Human talent is the most underleveraged asset in many organizations. Companies spend thousands and sometimes millions of dollars acquiring and paying for employee talent, but once they acquire the talent, they usually stop investing further. Many employers see the “paycheck” as the investment in their employees, and view the “job” as the primary development tool of that individual. Unfortunately, much opportunity is lost with this strategy.
What many employers fail to recognize is that conscious investment in the development of leadership and talent can exponentially increase the productivity and therefore profitability of an organization. Consider the following common problems that result from negligence in people development:
- The people in Division A seem to enjoy their work, but their projects always take longer than projected, and even though the work is good, it’s often off target.
- You can’t seem to keep your marketing manager position filled. The longest someone has been in the position is eight months.
- The procurement team and the production team are always at loggerheads. Your annual strategy planning meeting is coming up and you are getting a headache in anticipation of the tension that will be in the room when key decisions have to be made.
- You want to promote one of your junior managers to a senior position, but you’re pretty sure there will be ruffled feathers over lack of tenure.
- Your senior manager in accounting refuses to do any data entry, even though it is a complete disruption to the system to have files returned to the administrative department when a new piece of information on a file arrives.
- You have recently blurred the lines between channel and category distribution, and sales have fallen through the floor. You are sure you communicated the benefits of the new strategy and can’t figure out what the problem is.
We rely on people to develop our products, run our organizations, and represent us to the public and deliver the bottom line ~ and yet we spend more time and money choosing our technology upgrades than we do planning to improve our people. The development of human talent is a complex arena where the short-term result is often difficult to measure in dollars and cents. However, when you begin to assess the benefits of strategic development of human capital, you will see that it pays dividends.
We believe that increasing organizational capability through the development of human talent is a sound and strategic investment. We work with our clients to achieve success in this area in the following ways:
Individual and Team Assessment
Using a variety of profiling tools and team building activities, Excelerate can help you assess your current situation and create a plan of action to increase the productivity of you, your team or your entire organization.
- 360o Assessments
- Interaction Styles
- Temperament Assessment
- Personality Profiling
- Team Functionality Assessments
- Time Management Assessment
…and much more!
* All assessments are administered by trained and certified professionals.
Corporate Training Programs
- Designed Specifically for Your Group's Needs - Excelerate corporate learning consultants help you assess your training needs and then design a program that integrates your current business issues, meeting themes, company culture, and training topics. We incorporate your existing training curriculum, or current readings that you want to bring to life.
- Working within Your Timeframe and Schedule - From one hour to multi-day events, Excelerate will customize a corporate training program for your schedule. We can design programs that work well as a stand-alone event or programs that fit as an integral part of a multi-day event.
- Held in a Highly Productive Environment - We partner with world renowned resorts, conference centers and outdoor adventure areas to provide services and features specifically designed to enhance the productivity of strategic and team-building groups. Working collaboratively with your team and our partners, we go the extra mile to ensure your success.
Executive Leadership Development
Effective leadership results from a combination of passion, talent, and practiced skill. Today, the ability to thrive at the top tier requires leaders to have a high degree of technical and interpersonal skills. At Excelerate, we work with executives and senior managers to improve their leadership skills and interpersonal style. Through our program leaders learn how to:
- Create a vision and strategically integrate it into the framework of the business
- Establish and effectively communicate action plans
- Create loyalty at every level of the organization
- Employ effective reward and recognition practices to energize team performance
- Practice corporate courage
- Improve charisma
- Identify and leverage talents – their own and those around them
- Define and communicate their values and those of the organization
- Navigate through the inevitable changes in any organization
- Seek and recognize talent
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