LEADERSHIP FORUM

Results-Driven High Performance Series

Leadership always has been the key differentiator between successful and unsuccessful organizations.  Great leaders are made, not born.  Critical for success in today’s dynamic environment are skills to persuade, motivate, inspire and assist others to higher levels of performance.  Focusing on twelve critical skills, the Leadership Forum brings future business leaders together to grow them into the next generation of leaders.  Using assessment, practice, experimentation and 360-degree feedback, your leadership capabilities are greatly enhanced.  This series is a critical part of any organization’s succession planning and leadership development program.  Participation in interactive small-group discussions supports you in acquiring the necessary tools and techniques to enhance your leadership practices, as well as those of your teams.  There is no other program like this one – anywhere!

 
Great Companies Invest in Their People  

You realize your employees are more than a payroll expense. Employees are intelligent and resourceful people who can think, learn, and therefore, continually improve their value and ability to contribute to the organization.

Look around, read the literature, and a theme you will discover is that the best companies within any industry invest in their employees by providing them with training to become a knowledgeable and committed workforce.  Training is not simply another perk or reward for above-par job performance - it is an absolute necessity that pays for itself many times over in improved performance and business results.

Leadership Forum is for leaders, future leaders, and staff members you choose to grow in your business.  You want them to be successful because you know they will help you succeed.

The program is for organizations that recognize the enormous capability of their employees and choose to invest in their development.  The combination of subject matter in the series was carefully selected to represent the most important topics in employee development.  It is based upon 20+ years of research into those skill sets that will have the greatest impact upon the performance of employees and, therefore, upon the future of their organizations.

Return on Your Investment

The only real reason to invest in anything for you business growth is the potential return on investment, or ROI.  If there's no return, there's no reason to invest, right?  You look for value.  Last year metrics were calculated to determine if measurable results were obtained from participation.  One business reported a 333% ROI for the year, which included a 500% earnings increase, 37% product redo decline, 30% reduction in turnover, and a 96% promotion rate for graduates.  My dictionary defines value as ". . . a fair price or return."  Would you say this business received value for their investment?  If so, contact us today to start a Leadership Forum at your business or join one in your region.

Leadership Forum gives develops advanced competencies in four critical areas:

• Self management and personal effectiveness
  
• Interpersonal relationships, communication, and trust
• Teamwork and collaboration
• Leadership and accomplishing results through others

Our workshops use the latest methods in adult learning including simulations, case studies, behavior modeling, application exercises, group discussion, and skill building.  The emphasis is on application rather than theory, enabling participants to learn new competencies and tools to apply immediately to execute and get things done in business.

Benefits & Features

The program is unique among staff development programs on the market today:

Dynamic - Every workshop is packed with action and exercises that engage the participants and bring the material to life.

Competency-based - Participants come out of each workshop with skills and competencies that they can immediately use to improve their work performance.

Flexible - Each workshop is modularized so a delivery schedule can be set to minimize work disruptions and allows topics to be prioritized based on needs.

Get people back on the job - The modularized nature of the workshop can minimize the time people are away from their work.

Spaced learning - Practice and master the new skills between sessions.

Application - Each module concludes with real business-world application assignments to ensure the skills are utilized immediately.

Accountability - We emphasize skills rather than theory. Participants are encouraged to create personal development plans and share them with their management.

State-of-the-Art materials - Our participant workbooks are the best on the market today to ensure ease of use, reuse, and maximum impact.

Customer-focused training - A BIGideas certified coach can tailor the education to meet your individual needs so you achieve lasting results.

As you give them opportunities to learn, grow, and improve their job skills, they will reward you many times over with greater commitment and performance.  We look forward to your participation in the series and encourage you to take full advantage of this opportunity.

Transform successfully from "doing" work to being a leader and achieve valuable, measurable results!

Workshop Topics

Participation in the Leadership Forum develops knowledge and skills that will significantly increase personal effectiveness and your ability to successfully interact and lead others.  You will develop habits of success that will produce more capable people and more valuable employees.  Never before have such diverse and critically important business, interpersonal, and leadership topics been combined into a leadership development series with such impact.