7 Leadership Development Best Practices: A Fast Track to Executive Bench Strength

97%.

That is the number of organizations in a recent study that cited significant leadership skill gaps.

In the same survey, as many as 70% of those companies confessed that they are doing nothing to close those gaps. Why?

We believe that there are two fundamental causes for these findings reported by research firms for the past decade.

1. Current Leadership Development Programs Not Adding Measurable Value: Those companies which have leadership development programs are not producing leaders who meet the specific needs of their organization.

2. Skeptical of the Value: Those without leadership action learning programs are reluctant to start down the traditional but ineffective leadership development path.
The traditional leadership development approach involving interviews, training needs assessments, competency models, instructional design, blended learning, and complex training measurement systems is too slow and too ill-equipped to create executives capable of addressing their company's critical challenges.

Most companies just don't have the luxury of 1 - 2 years to develop and roll-out a leadership program - let alone one with little promise for the application of new skills learned or for an observable, measurable impact on the business.

As recent winners of the 2010 Bersin Leadership Development Excellence Award, we know that there is a better way.

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About LSA Global

Founded in 1995, LSA Global is a leading performance consulting and training firm that helps high growth technology, services, and life-science companies create a competitive advantage by powerfully aligning their culture and talent with their strategy. Learn more about getting aligned

Executive Development: Improving Strategic Execution

Done right, Executive Development should have a greater company-wide impact than any other learning initiative.

In addition to improving the capabilities of your top executives, the outcomes of any world-class executive development program should include tangible business results in:

• Increased revenue
• Decreased costs and/or
• Increased productivity

We find that successful Executive Development & Coaching initiatives are typically designed to fit the specific goals and needs of an organization and its personality.

Because each situation and leadership team is unique, we have found that "one size" does not fit all when it comes to effectively developing executives. We also know that "off-the-shelf" executive development is typically a waste of both time and money in terms of changing leadership behavior or improving leadership results.

Last year, LSA's Leadership Development Program directly drove $13m to our client's bottom-line in only 12 months. What impact is your leadership program having on your business?

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About LSA Global
Founded in 1995, LSA Global is a leading performance consulting and training firm that helps high growth technology, services, and life-science companies create a competitive advantage by powerfully aligning their culture and talent with their strategy. Learn more about getting aligned