LEADERSHIP ADVISORY

Leadership frameworks, success profiles and succession planning

Who this is for

You are accountable for whether the organisation has the leaders it will need in three years, and you currently have no reliable way to answer that question.

The problem

Most organisations assess leaders against a standard that has never been written down. Promotion decisions get made on impressions, succession plans list names without evidence, and development spend goes to whoever asks loudest rather than wherever the risk sits.

What actually happens

We define the behaviours and capabilities required at each leadership level, build success profiles for critical roles, map your current bench against them, and stay involved to course-correct as the business changes.

What changes

Many of our clients start with no idea of their leadership ‘bench strength’ and very often haven’t mapped out critical business roles, or suitable successors for these roles. Working with us to identify their critical roles, our clients are then able to identify where their potential future leaders sit in the organisation, understand their development needs, and are able to identify suitable successors for specific roles against their respective success profiles. We are also able to provide sector specific benchmarking of organisational talent.

Proof

Working with a large insurance company, we designed and delivered a Development Centre process for their potential Executive Leaders. The process included a 2-day Development Centre, followed by a strategic review/feedback session, followed by one-to-one coaching for each participant. This process allowed our client to understand who was immediately ready for promotion to the Executive level. For those who still required further development, they were able to utilise the data from the Development Centre to provide targeted development and relevant professional opportunities to support them in their journey to the Executive level.

Investment

Advisory work is unique to client requirements. As such, these types of engagement are generally calculated on a day rate basis, which start at $1,500/per day.

Where to start

Take our 60-second leadership check here to see where you sit against the three dimensions of our High Performance Framework, or book a 20-minute conversation. No preparation needed either way.