2. CONTENTS
3-4 Introduction
5-6 The objective of leadership development
7-8 Start the process early
9-10 Areas to consider
11-12 Moving forward
13-14 Return on investment
15-16 Soft skills
17-20 Mindfulness
21-22 Success factors for leadership development
23-24 Technical people
25-28 Leadership development in fast-growing economies
29-30 Engage in cross training
31-32 Observing oneself as a leader
33-34 High potential leaders
35-36 Strategies for leadership development
37-38 Potential problem areas for leaders
39-40 Questions to measure improvement
41-42 Preparing for leadership challenges
43-47 Leadership assessment tools
48-50 Making leadership development effective
51-52 Conclusion, summary and questions
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4. Page 4
Introduction to Toronto Training
and HR
Toronto Training and HR is a specialist training and
human resources consultancy headed by Timothy Holden
10 years in banking
15 years in training and human resources
Freelance practitioner since 2006
The core services provided by Toronto Training and HR
are:
Training event design
Training event delivery
HR support with an emphasis on reducing
costs, saving time plus improving employee
engagement and morale
Services for job seekers
8. Start the
process early
⢠Easier to learn new
principles to practice them
correctly at a younger age
⢠Avoid acquiring bad habits
⢠Longer time to practice
⢠The organization benefits
from improved skills
⢠The longer we wait, the less
success weâre likely to have
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10. Areas to
consider
⢠Choose the right problems
⢠Coach, coach and coach
some more
⢠Bring insight and rationale
⢠Maximise participant
diversity
⢠Have a plan for
accountability
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16. Soft skills ⢠Definition
⢠Common soft skills issues
in the boardroom
⢠Signs that a board is ready
to address issues
⢠Areas to focus on in
discussions
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18. Mindfulness
1 of 3
⢠Definition
⢠Strategic decision making
⢠Innovation and creativity
⢠Emotional intelligence
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19. Mindfulness
2 of 3
REASONS FOR ITS GROWTH IN
POPULARITY
⢠The increased complexity and
uncertainty of the business
world
⢠Smartphone technology that
makes it too easy for leaders
to multitask and hard for
them to 'switch offâ
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20. Mindfulness
3 of 3
REASONS FOR ITS GROWTH IN
POPULARITY (CONT.)
⢠Continuing reductions in the
cost of MRI scanning
resulting in the opening up
new areas of scientific
research
⢠The increasing
experimentation with, and
evaluation of, mindfulness
approaches
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26. Leadership
development
in fast-
growing
economies
1 of 3
⢠Revise the curriculum for
leaders to include more
people skills
⢠Develop leadersâ ability to
increase engagement with
their direct reports for the
purpose of stimulating
better performance
⢠Define competencies and
performance management
metrics for leaders
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27. Leadership
development
in fast-
growing
economies
2 of 3
CONTINUED
⢠Improve leadersâ
performance management
capabilities
⢠Align development with
business needs and forego
training that does not do
this.
⢠Measure the bench
strength and retention of
leaders
⢠Measure the results of
developing leaders
28. Leadership
development
in fast-
growing
economies
3 of 3
CONTINUED
⢠Get senior leaders involved
in developing leaders
⢠Build the pipeline and
install development
programs for high-
potentials.
⢠Provide hands-on
experience as early and
often as possible and con-
sider using computer
games for this purpose
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30. Engage in
cross training
⢠Identify your strengths
⢠Choose a strength to focus
on
⢠Select a complementary
behaviour
⢠Develop it in a linear way
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32. Observing
oneself as a
leader
PERSONIFY THE SHADOW
⢠Tune to internal
conversations
⢠Raise awareness of
projections
⢠Appreciate diversity
⢠Change the channel
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34. High potential
leaders
⢠Components to build a
targeted selection process
⢠Questions to ask before
implementation
⢠Implementing crucible
roles
⢠Create opportunities for
networking
⢠Potential and performance
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40. Questions to
measure
improvement
⢠How confident do you feel
as a leader?
⢠How productive is your
team?
⢠How equipped is your
team to reach their
objectives?
⢠How easy is it for you to
communicate your vision?
⢠How much time do you
spend putting out fires?
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42. Preparing for
leadership
challenges
⢠Know what makes an
effective leader
⢠Establish a leadership
platform
⢠Set SMART objectives
⢠Determine which
communication skills need
to be honed
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45. Leadership
assessment
tools 2 of 4
QUESTIONS TO ASK
⢠How is the tool validated, and
how extensive is that
validation?
⢠What does the tool predict?
Does it match with what your
organization wants to predict?
⢠Is the tool intended to assess
for competencies needed at
the manager, director, senior
or executive levels?
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46. Leadership
assessment
tools 3 of 4
QUESTIONS TO ASK (CONT.)
⢠What applicant volume can
the tool accommodate?
⢠Does the tool assess
potential or immediate
ability to do the job? Can it
be matched against a
specific job or industry?
⢠Does the vendor provide
off-the-shelf or custom
products?
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47. Leadership
assessment
tools 4 of 4
QUESTIONS TO ASK (CONT.)
⢠Does the vendor adapt
content or delivery
methods?
⢠Does the vendor charge a
per-person rate or set
prices?
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