Leadership Development Process

In order to develop as a leader, it requires understanding the qualities of leadership and how to embody those in your current context. What that means is, be better at your current leadership role and you will become a better leader in general. And the people who hold the knowledge of how you can improve are your boss, your direct reports, and even your work peers. If you are willing to hear from their insights, and improve in ways that help you lead them better, you will improve your ability to lead anyone.

Phase One – Awareness

In the first phase of development it’s important to get a clear picture of how you are as person. Only by knowing where you are starting can we create a clear path to where you want to be. Using cutting edge assessment analysis and personal interviews we begin to form an idea of the things that make you great and the things that might be causing friction. This is the most invasive part of the process, and can be the hardest to absorb because it shines a light on what you and others might consider flaws. But if you are ever going to make improvements on these, you have to know what they are first. Depending on the timing of interviews, this phase can take one to two months.

Phase Two – Planning

Together with your boss and HR department, we help you decide on 2-3 changes you would like to make and clear actions to create those changes. You will also set up some accountability systems to help know when you are falling back into old behavior patterns. This process should take about 2 weeks.

Phase 3 – Coaching

We meet together once a week for intensive analyzing of how you are doing, the obstacles in your way, and strategies to overcome those obstacles.

Phase 4 – Appraisal

We check in with your boss to see what improvements have been made.