing their Leadership Development Program.