Bill Treasurer

Lots of organizations do leadership development. Some do it well, some not-so-well. But even those who do it well often fall short of the full impact that the program could potentially have. Some organizations fall short by outsourcing leadership development to outside providers who impose their own narrow leadership template. Others fall short by delivering tired content and retread ideas. The key is to build a program that fits your organization’s culture and honors its history, while leveraging best leadership practices from inside and outside your organization.

This workshop will draw on the case study of a $4.5 billion dollar construction company that supercharged its leadership development efforts and, as a result, grew while nearly all of its competitors were shrinking during the Great Recession. The workshop will be co-led by Bill Treasurer, chief encouragement officer (CEO) of Giant Leap Consulting and author of Leaders Open Doors, and Craig Atkinson, director of career development for Walsh Construction. Bill and Craig designed, developed, and continue to deliver the Walsh Group Leadership Initiative, an 18-month high-potential leadership development program.

• key questions to ask that will help you improve your program’s impact,

• typical and atypical metrics (tangible and intangible) to gauge a program’s impact and ROI,

• approaches for “de-boringizing” your program to keep it from being ‘me too’ or ‘ho-hum’,

• ways of getting the most out of mentoring as part of your leadership development program,

• dual coaching for doubling the impact of executive coaching, and

• specific program features to supercharge your leadership program’s impact