Six Essentials for Today’s Leadership Training
n a year-long collaboration with one of our key clients, a large regional financial institution, we deployed six essential design components in the construct of their leadership development program. We briefly share these six essentials that you can adopt and use to enhance your organization's leadership development experience.
Consider these six design essentials to enhance your current program:
Competency-Based
Self-Service Content
Experiential Activity
Business Scholars
Social Learning
Certification Status
Use your organization’s leadership competency model as the program foundation. Include competency assessments for leaders and their managers to assess their perceived skill level.
Curate and publish pertinent competency building content including articles, books, eLearning, videos, and podcasts for leaders.
The majority of learning happens through application. Develop resources with suggested experiential activities for each leadership competency.
Use respected leaders as “scholars” to deliver relevant topics virtually – this is key to contextualizing the competencies and leadership best practices.
If your organization has a social platform, embed the platform in your program to facilitate organic learning between peers. Use the platform to “push and pull” content for leaders on a regular basis.
Offer a certification for leaders who fulfill program completion requirements. Provide an incentive for completion, such as executive recognition.
Find ways to improve your organization’s program today and give leaders the edge they need in managing through the challenges of today’s work environment.
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