Why (so many) leadership development programmes fail

Hugely compelling McKinsey article here on Why leadership-development programs fail

We've all seen this happen, many people now know it happens, yet huge amounts of money are still spent on development programs that...

•     have no context
•     are decoupled from real work
•     ignore the entrenched mindsets of participants
•     and fail to measure results

Are far too many leadership development programs still a reflection of managers or HR just wanting to tick a box to say they've done something? Anything?

We couldn't agree with the folks at McKInsey more, and with our TakeON! Management Matters programme we've done something about this.  TakeON! is peer-led,  applied to real work challenges, all about turning ideas into action, and designed to change behaviours so improvement in leadership skills is sustained.

TakeON! helps create better leaders and organisations, who can tackle the challenges a fast moving ambiguous world throws at them with critical competencies like these...

Read the article Why leadership-development programs fail and see if your organisation needs a better approach to creating the type of leaders you need.