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In tough times, leadership and organization development can seem like luxuries and are the first things to be cut. This is natural enough, they do cost money and the returns are hard to measure and longer term. Investing in any development, the way the market is currently structured, requires a leap of faith.
We hope that that paradigm, of too theoretical content, deficient learning structures and poor accountability for results may soon be over.
In 2001, my associates and I came up with a radical idea: what if our client programs could deliver measurable ROI by the time they were completed? What if, in doing so, the executives’ learning was deeper and more sustainable?
If we could deliver on this, our HR/ OD clients would then have a powerful story to tell the CEO: engage in development in a new way, and use it to deliver a key plank of your strategy (whether that be cost-cutting, new market penetration, product innovation, lean enterprise or making a new acquisition deliver.) When you have completed the journey, you will have a cadre of leaders trained to deliver important strategic initiatives AND you will have delivered a major plank of your strategy.
Project-based (sometimes called results-based) leadership development was born.
Since that birth, my associates, partner organizations and I have been working at this edge – to make leadership development more practical, deeper, more sustainable, and more visibly valuable to the CEO.
For information on how those programs deliver that big promise, or on our more standard executive development programs, or about our coaching-advisory services follow either the Consulting link or the Coaching link. To read a number of relevant articles, follow the Publications link. To find out more about us, follow the People link.
Features of our work
Values-driven: Because the future of the world depends on how quickly business can become aware of and adapt to the challenges of the 21st century. Those include financial/ economic challenges, and globalization challenges, but also include getting smarter about generating competitive advantage by becoming a more ethical business.
90% application/ 10% percent theory: Most theories of leadership are understandable by a seventh grader. But even though they are conceptually trivial, embodying and applying them can take a career to master. We focus on the latter.
Integral: “Top-down, results-driven, whole system, whole person.” We start with the executive team, promise a positive ROI during the program, work systemically rather than individually, and work not just with leadership skills, but more deeply looking deeply at purpose, values, mental models, and moods.
Bespoke: Since our programs are designed to help business leaders deliver strategy, and each strategy is unique, our programs are custom-built for each client.
Blended: Each program integrates e-learning, challenging reading, experiential workshops, peer-learning groups and coaching.
