GLENN WATKINS, PROGRESSIVE LEADERS
About the Progressive Leaders App
I built this so that the behavioural and development work I do with leaders keeps working when I am not present. It starts with a short questionnaire and a report written for your own pattern: your preference, how it shifts when the stakes get higher and what you reach for, fall back on and drop. It then carries on into your team. The people who join you appear beside you on one picture, enabling you to ask what lands effectively in any conversation you are actually about to have. The highly practical reports and tools accelerate your learning and growth.
Who it is for
Leaders and their teams. The questions ask what you actually do when the pressure comes up, so they work the same whether you run the company, run a team of three or work in one: chief executives, managing directors, directors, senior leadership teams, managers, entrepreneurs, business owners and their teams. It is built to be used by a whole team together rather than one person at a time, which is where seeing and working with everyone who joins you on one picture earns its place.
The Conductor | Red Drive
Hardens into certainty
BLIND SPOT
Their own uncertainty
The Catalyst | Yellow Spark
Moves before others are ready
BLIND SPOT
What gets left behind
The Adjudicator | Green Anchor
Delays under ambiguity
BLIND SPOT
The cost of waiting
The Architect | Blue Depth
Withdraws into analysis
BLIND SPOT
The human cost of the plan
What is in it
Pressure Profile. Free. Twelve questions, a few minutes and a seven-page report: your preference, what turns up as pressure rises, what you reach for and bring in.
- Systems thinker
- Rigorous
- Designs before deciding
- Holds complexity
- Energises ideas
- Connects the dots
- Decisive under pressure
- Moves fast when it matters
Progressive Profile. Unlocks the full depth in your unique report of over twenty pages, written for your specific pattern: your edge, your blind spots, how you decide and communicate, where the pressure moves you, your impact in meetings and a ninety-day practice.
Team Radar. Everyone who joins you on one diamond, measured the same way. It reads the shape of the team and it gives you a straight read on any single working relationship: what that pairing does well, where it grates, what happens to it as pressure rises and what works with them.
- You
- A team member
Team Work. Pick a person and any situation, ask questions to get a lead-in followed by what to do and what to avoid, written from that person's own answers rather than from a generic type. All done privately, nothing is shown to that person and they are never told they were asked about. Your notes from each conversation are read into the next answer, so one to ones pick up from last time with minimum effort.
The first five people who join you are free, permanently. Nothing expires.
The app
Not just a report. An app you and your team use.
Real screens, drawn from example accounts.
Your profile
Your score, your tag cloud, what pressure does to you.
Team Work
Pick a person and a situation. Get a lead-in before you speak.
Who is behind it
I am Glenn Watkins. I co-founded Ecademy.com in 1998, the world's first social business network. I led it as chief executive as it grew globally to over half a million businesses. Since then I have worked with the leaders of private sector SME businesses: intimate peer groups, one to one coaching and mentoring, team workshops and retreats. I am an NLP business coach. I was a Chairman, Coach and Mentor for Vistage International and The Academy for Chief Executives in the UK. The questions, the four leadership colours and the way these reports read all come out of that work. This app is where it is written down and comes to life.
The rest of what I do
The app is one part of it. The rest happens with me, in a room or on a call.
Progressive Leaders Groups. Confidential groups of up to twelve non-competing leaders who meet in person in central London. A CEO group for chief executives and managing directors leading £1m to £100m turnover SME businesses, a director group for directors, senior managers and rising stars. Bespoke programmes for whole company leadership teams. Membership is by invitation and subject to fit. Read more
Coaching and mentoring. One to one. Exploring your strategies, the issues and opportunities in front of you with the options to progress, so you make better decisions with confidence. Read more
Workshops and facilitation. Bespoke workshops, programmes and facilitated meetings for a leadership team: leadership development, strategy, goals and objectives, high performance teams, issues and conflict. Read more
Retreats. Unique settings immersed in the natural environment, with bespoke activities to inspire, create and reconnect. Read more
A Profile Debrief. An hour with me on your own Progressive Profile, producing clarity, insights for more effective and engaging leadership.
What it costs
The Pressure Profile is free. No card needed. The first five people who join you are also free. The Progressive Profile is $125. Sign in to see all pricing.
The next step
The first one is free. Take the Pressure Profile, read your report, then invite someone from your team to see what you both look like and how you work, side by side.
If you would rather talk first, the groups and the coaching are at progressiveleaders.net.