Leadership Development
How Many High Performers Are In Your Organization?
Your Next Great Leader Could Already Be On Your Team
Our Leadership Development programs are designed to address both the individual needs of your people and your company as a whole. Build the skills and competencies of your employees, and develop a deep bench, ensuring your business has a steady succession of strong internal candidates.
Leadership Development, Done Differently
The Ascendant Approach to Leadership
We believe that in this complex, uncertain, and challenging moment in time, the need for extraordinary leadership has never been greater … and that run of the mill business-as-usual leadership development approaches are simply not up to the task.
Why not? Well you can dive in here, but in brief,
- A lot of the info out there is very old (even if repackaged) and culturally outdated, and in some cases just straight up inaccurate
- Self-paced static content is easy to consume but hard to apply
- Motivational speeches and memorized models don’t make great leaders
- Usually lacks clear and explicit outcomes, let alone ROI
So we’ve decided to go against the grain.
You can learn a whole lot about our core leadership philosophy and practices in Ascendant Leadership: A Comprehensive Guide, and what sets our client work apart in this blog post. Just know that our various offerings are designed to enhance the skillsets that are most needed in today’s organizational and overall socioeconomic environment, and ensure that individual growth is aligned with creating the cultures and organizational outcomes that our clients are committed to.
Here’s How We Walk That Talk…
On-Site Programs
Want To Train As A Cohort? We’ll Come To You.
We collaborate with organizations committed to the best for their people, their community and beyond to provide customized leadership development programs that make a measurable difference in organizational effectiveness.
First we’ll work together with your core leadership team to learn your challenges, your strengths, your opportunities, and the kind of culture you’re looking to create (or expand on). Then we’ll design and deliver an embedded and immersive program to enable, empower, and equip your established and emerging leaders to achieve the outcomes you’re committed to together.
This format allows for extreme flexibility (whether actually on-site or zoom-based), both transparency and confidentiality with company concerns, and – importantly – maximum organizational impact and ROI.
Individual Leadership Coaching
Focused Support for Fulfilling Potential
Highly personalized one-on-one support is an incredibly effective way to develop leadership skills in key contributors, managers, directors, and executives.
New & emerging leaders can identify their unique strengths, weaknesses, and style, setting a clear baseline for where they are today while designing a plan for what they need to work on to excel in the context of your organization.
Established executives learn how to better understand their current competency level, recognize how others perceive them, and focus on identifying and clarifying goals. We’ll then guide them on the necessary action steps to reach those goals in a safe, structured environment.
Reviews from Real Clients
Listen to Leaders We’ve Worked With
Means to Ascend
Effective Leadership Development, Accessible to Everyone
Means to Ascend is our intentional community of growth for individuals looking to hone their skills and learn to be better leaders – no matter their position or situation – in the company of other like-minded folks.
Membership is free, and includes exclusive content drops, monthly mini-workshops, and more!
Assessments & Workshops
From Self-Awareness to Effective Action
We leverage a variety of evaluations to deep dive into understanding individual strengths, communication styles, motivation, and natural energy levels.
As certified experts in Everything DiSC, Workplace Big Five, StrengthsFinder and Benchmarks 360, we integrate these and other dynamic tools into our coaching, workshops and leadership programs, empowering leaders with personalized insights that effectively drive their professional growth. Tailored workshops centered around these assessment tools are a great way to improve teamwork, trust and collaboration.
Leadership Excellence
Fast-Track Your Leadership Growth with Focused Learning Formats
Delivered over six weeks in an open format with professionals from a variety of organizations and industries, Leadership Excellence focuses on servant leadership principles and the importance of self leadership before leading others successfully.
One thing leaders of all stripes have in common is that they’re busy. So we’ve condensed key content from over 20 years of corporate leadership development into these jam-packed sessions, making it rich with value and widely applicable, regardless of role or experience level.
Succession Planning
Fortify Your Organization’s Future By Planning In The Present
Succession planning from a people perspective effectively addresses the potential impact of losing individuals in critical roles due to retirement, resignation, promotion, or unexpected circumstances. Our process focuses on maintaining leadership continuity, preserving institutional knowledge, and avoiding the risks of leadership gaps.
We can assist you with identifying ideal profiles, key competencies, and overall metrics for success for critical roles throughout your organization. Our process is designed to support internal and external hires and promotions that add depth to your bench strength. But it’s critical to get this process started before it’s too late.
Knowledge Transfer
Knowledge transfer is a critically important part of succession planning, providing a proven and effective method for getting the “secret sauce” in the right hands at the right time.
Benefits include:
- Cutting ramp-up to productivity for new employees by 50%
- Minimizing the impact of lost expertise possessed by exiting or retiring workers
- Engaging and retaining employees by offering opportunities for growth
- Reducing over-reliance on an individual expert on any given team