For a situation that needs attention
Better Conversations™
Focused support for expectations, feedback, underperformance, conflict and the conversations managers often delay or avoid.
See the experiencePeake Performance · Leadership development
Better leaders begin with better conversations.
Practical development that helps managers read the situation, choose deliberately, act with purpose and learn from the result.
Better Conversations™ supports the moments that matter.
Leadership Plus develops the manager behind them.
One leadership philosophy · Two connected solutions
Two ways to develop better managers
Better Conversations™ supports a specific situation. Leadership Plus builds the broader judgement and capability managers need across people, performance and change.
For broader leadership capability
Leadership Plus
A six-day leadership-development programme for managers with responsibility for people, performance and change.
See the journeyManager Essentials · ME-01 to ME-09
Better Conversations™
Nine practical pathways for the conversations managers need to handle well. Explore ME-04 Managing Underperformance below to see how the approach works in practice.
Better Conversations™
See how insight becomes action
Follow the ME-04 Managing Underperformance sample from explanation and assessment to a better-prepared performance conversation.
Watch
A short video explains the issue and why it matters.
Check
A brief assessment helps the manager clarify the real situation.
Understand
A personal report turns responses into useful insight and conversation preparation.
Prepare
The ME-04 workbook turns assessment responses into a practical, evidence-based conversation plan.
Get support
Optional Clinic support provides individual guidance when a conversation needs it.
Leadership Plus
Six days. Three blocks. One deliberate journey.
A practical programme that helps managers become more deliberate in how they lead: reading the situation, choosing how to respond and adapting their approach to what is needed.
The six-day manager journey
Manage → Lead → Connect → Navigate → Develop → Resolve
The journey begins with personal insight into emotional intelligence and management style. Each block builds practical judgement and confidence, with time between sessions to apply, reflect and learn from what happens back at work.
6development days
3two-day blocks
2personal diagnostics
How do I manage different people effectively?
Management & Motivation
Management foundations, personal style, values and the practical conditions that motivate people to perform.
Management foundationsPersonal management styleMotivation & values
Practical outcome: A clearer, more deliberate approach to managing and motivating different people.
Built into the journey: Pre-work diagnostics, guided reflection, practical tools and workplace application between each two-day block.
The Deliberate Manager™
No single right style.
Effective management is about noticing what is needed, choosing deliberately, acting with purpose and reflecting on the result.
NoticeChooseActReflect
What changes
Managers become better able to...
01Understand themselvesRecognise their style, values, strengths and impact on others.
02Read the situationNotice the people, context and stakes before deciding how to respond.
03Choose deliberatelyMove beyond habit and select an approach that fits what is needed.
04Have the conversationAddress expectations, feedback, performance and conflict with clarity and fairness.
05Develop othersCoach, delegate and build capability rather than dependency.
06Learn and adaptReflect on what happened and make a better choice next time.
Who leads Leadership Plus?
Paul Peake, FCIPD
Leadership and people-development practitioner
Paul brings a practitioner's perspective to Leadership Plus, combining evidence-informed thinking with the realities managers face every day.
The approach is direct, reflective and practical, helping managers develop better judgement, have better conversations and apply their learning back at work.
Experience and credentials
Built from practice, not theory alone
Leadership Plus combines evidence-informed learning with the judgement, tools and conversations shaped through more than two decades of people leadership and development.
20+ yearsof HR, leadership and people-development experience
12 yearsdeveloping and delivering Leadership Plus
FCIPDsenior professional standing in people and organisational development
Diagnostics + coachingpersonal insight, reflection and individual development
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