Executive | Business Builder | Organizational Consultant. Obsessed with effective leadership, strategy, growing people, and winning.
Harvard Business School recently published what they called The State of Leadership Development Report: - 75% of organizations rate their leadership development programs as not very effective - Only 18% of organizations say their leaders are "very effective" at meeting business goals - A mere 19% of organizations say they are "very effective" at developing leaders at all levels This is a bad report card for the $400B spent on leadership training annually! For over 25 years I have personally witnessed this and have been "swimming upstream" to reverse the following 4 mindsets with my corporate clients: 1. Disconnected from Results: LinkedIn Learning’s leadership courses revealed 97% of the content never referenced business outcomes. 2. More is Not More: Having lots of content does not make for a valuable L&D department. Think about it . . . content, alone, actually has no inherent value - it derives its value from the problems it solves or the results it produces. 3. Too Theoretical - Lack of Immediate Application: The need is to define what moving from point A to point B looks like for the ORGANIZATION, what skills leaders need to apply right now, along with a roadmap with start and end dates. 4. Lack of Accountability and Follow-up: Smile sheets and course ratings are nice - but pale in comparison to the needed feedback about how leaders are applying what they have learned, and how that is impacting the business. The pace of business has accelerated exponentially over the past 20 years, and change and workload fatigue is a reality. And, the need to continuously adapt to achieve next-level results is the life blood of every organization. Message me for ideas on reversing this trend in your organization.