Developing Leaders through a Structured Leadership Development Program

Wong Yew Yip yewyip@gmail.com

Program Purpose

To be able to lead

individuals and work teams

by applying the required leadership competencies to bring about significant impact on performance

and to achieve the

desired organizational goals
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Program Deliverables

New or refined Leadership Competency Model with competency assessment protocol for the organization Pool of talents with the required leadership competencies to lead individuals and work teams to achieve organizational goals Selected Top Talents with the required leadership potential assessed from the Leadership Development Program Successful completion of 5 Individual Action Learning Projects by each participant Successful completion of Team Action Learning Projects in alignment with the organizations KPIs and strategic projects
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Are Leaders born or made?

"Leaders aren't born, they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work. And that's the price we'll have to pay to achieve that goal, or any goal." ~ Vince Lombardi

Few are born leaders. The rest of us have to learn to lead.

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Leadership Development Process

5 - PHASE LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROCESS
Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3 Phase 4 Phase 5

ANALYZE
the Needs

DEVELOP
the Blueprint

PLAN
the Implementation

IMPLEMENT
the Plans

MONITOR
Performance Improvements

1.1

2.1

3.1

4.1

Identify performance issues

1.2

Refine/Develop Leadership Competency Model

2.2

Establish Leadership Development Project Team

3.2

5.1

Deliver learning Solutions

4.2

Monitor Individual & Team Projects

5.2

Clarify high performance expectations

1.3 2.3

Define Leadership competency elements Develop Leadership Development Blueprint

Design & develop learning solutions Plan roll-out of Leadership Development Program

Assign Individual and Team Learning Projects

Evaluate performance and rectify weakness

3.3

4.3

Identify performance gaps & hot spots

5.3

Individual & Team Coaching for projects

Final evaluation & Graduation

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Program Development Program Blueprint

LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM BLUEPRINT
1
Needs Analysis for Leadership Devt

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Develop Leadership Competency Model

4 4a

Leader Development Learning Solutions

4b 4c 4d 4e

Module1
3
Immediate Supervisor Briefing on LDP
Program Intro & Personal Mastery

Module 2
Strategic Thinking

Module 3
Project Mgmt

Module 4
Collaboration

Module 5
Inspiring People

Final Evaluation & Graduation

5
Specialized Programs for Top Talents

Individual Project 1

Individual Project 2

Individual Project 3

Individual Project 4

Individual Project 5

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Team Action Learning Projects (KPI based)

Individual & Team Action Learning Projects Evaluation & Coaching

PRE-Program Leadership Assessment (by Sup.) MID-Program Leadership Assessment (by Sup.) POST-Program Leadership Assessment (by Sup.)

1 Month

1 Month

1 Month

1 Month

1 Month

1 Month

1 Month

6 Months
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Training Needs Analysis

BUSINESS NEEDS What are the business needs? PERFORMANCE NEEDS What are the performance needs to achieve results? PERFORMANCE ISSUES What are the performance issues/problems? COMPETENCY NEEDS What competencies do the performer need to do the job? LEARNING SOLUTIONS What knowledge/skill/ beliefs they must learn to reduce the competency gap?

Training Related

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Non-Training Related

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Leadership Competency Model Development

1 2 3 4

Organizations Vision, Mission, Strategies & Core Values

Interviews & Workshop with Senior Management/ Managers

Organizations Leadership Competency Model

Approval by Management to adopt & implement Leadership Competency Model

Leadership Competencies describe behaviors that define leadership excellence required of leaders of an Organization to drive sustainable performance The purpose of the Leadership Competency Model is to drive leadership development of leaders across all levels of the Organization
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Leadership Competency Model Development

Each leadership competency has : DEFINITION - a formal statement of the exact meaning of the competency DESCRIPTORS - competency elements or terms that serve to describe and the observable and actionable behaviour that are required for the competency
An Example of a Leadership Competency Competency Teamwork Definition Leads cross-functional and diverse teams towards a common goal and to attain strategic objectives Descriptors Demonstrates the ability to work with others irrespective of gender, race and age in pursuit of the organization's goals Puts aside individual goals when necessary to focus on group objectives Works to manage disagreements and negotiate resolutions to intra-team and inter-team conflict in order to create a conducive work environment
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Leadership Competency Model Development

PROGRESSIVE LEADERSHIP COMPETENCY MODEL

Collaboration Inspiring People Strategic Thinking Influencing Change Personal Mastery
Teaming and partnering to achieve common goals

Achieving results for organization and self fulfillment

Charting the right direction, strategies and actions

Initiating changes for continuous improvement

Mastering self and role-modeling for others to follow

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Leadership Competency Model Development

Low Level Role Position Level 1 Support Executive

Increasing complexity in Competency

Level 2 Operational Supervisor Level 3 Tactical Manager Level 4 Strategic

High

Senior Management

LEADERSHIP COMPETENCIES (Able to) Personal Mastery

Strategic Thinking

Project Management

Collaboration

Competencies needed to lead Work Teams to support initiatives to achieve performance targets

Competencies needed to lead Sections to implement projects to achieve performance goals

Inspiring People

Competencies needed to lead Departments to deploy strategic projects in alignment with Organizational Vision, Mission and Strategic goals

Competencies needed to lead the Organization or Business Divisions to achieve Organizational Vision, Mission and Strategic goals
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Briefing for Immediate Supervisors

OBJECTIVES

To update the participants Immediate Supervisors on the organizations Leadership Development Program To seek their critical involvement in the development of the participants through:

assessing the participants progress throughout the program

approving and supporting the participants individual and team action learning projects Mentoring and coaching the participants Completing the leadership assessment of the participants Pre, Mid & Post assessments
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Leadership Development Learning Solutions

Module 2 (3days)
4b Strategic Thinking 4c

Program 4a Introduction & Personal Mastery

Module 1 (3days)

Module 3 (3days)
Project Management 4d

Module 4 (3days)
4e Collaboration Leading Work Teams

Module 5 (3days)
Inspiring People

Opening Address by Senior Mgmt Program Overview & Orientation Introduction to Leadership Team Building/ Bonding Personal Mastery Problem Solving & Decision Making Law of Success Self-Assessment

Strategic Thinking Strategic Management Sun Tzu Art of War Innovation & Creativity

Project Management

Gaining Commitment

Flawless Execution
Self-Assessment

Networking
Communication Managing Your Boss Collaboration

Law of Attraction
Inspiring People Self-Assessment

Self-Assessment

Self-Assessment

It is recommended that Module 1 be an off-site residential program with evening sessions to cater for Team Building/Bonding activities. It will also focus on opening address by Senior Management, Program Introduction & Orientation, Introduction to Leadership and Team Building/Bonding The above are generic learning solutions for Progressive Leadership Competency Model and could be customized to the organizations needs
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Specialized Learning Programs

Specialized Learning Programs are for further leadership development of Top Talents selected from the Leadership Development Program.

Some of the Specialized Learning Programs are:

Leadership/Executive Coaching 6-Sigma Green Belt Benchmarking Visits Napoleon Hills Science of Success Total Quality Management

The Specialized Learning Programs will be identified during the Leadership Development Program as additional learning and development needed to further enhance the leadership competencies of the Top Talents, to be completed in 6 months
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Thank You
yewyip@gmail.com