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Fixing your leadership development program won’t be easy. You might first need to break a few things—namely, tradition and the way your organization defines leadership. Leadership isn’t about who gets nominated into the development program; it’s about who can lead an effective team. It’s not about who gets promoted; it’s about whose team perceives their leadership as effective. It’s not about checking off the elements of a competency model; it’s about recognizing individual differences and anchoring development in the context of each leadership role and the organization.
And helping leaders develop? That’s about democratizing who gets access to development opportunities, then empowering all of your program participants with the tools to target meaningful, long-term behavioral change.
If you’re ready to get started, we can help. We promise the change will be manageable. Contact us today to learn how.
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