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When examining what you currently have in place, planning is key in order to measure your efforts. Does your company presently have a comprehensive plan for developing people? According research by the American Society of Training and Development, companies with routine employee training programs consistently outperform companies who do not train their people. Leadership development is not about reading a book or attending a conference or seminar.

Sustained leadership development is a process. This process should be tailored to meet your company's specific needs and goals to be successful. There are some common principles among successful leadership development programs. The best ones promote leadership in three phases The first component for planning a leadership program is to examine what you currently have in place.

 

Answers to these questions will help you measure your efforts
1. Does your company currently have a comprehensive plan for developing its people? 
2. How could you benefit from an effective leadership development program? 
3. What are the anticipated costs in employee turnover, lower productivity, and lower morale to not having an effective leadership program now???? 
4. What would a successful leadership development program be like for your company? The next planning stage

Successful Leaders Can Be Found Within
Begin identifying the characteristics of people who are already successful leaders in your company. Every company has a unique corporate culture with structure that rewards particular characteristics. The key to building a successful leadership program begins with looking at successful people. Think about the people who are currently or have been most successful at your company and ask:

1. What type of training experiences did they experience? 
2. What type of educational background do your most successful people have? 
3. How many years of experience in your industry or line of work do they have? 
4. How do these people currently fit in with your corporate culture? 
5. How would you describe their unique personality style? 
6. What best motivates them in your company?  

All of these fundamentals are important, but the level of focus on each component will vary from company to company. These levels will vary depending on management’s vision of the leadership development for corporate culture change. Without the involvement of the top management being involved in the corporate culture change, conscious capitalism cannot begin. The culture of an organization begins at the top—there is no getting around it. If your company can’t get past this requirement, then the development process will not be successful and will be a waste of time.

As a leader your skills must now more than ever match the needs of the changing culture. This presents a personal challenge to all leaders, of adapting to change and recreating yourself, in response to profound changes in the work place. Before you start thinking about developing a leadership development plan for yourself and for developing a corporate culture change, it is helpful to think about what leadership is and isn’t. The word leadership is universally used but has a number of connotations depending on your perspective.

Get Started Today on a Personal Development Plan 

We have assisted hundreds of people with personal development planning. This can be a straightforward process that requires some focused attention and a bit of structured thinking. The creation of an Individual Development Plan (IDP) according to the Corporate Leadership Council represents one of the most effective methods for developing employees.  Not only does this increase the effectiveness of leadership development by approximately 65% but it also significantly increases discretionary effort of employees.
 
It's relatively simple to implement a personal development training plan. However, it isn't easy to create a great personal development plan that will make a significant difference to your staff’s development and career.A great personal development plan results from a successful personal development planning process.

When developing a conscious capitalism for corporate culture change, this type of program can work best (and worst) when people are thrown into a challenging new job or project.  Developing a well thought out development plan with everyone’s buy-in becomes critical before you can start the transformational change.