Elite Executive Talent – Transforming Professionals
an intensive 12-month program to drive your career to that next level
Co-creating Transformative “Moments of Inner Magic”, by Developing Elite Signature Talent and
Launching Your Executive Career – Learn to Thrive, Not Just Survive
Wayne Brown
Coaching Signature Presence Statement:
“I’m an Executive Leader of a multi-national corporation and company founder, supporting other Leaders, by coaching with courage and resilience, while being a willing resource to accompany them on their journey.”
Wayne is founder of the Hong Kong registered company Skills 4 Executives Limited and the Asia Pacific Director for Learning with a multi-national organisation. Having lived in six countries, working with multiple cultures across more than 80 cities in US, Europe, India, Middle East and Asia, Wayne is passionate about assisting individuals and teams, helping them develop and grow.
Who Am I?
Mentoring for the past 30 years, Wayne has found coaching late in his career, formally commencing the practice in 2016. He has quickly adapted to this new profession and is now coaching individuals from most corners of the globe. With a core value of Contribution, coaching forms a perfect fit to his current practices in education, facilitation and development of elite executive talent.
After partnering on staff development projects with leading Universities and Consulting firms in the US, Germany, UK and Australia, Wayne is currently working with coaching counterparts from all levels of organisations. MBA students, start-up entrepreneurs, first time managers, seasoned professional leaders and senior executive teams dominate his client list.
Pre-COVID Wayne travelled the globe working with people, developing and facilitating a wide range of Leadership & Business programs. This practice continues today, mostly via virtual means, and he supports groups to deal with the growing complex nature of our VUCA/BANI business world. Assisting leaders to deal with constant change and helping them with strategic decisions that affect their company, the broader community and environment around them.
Wayne has 45 years’ experience in business, with a significant portion of that in senior leadership roles. During the last decade Wayne has worked with leadership teams across Asia, Europe, India and the Middle East, helping them to succeed in leading culturally diverse organizations. Wayne’s own diverse background brings unique insights and in-depth knowledge to his coaching practice.
About Our Flagship Program
Who It Is For?
I work with senior executives in their mid-30s to 40s who feel alone and isolated due to being stuck in a position, lacking clarity on how to move forward. The internal pressure of performing consistently in their role, amidst the expectation to advance their career, makes them stressed, anxious, and exhausted. They are fearful of being overlooked in a crowded field of talent where there is limited opportunity for promotion and lack confidence in their ability to positively influence the decision. These executives are not sure whom to turn to or confide in and need coaching.
By working with Wayne, executives co-create a personalized blueprint that gives clarity, confidence, and focus, empowering them to transition from where they currently are to where they want to be professionally. They will be supported by an empathetic coach and accountability partner, and have a clear goal-driven plan that enables them to thrive rather than survive on their journey towards desired achievements, success, and fulfillment.
Who It Is Not For?
- People who are not serious about bringing a positive change to their professional lives.
- People who are already excelling in their careers.
- People who just want a solution without committing to make the needed changes.
- People who label themselves as uncoachable.
- People who do not like to develop, grow and have fun.
Module One
Destroy Self-doubt and Limiting Beliefs
Outcome
- An empathetic, accountability coach to move you forward
- A recorded webinar and workbook for future reference
- A list of your top 5 career limiting beliefs
- Your top 8 values prioritized
- At least 3 reconstructed empowering beliefs
WHAT you are getting: After working with the coach and completing the Module 1 webinar and associated exercises, you will have reconstructed / reframed at least three of your core beliefs that had previously triggered negative and disempowering behavior. By replacing these with positive and forward-looking beliefs together with identification and prioritization of your top values, you move into month 2 with a powerful mindset shift.
Description
Stabilizing and reframing your mindset, to seeing a positive future is where we commence your journey together. We do this by teaching you how to free yourself of those core limiting beliefs that have taken hold of your unconscious mind. In the process creating empowering beliefs and helping you to rediscover and prioritize your core values. Thereby ensuring that your moral compass can support those newly formed beliefs.
