Best Practices in Leadership Development Forum
Participants will learn from leading organizations as they weigh in on emerging trends and how companies are applying best practices in the field of executive development. Key findings from the 2009 Executive Development Survey of Emerging Trends and Best Practices will be presented using a facilitated discussion format, so that participants can view the key findings and then participate in a facilitated dialogue around the implications of this research.
The audience will be invited to react/respond to significant trends and practice areas:
• Emerging trends and exciting innovations in the field of executive development
• Best practices and most effective companies
• Resource, funding and policy practices
All participants will receive a:
- Session Summary: A crowd-sourcing technique will be used to collect the collective wisdom of the audience (recommendations, reactions, suggestions) and then shared (as a follow-up document) with the group as an outcome of the session
- Copy of the 2009 EDA Emerging Trends Survey Report
Guest Appearance by Industry Expert: Jim Bolt
Jim Bolt founded Bolt Consulting, which specializes in Strategic Executive Development. Bolt creates innovative, custom-designed development experiences that build the executive capabilities needed to achieve an organization’s vision, live its values, successfully address its critical business challenges and accelerate the execution of its strategy.
Judy Chartrand is the Consultant Chief Scientist, TalentLens Group, where she leads the product development, research and consulting groups. She works extensively with corporate and consulting clients, helping them implement assessment solutions that foster employee development, team building, retention, high potential engagement, career management, and succession planning.
Bonnie Hagemann is the CEO of Executive Development Associates. With a unique background and assessment expertise, Bonnie specializes in action learning, executive assessment and executive coaching.
Learning Tracks:
Select best practice organizations that will be presenting on the following topics:
Best Practice Leadership Development Investment during Recession
• Making the business case for LD in a cost-cutting environment
• Realigning LD with business strategy
• Leveraging your leaders as teachers
• Implementing effective LD initiatives on a shoe-string budget
Assessing and Evaluating the Impact of Leadership Development
• A CEO Friendly Approach to Measuring the Success of Leadership Development
• A Systematic Approach to Measuring the ROI of Leadership Development
• Strategic Evaluation to Ensure Successful Transitions
• Conversations that Count: Taking a Story-Based Approach to ROI
Invention and innovation in the practice of LD
• Developing leaders who champion change and excel in difficult times
• Applying blended learning to LD
• E-leadership development
• Focusing on the 70% of 70/20/10
Integrating Leadership Development and Talent Management
• High-potential retention and development
• Effective approaches to building a more robust leadership pipeline
• Succession Planning
• The Impact of Leadership on Employee Engagement
Applied Learning Teams
Attendees have the opportunity to work as a part of a team to synthesize their learning from the Summit and apply it to their specific business challenges. Learning teams are organized through a pre-Summit survey to identify each participant's key challenges, leadership development goals and objectives, years of experience, industry focus and company size. Each learning team will consist of 15-20 peers with similar learning goals for the Summit and will meet daily with an experienced facilitator to maximize their Summit learnings and practical take-aways.
LD Skill-Building Session
In order to prepare the attending practitioners for the new challenges ahead, we designed a series of skill-building sessions for the last day of the Summit. These sessions will include new tools, resources, methodologies, and behaviors that are designed to help leadership development practitioners play a more effective role in today’s complex business environment.