Action Learning & Executive Development

Fast Track Your Leaders

"The action-learning leadership project has been very beneficial to me, our executive leadership team, and the entire organization. The balance of leadership development and results has been excellent. We have made huge progress, and I was also able to identify 2-3 high potentials while having the extra benefit of people stepping up to carry projects forward. The Staff is very appreciative and has become very comfortable with both the program and the process. It is still going better than anticipated, and I have been very pleased.”
Heather Feltman |  President & CEO |  Lutheran Social Services

Executive development does not need to be complex. Like most pursuits, mastery of the fundamentals accounts for much of leadership success.

In the case of executive development, the most frequent skill gaps identified by senior leaders are fundamental business execution skills. A recent survey published in Chief Learning Officer Magazine identified the most pressing leadership skill gaps to be:

• Strategic thinking

• Creating a vision and engaging others in it

• Leading change

• Inspiring and motivating people

• Making decisions using an enterprise perspective

The leadership knowledge, tools, and abilities needed to effectively execute on the above leadership roles are also fairly straight forward. What can be tricky is designing and managing the executive learning process.

The 70/20/10 Principle has shown that 70% of executive learning comes from experiential or on-the-job learning, 20% comes from interaction (mentors, peers, coaches) and 10% from formal learning events. Accordingly, it is critical to use a blended learning format with significant design emphasis on using executives’ present and future responsibilities as the learning context.

Let us show you how the following 3 action learning programs can have your executives planning using a C-level perspective, acting strategically and driving real value to the bottom line:

1. Driving the Bottom Line with Leadership Action Learning


2. Strategic Decision Making


3. Business Simulation: "You Decide"