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Building Strong People and Organizations: Three Elements of Leadership Development

Leadership development is crucial in today’s business landscape. It involves training and developing leaders at all levels to enable them to lead effectively and efficiently. Successful companies must constantly innovate new products and services while simultaneously evolving their strategies and operations as market conditions change. This requires leaders who are willing to challenge the status quo, embrace failure as part of learning, and adapt quickly when circumstances dictate a different course of action than originally planned or expected.  To build strong people and organizations, leadership development must focus on three common elements: setting the vision and direction, effective communication, and continuous learning and development. These lay the scaffolding for growth through which the people and therefore the organization are strengthened and

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Leadership Return on Investment

The results of effective leadership are high employee morale, happy and repeat customers, and a sustainable increase productivity and positive impact on the balance sheet. The importance of leadership development in today’s business landscape can not be understated. Leadership skills are becoming more important than ever with the rise of technology, globalization and increasing regulation. With our increased reliance on automation, there are fewer and fewer tasks that require manual labor. This leaves more time available for deeper thinking tasks like strategic planning or problem solving – both areas where good leadership skills are essential to success! Leadership development is vital for many reasons but most importantly because it helps employees become better leaders themselves! When employees have opportunities to

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Understanding Leadership Development

Leadership development is much like a trade in it is an art that is passed down in the form of apprenticeship. It can be effectively taught through the day to day work of ones charges. It is important to think about leadership development as a process, rather than a destination or goal. The goal should be to cultivate relationships with those who are your charges or in your sphere of influence by creating opportunities for them to learn and grow into their roles. In doing so, you are creating an environment where people can learn how to lead others and make decisions that impact the business. The focus of leadership development should be on the growth of individuals rather than

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A Priority for Business

Leadership development is one of the areas that has recevied many platitudes but little action from companies over the last few decades. In a world where it’s easy to focus on short-term results, leadership development can seem like a luxury. That’s why it’s so important to make sure that you’re investing in your employees and making sure they have the skills they need to do their jobs effectively and efficiently. What’s more, leadership development is also an investment in your company culture. When you invest in leadership training for your employees, you’re not only helping them be more effective and efficient workers but you’re also making them better leaders themselves. This means that when they go back into the trenches

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Forefront of Change

Leadership is the cornerstone of a successful business. At its core, leadership is about setting the vision and direction for an organization. It’s about inspiring others to follow that vision and working as a team to accomplish it. In today’s business landscape, leaders have an outsized role in shaping the future of their organizations. The importance of leadership development in today’s business landscape can’t be understated — it impacts everything from culture to employee engagement to customer satisfaction to profitability. However, many companies are not prepared for this shift in responsibility and have not invested in their leaders’ development with the same fervor as they have for other aspects of their businesses. Why does leadership development matter so much? Because

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Post Task Debrief

The post task debrief is the final step in completion of the task.  One’s goal is for the charge to understand how they measure against the expected standard.  As the leader one also needs to take ownership of their shortcomings inside the leadership process for the task and discuss those.  It is vitally important that the charge sees there is only one standard, all are accountable and all are expected to improve. In Action- 3 parts1. Preparing the Task, here2. The Task, here3. Post Task Debrief, 7/18/2022      3. Post Task Debrief –  One must sit with the charge and review the task/s accomplished.             A. Let them talk freely.               

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