Formal training is a foundation for leadership development.
When we think of developing leaders, we understand there must be a foundation from which the organization, the team, the leader can launch their development.
What we have seen is that without a foundation, there is no common language and concepts are not widely understood making conversations around leadership development ineffective and at best difficult.
What we also understand is that formal training is just the beginning. Cohorts that go through training together can depend on each other for support in their learning during and after training.
Organizations that put cohorts at different levels through the same training create the ability for dialogue and support between levels — massively improving performance discussions and outcomes.
By design, follow up to initial training, means organizations are able to support leaders in making “small shifts” in habits, in line with their training, in their day-to-day settings, that over time add up to large changes in leadership effectiveness.
And, according to Josh Bersin (October 2023), increased leadership effectiveness through leadership development is the most highly correlated activity to increasing business performance — up to 151%
Benefits
Executive, leaders and managers (your leadership team) learn how to become more trustworthy, consistent, approachable and safe
Your leadership team become more aware and intentional about their leadership
Your leadership team learn how to co-create, lead through “why”, direct when necessary, drive when appropriate and leave the team alone when they’re ready
Your leadership team add practical tools to their tool kit they can use from the start
Your leadership team start to ask more and tell less which drives internal motivation and many other benefits
Leaders understand how their behaviour, choices and mindset affect their outcomes, effectiveness and their team
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