Adapt Your Leadership Development Programs for the Future of Work

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Why Leadership Development Must Evolve

Leaders today are navigating constant change, communicating across more complexity than ever before and supporting their staff through unprecedented volatility. It's no wonder that only 19% of companies say they are "very effective" at developing leaders at all levels (ATD). 

The old playbook for leadership development is no longer enough. The organizations winning right now are investing in future-focused leadership development programs built around human capabilities that AI cannot replace.

What Future-Ready Leadership Development Looks Like

Modern leadership development builds the skills, mindsets, habits and systems that allow leaders to keep growing long after the training ends. 

Leading Forward is a practical guide that gives Learning & Development and Human Resources professionals the tools to modernize existing programs or build new ones with 9 pillars of modern leadership, ready-to-use activities and actionable integration tips you can apply immediately.

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Frequently Asked Questions about Leadership Development
How can I improve my leadership development programs?
You can improve your leadership development programs by empowering leaders at all levels to build future-ready skills and habits. That means centering programs around human-centered skills like emotional intelligence, sense making and coaching. It also requires integrating tools and frameworks that grow alongside your workforce.
What should a modern leadership development program include?
 Modern leadership development programs should prepare participants to navigate volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous environments using multi-touchpoint learning journeys that include training, reflection, peer support and on-the-job touchpoints. The Leading Forward guide outlines 9 pillars of modern leadership that L&D and HR teams can build programs around. 
Why are so many leadership development programs ineffective?
Research cited by ATD shows only 19% of companies consider themselves very effective at developing leaders at all levels. Common gaps include leadership development programs that focus only on senior leaders, lack practical skill-building activities and support and fail to embed learning into daily work. 
What is Emergenetics and how does it support leadership development?
Emergenetics is a theory and practical framework that helps organizations understand how their people think and behave. L&D and HR teams often use our solutions to help leaders expand their self-awareness and emotional intelligence; understand how their team members' preferred work styles; and turn their cognitive diversity into a performance advantage. The Leading Forward guide outlines 9 specific ways Emergenetics tools can support future-ready leadership programs.