Methodology

Create-Learning’s Exponent Leadership Process is highly collaborative and customized to your needs. The process is available for a full leadership team as well as for individuals.

When you initially contact Mike to discuss your particular needs, he develops a proposal outlining the process, the content you are looking for, and the timeline, costs and mutual accountabilities.

Start Up

When working with a leadership team, prior to fine tuning the program content, Mike first interviews all team members. The interview helps him understand the level of development needed, and sets expectations for the program. Questions from your team members are responded to up front, and with confidentiality. A 360 feedback process is initiated (or taken advantage of if you have one in place already). Each team leader co-creates plans with Mike for his or her continued development. The plans are based on first finding what’s working well and then leveraging that to improve in other areas.

When working with individuals, a similar process is followed. Mike interviews the individual and his or her boss, teammates, peers and subordinates. The plan for development is co-created and presented to the individual’s superior for approval. Developmental plans are based on first finding what’s working well and then leveraging that to improve in other areas.

Program Elements

During the course of the program, Mike interviews program participants and those they select for ongoing feedback on a monthly basis, gathering data, providing coaching and solutions-focused feedback to each leader, and developing real-time field assignments.

In addition to the personal conversations, program participants are invited into a private website. They receive regular skill-based leadership content, and discuss it as a group. They explore how best to transfer the learning. Once field assignments are posted, participants practice behaviors and report back on their results. This provides the opportunity to share information and best practices, and comment on each others’ progress.

Team projects can be developed as well, such as a quality program or succession planning. Each of these projects has an overarching reach into your organization, impacting both the culture and your bottom line.

Training modules are conducted on a regular basis during the process. This provides time to reflect and focus on individual and team development.

The Exponent Leadership Process combines the best elements of leadership development, individual coaching and team building into one organic process. The length of the program is customized to your needs, and can vary from four month’s duration to one year.

To learn more about the content of the program, click here.

Contact Mike Cardus at mike [at] create-learning.com to learn more, or to schedule a meeting.