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Our research has found that approximately 99.9% of executives have a useless binder sitting high up on a shelf, after having attended a training program! Why? Although the class might have been excellent, the training is often so general that the practical steps on how to apply the newfound knowledge to you and your organization are missing. We’re so busy putting out fires, we don’t have the time to apply new thoughts or try new approaches. Although well-intentioned, vying for time to focus on a new process when there are voice mails to return, e-mails to answer, and meetings to attend is virtually impossible.
“The definition of insanity is doing the same thing
and expecting different results.”
Yet, companies continue to develop their executives in this way! Leadership Capital Group has carefully and uniquely designed programs that overcome these difficult obstacles. There are four primary components to each LCG program which are designed to strategically link your efforts to your desired business outcomes. The components at the center of the LCG programs are education, one-on-one coaching, and our partnership spanning over time. Surrounding these elements are assessment and results measurement.
- Assessment is the foundation of any individualized program. For each type of assessment (Leadership, 360°, Executive, Selection, Development, Cultural, Sales), a series of instruments are used to help paint a comprehensive picture of a person's individual motivations, work style, interpersonal strengths and limitations, problem solving style and leadership factors. This information coupled with an interview, allows our team to better tailor a developmental plan that best fits you.
- The basis of any good program is an educational forum that delivers pertinent information and initiates lively dialogue. LCG does not use “canned classes.” Instead we create and tailor proprietary presentation and case study/discussion material using current research, best practices, real world case studies, and in-depth discussions, led by former CEOs, corporate psychologists and other business leaders. The result is a high-impact, robust environment that addresses issues that get in the way of performance, and focuses on facilitating performance.
- The most crucial elements to fostering positive and lasting outcomes are coaching and the commitment over time. One-on-one coaching is one of the most important parts of the LCG People Strategy process, and is managed over a specified period of time to best integrate desired behaviors into an organization, ensuring that the knowledge gained is applied — and so that there aren’t anymore useless-never-to-be-used-again binders!
- The goal of any kind of developmental initiative is to obtain better results. At Leadership Capital Group, we put an emphasis on measuring the change in the desired objectives. By measuring “where you are” at the beginning of the program, and “where you are” post-program, we can identify and measure our impact. This is an important factor for both LCG, and our clients, to assume accountability in ensuring results.
There are key components, or services, that are part of the LCG methodology. Services as stand-alone offerings are particularly impactful to organizations. Please view our services page to find out more about core offerings such as assessments and executive coaching, as well as services such as Merger & Acquisition and LEAD (executive search).
Another facet of LCG’s product offering is seminars & workshops. Clients have asked us to recreate modules in which they have participated, for their own organizations. LCG has tailored these modules to their business needs and conducted on-site seminars. Review our seminar page for information on our leadership education series, like the “ROI of Leadership” and public speaking engagements.
Leadership Capital Group offers a variety of programs, services, and seminars. Please click on one of the following categories to find out more about the LCG Offering.
The services offered by Leadership Capital Group are integral components of the LCG methodology and the People Strategy process. Each of these services stands on its own merit and is an extremely valuable tool for an organization.
LCG works closely with clients to enhance their hiring, selection, promotion and development decisions. Assessments serve as the basis for identifying critical success variables. By using scientific, objective, and data-driven analyses and integrating this information with a comprehensive interview from corporate psychologists, we provide our clients with comprehensive overview information about a prospective candidate or current employee that is highly predictive of success and the fit between the individual and the organization.
Executive Coaching is one of the most important pieces of the LCG People Strategy. Our clients find one-on-one interaction with trained business professionals, whether CEO, Sales, Executive, Professional or Family Owned Business, to be especially valuable. We work closely with clients to: identify and address technical, cultural, or interpersonal issues; discuss personal or organizational barriers to success; strategize approaches; and align personality, interests and abilities with the position requirements.
Executive Coaching is a valuable means for enhancing an individual’s strengths, minimizing the effect of limitations, and integrating positive change into an organization. You will find Executive Coaching is a predominant part of the LCG approach and a differentiating factor over other programs.
Succession Planning cannot work without evaluating your High Potential program. LCG can help you identify “high potential” performers within your organization. The success of any organization is tied to its ability to sustain and enhance long-term performance and to do so, organizations must identify and develop their future leaders. “Benchstrength” isn’t only important in sports, it’s also important in business. It is essential to have a consistent pipeline of strong managerial and leadership talent to create successful strategies and outcomes.
Our consultants work with you to effectively assess your talent pool, to position the right people to execute your strategy, to enable you to realize your vision. An important factor in this equation is to make an accurate assessment of the competencies and limitations of the organization’s human capital. By doing so, we begin the People Strategy process that will make your people a source of competitive advantage.
We can help you:
- Define your talent requirements
- Form leadership competencies
- Identify high potential performers
- Highlight gaps between current and needed talent
- Create and implement an ongoing succession planning model
- Establish leadership development programs, and
- Articulate future talent needs
Business opportunities and challenges are often magnified in family-owned businesses, and how these are addressed can have ramifications that extend beyond the financial success of the organization. At LCG, our consultants understand the unique subtleties, nuances, and relationships that surround family-owned businesses. While the dynamics in each family business are unique, we can assist in these situations:
- The CEO is retiring and is concerned that the heir apparent is unable to maintain or grow the company.
- A new family member has taken the reigns but is struggling to get the “buy in” from others who feel more deserving of the position.
- The family is questioning the competency of one of its members who wishes to take on greater responsibility and authority.
- The heirs do not feel there is an equitable division of wealth, causing conflict in the family.
- The CEO would like to help the heir apparent mature, and would like to expose him/her to a development program.
Family business consulting is not an event, it is a process. Our consultants work with you to gain greater insight concerning your business, relationships, and objectives, as well as help you form a strategy for addressing inter-related issues. As Leadership Capital Group works with your company, these insights enhance your vision and direction.
A study conducted by the Society for Human Resource Management found that four out of every ten executives fail at their jobs within the first 18 months, and 80% of those failures were due to the “fit” within the organization, not due to lack of technical ability. Leadership Capital Group helps companies find candidates that “fit” by using the LEAD™ (Locate, Evaluate, and Accelerate Development) process to better serve our clients.
The LCG LEAD™ process is a unique adaptation of the typical search process. Normally a search firm would locate a candidate, follow an interview process that is heavily “technical skills” weighted, and finalize the placement. From our perspective the traditional method includes the lack of predictive assessment tools that would gauge the candidates’ success in the organization and a process to help with the transition phase.
Up to 75% of all acquisitions fail to deliver their desired financial or strategic outcomes, but why? Regardless of industry or geography, the most difficult struggles are encountered during organizational changes, not as a result of difficulties merging markets or leveraging technology, but rather as a result of people and processes. Most acquisitions result in a temporary performance decline, though the intensity and duration is often dependent on the experience of the transition team.
Although organizational changes complicate managements’ job, attention to “human factors” increases the likelihood of success. LCG can help negotiate challenges at each stage of the organizational change and can offer specific planning reports and consultations that minimize difficulties encountered during the post-change integration, as well as maximize the desired outcomes driving the acquisition.
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