Leadership Development

Effective leadership development is driven by the strategy of the organization. It focuses on aligning leaders with the business strategy and developing leaders with the specific competencies required to execute that strategy effectively.

Challenge : A mid-size organization in the entertainment and gaming industry wanted to assess the strengths of its leadership team and determine whether the organizational leaders had the necessary competencies for their positions.

Result : Each member of the leadership team received feedback based on his or her individual reports and created a personal development plan. The talent map was used to compare those of high management acumen to those with low management acumen in an effort to see the overall core strengths and areas for improvement within their leadership team.

In Leadership Development, we provide expertise in areas of succession development and management assessment.

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Succession Development

Succession development involves systematically identifying, assessing, and developing talent to ensure the leadership continuity for all key positions in an organization. This process helps organizations engage senior management in a disciplined review of leadership talent, guides development activities of key executives, brings selection systems, reward systems, and management into alignment with the process of leadership renewal, and assures continuity of leadership.

Challenge: A global professional services firm had acquired three firms that needed to be merged together. This resulted in a need to create a career development roadmap to help attract and retain the best and brightest. Due to the amount of new employees coming from three different organizations there was a need to define and link individual performance to rewards and create a standard title structure.

Action: A profile was created to define core and technical competencies required for success at each of the four levels. Based on these competencies, a total rewards and performance management process was developed and implemented. Lastly, the mapping of individuals to standard titles was initiated.

Result: The impact of this project on the business was immediate. Ninety-nine percent of the employee population formally set individual goals based on the strategic objectives of the business. Additionally, there was a significant increase in interim performance feedback. The long term outcome was the new understanding employees gained about their standing in the company and clarity on how to move up in the company. This clarity was supported by the standardized process for reward distribution that was implemented.

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Management Assessment

Specifically targeting management level positions and examining what managerial skills are critical for success, determining management’s perceived level of ability around those skills, and creating custom training that addresses management’s developmental needs.

Management Assessment

Tony Chartrand SVP Human Resource, Viejas Casino San Diego, California

“We needed an accurate way to measure the capabilities and potential of our management team. Brainard Strategy effectively assessed our team and was helped us better understand our strengths and areas for improvement. Now, we can more effectively manage talent at this level in the organization.”

Management Competence/ Sales Ability

Tom Watlington COO, Biosite Diagnostics San Diego, California

" We realized that we just weren’t reaching the goals our team set out to make… We were struggling to improve our management team’s skills and sales ability. Brainard Strategy efficiently took our team through sales training and personal development plans. Because of Brainard Strategy, our team is back on track.”

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