Leading Leaders
A custom program that develops your senior leaders to take decisions off your desk and grow the managers under them.
Training sessions, one-on-one coaching, assessments, and peer groups, delivered over several months so the skills take hold between sessions. We build the mix around your goals, your competencies, and the leaders in the room.
Measurable, Improved Leadership Outcomes
Leaders who deliver what they commit to.
Leaders set sound, well-reasoned goals and hit them, so each one carries their full weight as the organization scales.
Top-down accountability.
Leaders hold their managers to clear results and model the standard themselves, so enforcement stops routing through you.
Problems raised early.
Your leaders surface risk early and take on the difficult conversations directly, so issues get resolved before they reach your desk.
A pipeline of leaders.
You end with a group of leaders the organization can rely on and move up as it grows.
Increased capacity at the top.
Leaders who develop and delegate to their own teams free their attention for the strategic work you promoted them to do, and free yours in the process.
A Program Built Around Your Leaders
Every program is built from the components that fit your goals. Custom programs may 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.
Coaching: Participants work 1:1 or in small groups to apply what they’ve learned to real workplace situations, compare approaches, and hold each other accountable.
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.
Optional
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.
Built Around the Competencies Leaders Need
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.
Who Is Leading Leaders For?
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.
