LEARNING LAB: Leadership development is one of the most pressing issues facing organizations today. Great leaders do more than lead teams – they build future leaders for the long-term success of their organization’s bottom line, strategy execution, talent retention, and resilience and agility in the face of disruption. The strongest businesses do not rely on a few leaders at the top; they are excellent at developing leaders at all levels. This is not just HR’s problem — it is a vital strategic imperative for all leadership, especially Executives and Officers.

This session helps Executives and Officers probe the elements of a scalable enterprise-wide leadership development system that grows talent, increases readiness, and drives performance and accountability across levels, functions, and locations. Participants will examine and collaborate on barriers to and effective strategies, structures, and practices for shaping their next generation of leaders – including fostering a workplace culture conducive to leadership preparation; integration of development tools founded on real-world leadership learning experiences, such as coaching, feedback, and stretch assignments as growth accelerators; and building realistic succession planning that goes beyond names on a chart and aligns with the enterprise’s now and future goals.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

1. Develop a clear strategy for building leadership capacity across the organization.

2. Specify actions to promote a leadership culture of continuous learning that scales leadership capacity.

3. Understand the use of scalable development practices including coaching, feedback, and stretch opportunities to multiply leadership capacity.

4. Improve the use of succession planning to build a more resilient talent pipeline.

LEADERSHIP COMPETENCIES: Develops Others to Build Talent; Excellence in Results Through Others; Sets Vision & Direction; Builds Relationships & Coalitions