CORE TRAINING AND RETREATS

Do you ever worry, “Who’s going to take over when I decide to move on?”
Are there managers in your organization who are good managers, but not necessarily great leaders?
Have you ever promoted someone “too fast”, only to discover that a lack of maturity proved fatal?
Do you have managers who are “technically excellent” but can’t get things done through people?
Are you stumped about how to coach someone to project more confidence?
Does your organization have a solid way to identify performance gaps for developing future executives?
If asked, would you have to confess, “Succession planning? We haven’t gotten around to it yet.”
Are you aware that a critical question for your organization is, “Who are our leaders of the future?

A SHORTAGE OF FUTURE LEADERS?
Succession Planning expert Jay Conger challenges companies to imagine a more crucial issue than the choice and cultivation of future leaders. Many other experts agree, pointing to the potential leadership shortage spurred by the looming mass exodus of retiring Baby Boomers.

Will we need many new leaders to fill their shoes? Undoubtedly. Are those leaders being actively and systematically developed by our organizations? Sometimes, but not often enough.

BUILDING THE BENCH BY DESIGN
Brainfood for Business has joined forces with WOW! Retreats in recognizing the need for future leaders. We want to help build your company’s bench strength. So, we have created an innovative, solid blend of developmental strategies to take your leaders to the next level. Who’s On The Bench? will

• Position leaders for success in their next positions.
• Facilitate discussion with your Executive Team to answer, “What kinds of leaders do we need?”
• Help identify the strongest potential future leaders in your company.
• Clarify a developmental path for high potential leaders to achieve their best.
• Provide on-going coaching to provide support, manage derailers, and boost accountability.
• Align your company’s Succession Planning process with Business Strategy.
• Provide methods for objectively and subjectively measure leadership performance.
• Help your company retain its best and brightest leadership talent.
• Guide your Executive Team to be the most committed and skilled coaches of leadership development possible.

A MULTI-FACETED LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROCESS

EXECUTIVE PLANNING
to align the Executive Team’s views about what leadership competencies your company really needs and to link leadership development with the business strategy of the company.

LEADERSHIP TRAINING
to provide the most up-to-date expert opinions on leadership best practices. Leadership Training will be conducted using adult learning practices and activities that make the training “much more than lecture.”

LEADERSHIP ASSESSMENT
to identify two distinct but equally important aspects of leadership: leadership knowledge and leadership application. Who’s On The Bench? will answer the questions, “What do your leaders know?” and “What do your leaders do?”

LEADERSHIP COACHING
to provide on-going support for the leadership development process. Leadership coaching will be given to both individuals and groups, depending upon the needs of an organization.

ACTION LEARNING
to identify key organizational issues/projects that top leadership candidates will tackle in an Action Learning process. Action Learning pulls a group of high potential leaders together to solve a pressing organizational issue. The learning is in “real time”, not just the classroom and provides a “real world” application for new leadership skills.

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