Module TWO
Construct Your Actionable Career Blueprint
Outcome
- An empathetic, accountability coach to move you forward
- A recorded webinar and workbook for future reference
- Clarity in knowing who they are
- A crystalized, career-focused Purpose statement
- A 5-year blueprint split into annual milestones
- Clear, actionable, goal driven strategy towards Milestone 1
WHAT you are getting: After working with the coach and completing the Module 2 webinar and associated exercises, you will be clear on the role you play, your career purpose and vision, checking that the values and beliefs identified from Module 1 are aligned. You will have developed a 5-year blueprint that maps out concrete annual milestones and goals, stating immediate actions to get the process of rebuilding off to a flying start.
Description
By defining your Identity, we complete the inner reframing, and look five years into the future, crystalizing your career dreams and aspirations. Breaking that Purpose statement and blueprint into manageable and actionable twelve-month milestones and assigning short, focused goals that step you towards the target.
Module THREE
Self-discovery and Core Strengths
Outcome
- An empathetic, accountability coach to move you forward
- A recorded webinar and workbook for future reference
- 360-degree feedback and actionable suggestions
- Top 5 Clifton Strengths report
- Modified goals to incorporate the additional feedback
- A “Habits” introductory guideline and strategy map
- A Capabilities kit – the Masterclass outcome
- A quarter one “Certificate of Achievement”
WHAT you are getting: After working with the coach and completing the Module 3 webinar, associated exercises, and together with the Qtr. 1 Masterclass, you will have a very clear career blueprint and set of short-term goals that are aligned with external feedback and your core career strengths. You have reached the point where inner growth is occurring. By exploring ways to establish habits for Mastery and identifying the necessary capabilities to support your career and improve your performance you are ready to move into Quarter 2 and Module 4.
Description
This third month completes the first step towards igniting your career. You have confirmed your Top 5 work-related Signature Strengths and compared these with feedback from colleagues. That information enables you to deep dive into your capabilities gap and align these new insights with the current 5-year blueprint and 12-month milestone #1.
Module Four
Discovering Self-Leadership Traits – Part 1
Outcome
- An empathetic, accountability coach to move you forward
- A recorded webinar and workbook for future reference
- A Leadership Snapshot report
- My Attitude-Motivation profile
- My Commitment-Accountability profile
- Updated goals and next actions
WHAT you are getting: After working with the coach, completing the Module 4 webinar, and associated exercises, you will have explored and identified character traits around four of the critical elements in strengthening your self-leadership abilities. These are essential building blocks on the journey of self-discovery and awareness. Additionally, you will have completed a Leadership Snapshot assessment and received the report ready for review during Module 5. As module 4 ends, you are two full months into advancing your short-term goals.
Description
Unpacking four critical personal characteristics which contribute to effective self-leadership, ensures you have the ingredients for a sustainable leadership career, deepening your self-awareness and Leadership EQ. Growing these abilities and at the same time working on your short-term goals means you are building that all important momentum.
Module FIVE
Discovering Self-Leadership Traits – Part 2
Outcome
- An empathetic, accountability coach to move you forward
- A recorded webinar and workbook for future reference
- Leadership competency and attribute growth actions
- My Grit-Resilience profile
- Updated goals and next actions
WHAT you are getting: After working with the coach, completing the Module 5 webinar, and associated exercises, you will have analyzed the Leadership Snapshot report and identified strengths and growth opportunities. Additionally, you will have deep dived on the topics of Grit and Resilience, establishing your profile and understanding how these characteristics impact your leadership performance. On conclusion of Module 5 your goals will have been assessed for alignment to the latest feedback and adjusted where needed to accommodate the additional actions.
Description
This is a key module and introduces two extra essentials to strengthen your self-leadership development. Starting with a tailored plan based on an assessment of your Leadership competencies and attributes and followed up with a deep dive into growing Grit and becoming more resilient. It’s literally like you have added a couple of all stars to your Self-Leadership EQ team.
Module SIX
My Leadership Awakening
Outcome
- An empathetic, accountability coach to move you forward
- A recorded webinar and workbook for future reference
- My dominant Leadership styles
- The 90-day Habit Challenge – Habit #1
- Updated goals and next actions
- My systemic EQ ecosystem – the Masterclass outcome
- A quarter 2 “Certificate of Achievement”
WHAT you are getting: After working with the coach and completing the Module 6 webinar, associated exercises, and together with the Qtr. 2 Masterclass, you have reached the turning point in your journey. You have built real momentum and now have absolute clarity about who you are as a leader and how you impact the broader environment. You have the recipes and ingredients for coping with pressure and adversity and realize that your future is firmly with-in your grasp. By the end of Module 6, you commence the first 90-day habit challenge and target one major career/lifestyle change that you have identified. Additionally, you are now 4 months into your short-term goals.
