Leadership Training
The most successful organizations prioritize developing their leaders at all levels, recognizing that collective leadership enhances overall performance.
The most successful training relies on proven theories of adult development and methodologies of change. That’s why Executive 360° Coaching offers The Leadership System®.
Unlike one-time workshops, The Leadership System provides a structured, multi-month transformation process, customized to each client that delivers measurable leadership improvement across your organization.
Experiential Learning Theory — learning is a cyclical process involving four stages:
We aren’t trying to reinvent the wheel…
The Leadership System® integrates this experiential learning cycle into its training process, creating a dynamic environment where leaders can:
Engage in Real-World Challenges: Participants tackle actual business issues, providing concrete experiences that are directly relevant to their roles.
Reflect Collaboratively: Through candid discussions and peer-to-peer coaching, leaders reflect on their experiences, gaining diverse insights and perspectives.
Develop Actionable Strategies: Building upon these reflections, participants conceptualize effective leadership strategies and solutions.
Implement and Iterate: Leaders then apply these strategies in their professional environments, experimenting with new approaches and refining their skills through continuous feedback.
This structured yet flexible framework ensures that learning is not only theoretical but also practical and applicable, leading to sustained leadership excellence.
Concrete Experience: Engaging in a new experience or encountering a novel situation.
Reflective Observation: Thoughtfully reflecting on the experience from various perspectives.
Abstract Conceptualization: Developing new ideas or modifying existing concepts based on reflections.
Active Experimentation: Applying these new ideas to the world around you to see what happens.
(Kolb, 1984)
Resistance to Change — internal obstacles must be identified and addressed for change to occur
Just like our Professional Development program, the Leadership System is a program designed to facilitate profound personal and professional transformation.
Central to the Leadership System is the Immunity to Change theory, developed by Robert Kegan and Lisa Lahey. Individuals and organizations often possess inherent, subconscious barriers—referred to as "immunities"—that resist change, even when there is a genuine commitment to it. These hidden mindsets act as defense mechanisms, preserving the status quo and hindering progress. By identifying and addressing these internal obstacles, individuals can unlock their potential for meaningful change.
The Leadership System incorporates this theory into its training process through a structured, cohort-based experience spanning nine months to a year. Participants engage in highly interactive sessions that include candid conversations, skill and competency development, and peer-to-peer coaching.
This immersive environment encourages leaders to confront and dismantle their personal immunities to change, fostering both personal and professional growth. By integrating real-time, real-life experiences, The Leadership System enables leaders to achieve sustained transformation and effectively navigate complex organizational challenges.
Leadership System®
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Scale Leadership in Your Organization
The System is a comprehensive program designed to equip leaders for individual and collective success. Assess effectiveness across the organization, build alignment around what matters, and make development an ongoing part of the culture.
To create the conditions for scaling your business, you must imbed a solid program of scaling your leadership.
There are six necessary conditions to cultivate for scaling leadership. The Leadership System curriculum comprehensively covers all of them:
• Creative Leadership
• Deep Relationship
• Radical Humanity
• Higher Purpose
• Systematized Development
• Generative Tension
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Customized for Your Team's Growth
The system is built on the globally recognized Leadership Circle Profile (LCP 360°) & Collective Leadership Assessment (CLA).
Using the results of the LCPs along with the CLA, we can tailor the Leadership System curriculum specifically for your business, based on YOUR organizational needs.
Participants engage in a cohort-based experience featuring highly interactive sessions over nine to twelve months, with options for extended learning.
The program emphasizes candid discussions, skill enhancement, and peer coaching, seamlessly integrating personal and professional development with real-time insights. By addressing pertinent business challenges, leadership growth, and strategies for scaling success, the Leadership System accelerates and solidifies the journey toward more creative and effective leadership.
We use data-driven tracking of leadership effectiveness, engagement, and business outcomes along the way to test the program’s impact and stay connected to the group’s needs.
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Outcomes & Transformative Growth with the Leadership System
Outcomes that empower leaders to drive meaningful change and elevate organizational performance:
Enhanced Self-Awareness: Deep insights into leadership impact and a clear roadmap for personal development.
Navigational Agility: Improved capacity to thrive in complex and ambiguous environments.
Behavioral Mastery: Recognition and management of habitual patterns that hinder effective leadership.
Systemic Perspective: A heightened understanding of influence on organizational health and stakeholder ecosystems.
Decisive Innovation: Increased confidence to make swift decisions, fostering a culture of rapid learning and sustainable innovation.
Authentic Communication: Greater freedom to engage in candid conversations while respecting diverse viewpoints.
Cultural Architecting: A visionary approach to cultivating a creative leadership culture that encourages diverse engagement and ideas.
Reasons to Invest in Proven Leadership Training
In today's rapidly evolving world, effective leadership is more crucial than ever.
An Effective Leadership Culture Requires:
“A model and methodology which correlates to the impact of collective leadership on culture, effectiveness, and performance.
A shared language –when integrated with the Leadership Circle Profile 360, effectiveness and leadership at scale begins to take on a ripple effect.
Measurement against that model and methodology over time.
A long-term, systemic process as distinct from episodic, one-off events.”
~Leadership System Brochure, 2024, © Leadership Circle
Complexity Outpaces Leadership: The challenges we face are growing in complexity, often surpassing current leadership capabilities.
Leadership Shapes Culture: Research consistently shows that leadership, and the culture it fosters, is a key differentiator among organizations.
Talent Retention Depends on Leadership: Ineffective leaders risk losing top talent, as skilled individuals are drawn to organizations with strong leadership and leave those with poor management.
Strategy Requires Effective Implementation: Even the best strategies can fail without competent leadership to execute them.
Culture Supersedes Strategy: Organizational culture, heavily influenced by leadership, often determines the success of strategic initiatives.
Investing in leadership development for your whole team or organization is not just beneficial but truly essential for navigating today's complexities and achieving sustained success.