Creating a Leadership Development Program

Discover how to design and implement a high-impact leadership development program that helps your organization achieve its business objectives and advance its vision.

Introduction

• Creating a strategic leadership development program
• Case study and exercise files

1. The Strategic Use of Leadership Development

• Overview of the leadership development process
• Understand an organization's objectives
• Create a leadership development model
• Prepare to develop your leadership program
• Decide whether to build or buy a leadership program

2. Research and Analysis Phase

• Conduct a careful analysis early on
• Create a custom survey
• How to conduct a deep dive to gather company information
• Interview senior leaders and key influencers

3. Turn Needs Analysis into a Strawman Design

• Analyze information from the research phase
• How to choose powerful design elements
• Balance different types of learning
• Measure your program's return on investment
• How branding and influencers impact the design process

4. Create a Powerful Final Design

• Work on design details at a retreat
• How to build a blueprint for success
• Select and integrate instructors and program materials
• Budgeting and running a pilot program
• Seek feedback to continually improve