Customized leadership development for directors and senior leaders.
The Leading Leaders Program develops individual leaders at the director level and above through a fully customized blend of training, one-on-one coaching, assessments, and peer learning. We build each program around your organization’s goals, competencies, and culture, then deliver it over several months so new skills take hold between sessions.
What Leading Leaders Includes
Every program is built from the components that fit your goals. Most combine several of the following:
Training modules: Facilitated sessions on the skills senior leaders use every day, from strategy and financial acumen to influence and accountability. Modules run as full-day or multi-day sessions, in person or virtual.
One-on-one coaching: Each participant works with an ERC coach between modules to apply what they’ve learned to the situations they lead through at work.
Assessments: 360-degree feedback, DiSC, and emotional intelligence (EQ) assessments give each leader a clear baseline and a way to measure growth by the end of the program.
Manager sessions: We meet with participants’ managers at the start of the journey to align on goals and key results, then check in as the program progresses. Development sticks when a leader’s own manager is invested in it.
Peer consulting groups: Small group coaching sessions of 8 to 10 participants, held between modules. Leaders work through their pre-work and post-work together, compare approaches, and hold each other accountable.
Training Topics
We tailor the curriculum to the competencies your organization wants to build. Topics include:
Setting direction, communicating it clearly, and connecting daily decisions to where the business is headed.
Reading the numbers that run the business, including Zodiak, a business finance simulation where leaders run a company and live with the results of their decisions.
Holding leaders accountable for results while giving them room to own the work.
Making sound calls with incomplete information, and knowing which decisions to delegate.
Moving people and peers without relying on authority.
Understanding how they show up as leaders and how their behavior lands on others.
Guiding teams through uncertainty and keeping momentum when the ground shifts.
Developing direct reports and handling the conversations most leaders avoid.
How Leading Leaders is Delivered
Location
Onsite at your location, at our Northeast Ohio training center, virtually, or a blend. Many clients pair in-person modules with virtual coaching and peer sessions.
Duration
Programs typically span several months, with modules spaced out so leaders can apply what they learn between sessions.
Facilitators
ERC trainers and coaches bring decades of on-the-job leadership experience, so every session stays grounded in situations your leaders will recognize.
Size
In-person cohorts typically run up to 25 participants. Peer consulting groups stay small, 8 to 10 leaders, so every participant stays in the conversation.
Who Should Attend Leading Leaders?
Directors and Senior Managers
responsible for departments, functions, or multiple teams
Vice Presidents & Executives
who want structured development for themselves or their direct reports
High-Potential Leaders
your organization is preparing for director-level roles
Frequently Asked Questions
Program length depends on the design. Most programs span several months, with training modules, coaching, and peer sessions spaced throughout. A recent client program ran about six months from opening assessments to closing 360-degree feedback.
Investment depends on the components you choose: the number of training modules, coaching sessions, assessments, and peer consulting groups. We’ll scope the program with you and provide a clear investment breakdown you can take to your leadership team.
Wherever works best for your team: onsite at your organization, at our Northeast Ohio training center, or virtually. Most clients blend formats, with in-person modules and virtual coaching between them.
Our supervisory training serves first-time supervisors and front-line leaders. The Middle Management Training Series develops managers who are growing their strategic skills. Senior Leadership Team Training works with an intact executive team on how they operate together. Leading Leaders develops individual directors and senior leaders through a customized journey built around each cohort.
We typically use 360-degree feedback, DiSC, and emotional intelligence assessments. Each is optional. We’ll recommend the right mix based on your goals and whether your leaders have completed assessments before.
Yes. Any session from our supervisory and management training curriculum can be adapted for a senior audience, alongside the core Leading Leaders topics.
Get Pricing or More Information
Tell us about your leaders and what you want them to accomplish. We’ll design a program that gets them there, and stay with you from the first assessment to the final session.
