Leadership Development
LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
Sustainable success isn’t built on P&L statements alone.
For most of the leaders I coach, company-mandated performance goals mean very little. It’s their hidden drivers and personal visions that power true achievement, day in and day out. Yet these crucial assets often remain unobserved, unmeasured, uncelebrated, and unsupported at the organizational level.
So, if your company is not getting the end results it wants…
If it’s struggling to retain its best talent…
If it feels at the mercy of market forces, unable to stir the ship in the desired direction…
It’s time to start investing in your leaders – at all levels. To give them permission to shape their leadership in the way that feels most exciting and worthwhile to them. To allow them to set and pursue their own metrics of success.
WHAT WILL CHANGE?
When your leaders have the space to create personal value from the work they are doing, they will go above and beyond what’s expected of them.
They will be more motivated, more energized, more engaged.
They will take charge of the situations at hand instead of merely reacting to them.
They will transform from individual contributors who simply get their assignments done to strong visionaries who can help the company make more well-rounded and informed decisions powered by purpose, not fear.
Their enthusiasm will trickle down to their teams.
Your company will be able to harness the collective wisdom of the people it depends on daily for its success.
Results will come more easily.
Popular Leadership Development Workshops
The Defined Leader
50-70% of leaders fail in their first 18 months (CEB/Forbes). Only 35% of new managers feel confident in their roles (SOAR). And, 33% of internal promotions fail (DDI).
Why?
Beyond the limited support and training they receive post-promotion, leaders fail to define their own leadership. After coaching hundreds of leaders, I have met only a handful who have spent any time defining, not only how they want to lead, but how they want to BE as leaders.
Over 2 days, The Defined Leader workshop takes key content from "Hidden Metrics: The Coach's Secret to Success That Really Matters" and enables your team of leaders to envision, define and plan their leadership approach. Resulting in more than a "style" this program creates measurable steps to ensure leadership success.
Strengths-Based Leadership
Stop focusing on what your people do wrong. Start focusing on what they do right! In this engaging and fun workshop, participants discover the power of using strengths to achieve goals. Use of the Skills Discovery Assessment is required.
Leader as Coach
Do your leaders still act as experts, when their direct reports should be taking on that role? Do your leaders, know how to ask questions that widen options rather than limit them? Do your leaders know how to pull the best from their direct reports? If not, this engaging and insightful workshop can help.
Hidden Expectations
Are you noticing that your newly promoted leaders (regardless of level) are floundering? Do they have the clarity they need to be successful in their new positions? For new and experienced leaders, this surprising workshop reveals what no one bothers to tell them once the promotion announcement goes out.
Courageous Leadership
Using a more heartfelt approach to developing leaders, this illuminating and engaging workshop introduces compelling concepts and techniques for leaders of people. Topics include the power of questions, the purpose of emotions, and the equation of trust, among others.
What People Are Saying
- “I’m incredibly grateful for the experience and for the opportunity to spend time in my feeling brain, reflecting on what truly drives me as a leader. The insights and space for self-reflection were both meaningful and impactful.”— Liz, Senior Director
- “Nora is an exceptional coach. She developed and facilitated a training program for evolving leadersthat dramatically increased the success rate of transition from individual contributor to leadership. Her approach is creative, engaging and impactful.”— John, CISO
- "Nora is smart, intuitive, and fun - a good combination of attributes for a partnership between teacherand client. Her curiosity enables her to bring a fresh look to her experience, so her teaching is fresh and relevant with story. What Nora does best is help clients learn to tell an empowering story - from which they get powerful results.”— Adelaide, Founder