The Essence of Leadership Development

Training is the most effective way to acquire the knowledge, skills and abilities required to perform a task or job properly and safely process . Training can be of a technical nature or it can focus on interpersonal or behavioral characteristics. Leadership development integrates these three attributes

What, then , are the expectations that could reasonably be expected of time and money to support and 

promote the development of leadership in your organization invest?

 Here are some guidelines and highlights lessons learned to develop your leadership and capability 

• - Leadership development is not an event. Instead, it is the base platform of the culture of an organization  

• - A commitment to long-term training initiative should be planned , funded and provided
• - Sessions should be scheduled on a regular basis , usually monthly 
• - Participation in training should not be optional
• - A critical mass must be established on the initiative
• - Training should be extended beyond managers supervisors and team leaders
• - Activities must be highly interactive , combining exercises and case studies with the programs
• - Training should have a personal component , including individual diagnostic assessments 
•  The scope should extend the participants' thinking by introducing and exploring different models , paradigms and ideas.
•  An initiative of leadership development requires sufficient time to build trust and a genuine openness among the participants.
• - Programs should be designed deliberately to promote interdepartmental cooperation.
• - Leadership development should evolve to incorporate problem solving collaboration between trade issues. 

• In the long term , organizations that are committed to leadership development will discover and enjoy the following benefits: 

• - Managers , supervisors and team leaders who demonstrate more competence , confidence and efficiency.
• - A more professional management team .
• - A team of more authentic, dynamic and harmonious leadership.
• - A framework of more diverse and flexible management .
• - A team that shares the objectives and common vocabulary.
• - Management focused on solving business problems .
• - A management team that can lead to the organization of ever higher performance and compete successfully .
• - A management team is actively engaged in developing the organization's employees .
• - A team that fosters a culture that promotes the release of discretionary effort .
• - A team of leadership that promotes employee health , reducing stress levels within the organization.

Now is the time to encourage you to seriously consider the implementation of a leadership development 
initiative to achieve greater success today and achieve a more optimistic future