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Developing Leaders
Developing Leaders
 
Dorianne Cotter-Lockard has developed and implemented best practices as a consultant and also as an executive leader of large organizations.  CCS can deliver a comprehensive strategy for evaluating, hiring, developing and retaining key mangement talent.
 

Assessing Leadership Competencies

Challenge:
Rapid business growth requires strong leadership on mulitple levels to take the organization into the future.  The organization lacks clarity regarding the strengths and weaknesses of its management team. 
 
Solution: 
Defined comprehensive competency models and role descriptions for each level of management and assessed individuals' capabilities against the models. 
 
Identified competency gaps and mis-aligned roles.  Developed a strategy to strengthen leadership and build the leadership bench.

 

Building a Leadership Bench

Challenge:
Leadership gaps exist within an organization, managers fail to grow along with the business, there is no succession plan. 
 
Solution: 
Re-designed the organization structure, defining 3-month, 6-month, 12-month and 18-month scenarios.
 
Developed a succession plan, identifying successors and development needs to enable succession for individual managers.
 
Established a leadership development program (see below)
 
Rotated managers to more appropriate positions and to provide greater breadth and depth of experience.
 
Recruited new management talent to address competency gaps and fill unaddressed roles.

 

Designing Programs to Strengthen Leadership

Challenge:
The organization needs to grow internal leadership skills to support an objective to promote individuals from within the company.
 
Solution: 
Implemented a 360-degree assessment process, including use of Myers-Briggs, DISC and other evaluation tools.
 
Launched a formal mentor program, conducted quarterly leadership development workshops and provided speaking and extra leadership opportunities for high potential managers.