Description
Another stellar month with Module 6 rounding out a significant career-shaping Quarter 2 of this program. You commence by identifying your dominant Leadership styles and introduce the first 90-day Habit Challenge as a means of developing a repeatable activity from the unconscious mind, for use throughout your career. And you close out with a Masterclass on applying systemic thinking to leverage from the business ecosystem for greater social awareness and impact to your actions.
Module Seven
My Adaptable, Agile Catalyst Leader
Outcome
- An empathetic, accountability coach to move you forward
- A recorded webinar and workbook for future reference
- A Catalyst Leader framework
- My Adaptability Quotient (AQ) profile
- Day 30 progress status – Habit #1
- Updated goals and next action
WHAT you are getting: After working with the coach and completing the Module 7 webinar, together with the associated exercises, you will utilize your self-leadership learning and development from the first six months and move into the team-leadership space. This shift requires that you no longer rely solely on your own expertise to address the challenges that arise but learn to adapt and apply an agile mindset demonstrating a Catalyst Leadership approach. This essentially means that you become the “Champion of Change” and lead the team in finding solutions. In parallel you continue to work on your short-term goals and are now 30 days into your new habit formation exercise.
Description
Until now your focus has been on changing your mindset by creating more self-awareness, launching into a career enabling blueprint and discovering your self-leadership qualities. From module 7 on, you continue broadening your perspective by embracing attributes of team and business leadership, starting with a fundamental new age requirement for leading teams through adaptability and agility. Illustrating how you can transition from the ways of traditional heroic and expert leadership to a post-heroic, catalyst leader.
Module EIGHT
Collaborating with my Stakeholders
Outcome
- An empathetic, accountability coach to move you forward
- A recorded webinar and workbook for future reference
- A systemic map of my stakeholder’s ecosystem
- Collaborative JV partners strategy
- Day 60 progress status – Habit #1
- Updated goals and next action
WHAT you are getting: After working with the coach and completing the Module 8 webinar, together with the associated exercises, you will truly start to accelerate your growth as a prominent leader. The work completed so far in this program enables you to commence the transition and shift your gaze away from self and team, towards engaging with all your stakeholders. Establishing a strategy for communications, building rapport, and demonstrating real value. You also work towards partnering with identified sponsors (JV partners) that will promote you as future opportunities arise. These activities will require a detailed review of Milestone 1 and your short-term goals to ensure alignment. As well you are now 60 days into your Habit Challenge and making good progress.
Description
Business leadership leads off in Module 8 with your focus immediately turning to Stakeholder engagement. Capitalizing on the work commenced in Module 6, you leverage the systemic ecosystem to explore and understand your Stakeholders interests, considering how you influence and impact them. Utilizing this newly acquired stakeholder knowledge you identify potential collaboration partners that will serve as your future ambassadors and promoters.
Module Nine
Aligning to my Authentic Future-Self
Outcome
- An empathetic, accountability coach to move you forward
- A recorded webinar and workbook for future reference
- Debunking my “Big Assumptions”
- Day 90 progress status – Habit #1
- The 90-day Habit Challenge – Habit #2
- Updated goals and next actions
- My “Authentic Future-Self” – the Masterclass outcome
- A quarter 3 “Certificate of Achievement”
WHAT you are getting: After working with the coach and completing the Module 9 webinar, together with the associated exercises and the 3rd Masterclass, you will have real personal clarity and be making significant progress towards a bright Leadership future. You understand how to influence the world around you and stand out in a crowd. You take the opportunity to reflect and realign with your initial Purpose statement, identifying any remaining limiting beliefs and “Big assumptions,” that may be holding you back from launching your career forward. You have completed an exercise that produces a statement depicting that future Authentic-Self and this is supported by the completion of Habit #1 and commencement of Habit #2 along with the continual growth achieved by closing out short-term goals.
Description
Module 9 is a significant milestone on this transformational journey. Your thoughts, feelings and behaviors are aligned with your inner self and with the world around you. The clarity with which you are seeing the immediate environment is proving a game changer as you impact all who you engage with. Completing your Authentic Future-Self statement has elevated you to a higher vantage point from where you can oversee your bright future.
