Individual Leadership Development

Grow Your Leadership Pipeline With Proven Personal Leadership Development

Your employees are your organization’s future. Prep them for what’s next with individual leadership development tailored to their needs.

You already know that to secure your organization’s future, your leadership pipeline must be sustainable. So to retain and strengthen your pool of future leaders, commit to developing talent at every level of your organization.

In our decades of research and hands-on experience, we’ve found that people are more committed and engaged when they have a clear career path, ample professional and personal leadership development opportunities, and the support they need to succeed. Another must? An individual leadership development plan.

Learning to lead is an intensely personal experience — and one that shifts over time. Our research-based individual leadership development programs are grounded in comprehensive assessments that tailor our programs to every leader, no matter where they sit in the org chart.

We can provide the right learning at the right time for all your talent — from individual contributors and new managers through senior executives. Our individual leadership development plans and programs can meet your employees where they are, and take your organization where it needs to go.

Transformational, Highly Personal Leadership Development: Choose the Solution That’s Right for You

A job promotion doesn’t automatically create a new leader — it creates the opportunity to become one. 

Frontline, first-level, and new managers are the largest population of leaders at most organizations, the critical people responsible for day-to-day operations. Equip them to start strong.

We offer individual leadership development plans and programs for those who are new to managing people and projects, or to groom talent with leadership potential.

Our new manager courses and solutions are carefully designed to offer scalable ways to address the specific challenges faced at this leader level.

Leading from the middle isn’t about a position; it’s about meeting the demands from above while meeting the needs of those below. It’s a tricky balance, and it requires thinking and acting systemically.

We pioneered the original Leadership Development Program (LDP)®, a highly personal leadership development program aimed at exactly these managers leading from the middle — and it’s now the most widely recognized and longest-running program of its kind in the world.

Our middle manager training programs are focused on developing the skills these high-potential employees need to become more effective as they lead your organization from the middle.

Do those leading your organization have the strategic perspective and skillset needed to succeed? 

Leading from the top comes with a different set of demands, and how your executives handle these challenges can have a swift and defining impact on your organization’s success.

Our prestigious, top-ranked executive leadership programs make sure senior leaders are harnessing their full potential to lead business units, departments, or functions and propel your organization forward. Equip them with a broad perspective and strategic skillset needed to steer your organization into the future.

Our dedicated leadership experts will partner with you for individualized leadership development for your high-potential employees or key talent populations. We offer an array of highly personal leadership programs, which can be customized to develop the leadership competencies most needed for your organization’s unique context and culture. Incorporate feedback from 360 assessments and sustain the learning with leadership coaching to maximize impact. Align leadership development with your business strategy and goals to motivate and retain your top talent and secure your organization’s future leadership pipeline.  

What Our Clients Are Saying

We measure success by lives touched and impact made. That’s why the organizations we work with and the leaders we transform consistently tell us the same thing: their experience with us isn’t just a game-changer, it’s a life-changer. Our highly individualized personal leadership development plans, programs, and solutions have helped turn thousands of employees into engaged, committed, successful leaders — who, in turn, transform their organizations and communities.

But don’t just take our word for it — take theirs.

“With such a diverse group from multiple time zones and different countries, we wanted to steer away from a ‘one size fits all’ approach to leadership development. The virtual experience was the best solution for our needs.”

Gloriana Garro headshot

Gloriana Garro 
Director of People Development & Learning
Crowley Maritime

Developing High-Potential Talent with Virtual Leadership Training

“We have created a critical mass of leaders who are connected, collaborative, and committed to our mission. We are working in more system-focused ways and leveraging our strengths in ways we never anticipated.”

Jon Abeles
Sr. VP of Talent Management and Diversity
Mercy Health

Health System Creates Academy to Change Culture & Strengthen Leadership

Let’s Talk About Personal Leadership Development for Your Employees

Our experts are here to help. Get in touch with us about developing and retaining your top talent with an individual leadership development plan. Let’s secure your leadership pipeline together.

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Individual Leadership Development: Research & Resources

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Invest in Your People, Invest in Your Future

What’s the best way to “future-proof” your organization and secure your leadership pipeline? Develop, support, and retain your employees.

The reality is that effective talent management is not a one-sided effort. Look at your pipeline of leaders through an organizational lens to identify, develop, and engage your talent. And recognize that tailored, individualized leadership development isn’t just a nice-to-have; it’s your key to attracting, developing, and retaining your most valuable talent.

High Potential Employees training through the Center for Creative Leadership
Develop & retain your high potential employees through the Center for Creative Leadership

Our Highly Personal Leadership Development Offerings Are Unparalleled

Whether you’re looking for a customized, top-to-bottom solution tailored to uplift and transform your employees, or targeted personal leadership development designed to focus on skill-building, we offer human-centered, research-based individual leadership development for every budget, available both virtually and in-person.

No matter what solution you choose, our highly personalized individual leadership development courses and programs are always tailored to address the unique strengths and challenges of every leader.

Programs & Courses for Personal Leadership Development

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