Leaders for Today and Tomorrow
Why?
Great leaders create a container, a context, a playground where their people reach higher and dig deeper. They form a gut-level connection with their people, with authenticity and passion, they create trust and drive.
While there are thousands of leadership programs, most focus on the external behavior of leaders. We help organizations focus on what's inside -- on building a climate and culture that supports exceptional leadership.
Read this interview with Daniel Pink about leadership for today and tomorrow
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The IOP Leadership Solution is a customized mix of consulting, research, training, and coaching to give your organization the edge. Rather than a "quick fix," we work with you to improve your whole process for developing, supporting, and selecting leaders.
By blending an appropriate mix of these consulting, training, and research tools, your organization will take a significant step toward enduring leadership effectiveness. Contact us for a proposal.
Training
While most leaders know a lot about the technical side of their job, they don't know enough about people (including themselves). This leads to a great deal of wasted time and talent.
The EQ Leader training provides a vision, shared vocabulary, and basic tools that leaders need to engage and influence their people.
In-house Certification allows upper managers and internal trainers can deliver the program. This helps leaders of leaders work with their people to focus on the intangible human factors that will set them apart.
We also work with orgs to integrate modules of this program to enhance their existing programs for high potentials.
Read about the EQ Leader training
Metrics
Organizational climate measurement focuses leaders on the invisible drivers of performance. By regularly measuring the climate, leaders have a benchmark to see how their changes ripple out into the organization.
Using a rapid, statistically solid assessment, the Organizational Vital Signs assessment provides hard metrics about the soft side of the business. This snapshot focuses the leadership development process maximizing ROI.
Read about the Organizational climate measurement
Coaching
While they are committed to building leadership throughout the organization, senior managers are frequently caught between fighting fires and building the future. A little support from a world-class coach helps them keep the long-term essentials underway while managing the daily chaos.
Our business coaches are highly experienced trainers and consultants who have an intimate knowledge of all of our assessment, training, and research processes. They become 1:1 consultants to leaders on how to optimize performance using these tools.
Read about Coaching
Hiring
Most organizations are challenged to hire or promote candidates who are a great fit and exceptional performers. Job analysis and star performer profiling provides the metrics needed to improve the hiring process.
Together with training on hiring to the profile, this tool significantly increases the likelihood that new leaders will excel. The process is rapid and rigorous, bringing the best of academic research into the business setting.
This analysis also helps make the case for EQ leadership, defines training needs, and focuses leaders on the specific competencies that differentiate performance.
Read about customized research
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To ensure a sustainable future, at least 10% of all IOP income goes to support programs for children, teachers, and parents so the next generation can learn EQ skills.