Module TEN
Transitioning to a Bright Financial Future
Outcome
- An empathetic, accountability coach to move you forward
- A recorded webinar and workbook for future reference
- A preliminary financial roadmap
- My growth mindset development plan
- Day 30 progress status – Habit #2
- Updated goals and next actions
WHAT they are getting: After working with the coach and completing the Module 10 webinar, together with the associated exercises, you will have developed a financial roadmap, establishing four cornerstones.
1. your current financial net worth,
2. your annual 12-month budget
3. your financial freedom targets
4. your financial plan-on-a-page that outlines the targets for the coming 12 months and 5-year projection.
To support this roadmap you will examine the need to adopt an inquiring mindset in developing the knowledge and skills required for financial growth and management. And as always there will be progress on embedding Habits 1 & 2 with the completion of actions on short-term goals.
Description
A secret ingredient for lasting happiness and well-being is to ensure that you have not overlooked your financial health as you progress your career. By establishing clear parameters around four key financial pillars, you can rest easy that your net worth increases with that career advancement. Introducing in the process, the means for creating a growth mindset and lifelong development plan.
Module ELEVEN
Mentors and Stakeholder Unite
Outcome
- An empathetic, accountability coach to move you forward
- A recorded webinar and workbook for future reference
- Engaging my Personal Board of Directors
- My Refined Circle of Influence
- My Stakeholder Communications Strategy
- Day 60 progress status – Habit #2
- Updated goals and next actions
WHAT they are getting: After working with the coach and completing the Module 11 webinar, together with the associated exercises, you have addressed those primary fears that had been concerning you from the commencement of this program. You have in place plans to prevent lapsing back into old habits. You have engaged with at least one mentor who offer their career/subject expert guidance and you’ve identified accountability partners under the title of my Personal Board of Directors. You have also taken a deeper view of the Stakeholder strategy and enhanced this to focus in on those that will have the most impact and influence. Your first-year milestone is looming near, and you have completed 10 months’ worth of actions in order to close out short-term goals. And you are halfway through Habit Challenge #2.
Description
It’s time to apply the winning touches to this career altering journey. This commences by appointing a mentor to support in one or more areas of your career. Just as you have been coached through this entire journey so far, your accountability partners will become an invaluable resource as your career evolves. In parallel, you refresh the Stakeholder strategy, applying the 80/20 principle and zoom into work with those that can generate the most influence and impact for the future.
Module Twelve
Launching my “Elite Executive Talent”
Outcome
- An empathetic, accountability coach to move you forward
- A recorded webinar and workbook for future reference
- 360 degree #2, feedback and clarity – 12 months on
- Day 90 progress status – Habit #2
- The 90-Day Challenge – Habit #3
- Wrapping up milestone 1 goals
- Clear, actionable, goal driven strategy – towards milestone 2.
- My “Signature Presence” – the Masterclass outcome
- A program “Certificate of Achievement/Completion”
WHAT they are getting: After working with the coach and completing the Module 12 webinar, together with the associated exercises and the 4th Masterclass, you are ready to launch – you have all the tools needed for success and fulfillment. You have the right mindset, and your own unique authentic signature presence to go forth and take the world head on. The world has become your oyster and the sky is literally the limit. You have established your “Elite Executive Talent” and transformed your professional career.
Description
The 12th module is not about ticking the boxes and consolidating our achievements – although you also do this by assessing your stakeholders feedback after a second 360 degree survey and confirming that you have achieved your Milestone 1 targets. However, you are about the future and it’s time to turn your attention to the all-new Milestone 2 framework and immediate set of short-term goals. In essence it’s launch time, you’re ready and eagerly looking forward to everything that you are about to create.
Module Thirteen
Bonus module – Confirming my coordinates
Outcome
- An empathetic, accountability coach to move you forward
- Follow-up support, guidance, and Q&A opportunity
- Discounted future learning opportunities
WHAT they are getting: After completing these two bonus follow-up group calls, the client will be feeling confident in flying solo – at least solo from this program. Your career will have changed considerably during the past 15 months and is much healthier. Next stop – continued growth while nailing your Milestone 2 goals.
Description
Now that your training wheels are gone, it’s time to evaluate that you are on target and continue to head in the right direction? We understand this can be a testing time, so we stick around for support. As part of the package everyone is entitled to join in a 1- and 3-month follow-up call together with fellow adventurers, to check-in and confirm that the path is still clear.