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LEADERSHIP ASSESSMENT & DEVELOPMENT
Friday, February 13, 2009 by Dick Butz
Despite Cutbacks, Companies Invest In Developing Leaders
Career Consultants Group assists clients build high-performance leadership teams that outperform their competition. In this difficult business climate, some are cutting back on training expenses but many have renewed their focus on:
- Revising Business Plans to reflect the realities of the current business climate.
- Determining the Core Competencies now required of their leaders.
- Assessing their leaders against these new competencies - developing a gap analysis to determine who is strong, who needs help and who might fail.
- Establishing leadership development programs to help assure the organization outperform its competition.
Historically, companies referred to leadership development programs as "soft costs" because they could not measure the effectiveness of these programs in increasing earnings. So when business got tough, these were some of the first programs to be cut.
Today's executives realize that having the right people in the right positions, aligning their leadership team to current business strategies and providing leadership skills to compete in tough times is important. Leadership development was important in good times...but in times of crisis, when the economy is struggling, it is imperative! However, these programs must include metrics that measure their effectiveness...did each leader, as a result of their competence and new skills, increase productivity, profits, revenues or outperform their competition?
If you would like to learn how to:
- Identify the competencies each of your leadership team need to compete in today's business climate
- Assess a leader who is under performing or assess your leadership team
- Provide executive coaching to improve a leaders performance
- Receive a complimentary leadership assessment that demonstrates how to evaluate the skills necessary to lead in today's economy
Contact Dick Butz, President @317-264-4164 or email rbutz@cciindy.com.