Do You Know What It Takes to Be A Truly Successful Leader?

Does Your Company Have An Extraordinary

Leadership Development Program?

We’re hearing these words far too often. Almost 1 of every 2 leaders loses the job within the first year and a half.

These are leaders of all ranks, including CEO’s. Chicago based outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas, reports that top leaders are even more vulnerable.

But it doesn’t have to be that way …

Some Questions You’ll Want to Ask Yourself!

• What are you doing to keep your leadership job?
• Which of your team leaders is looking for a new job?
• Are you protecting the investment you have in new team leaders?
• Do you have a formal leadership development program

You can plan now to train those otherwise very capable leaders. You can help them achieve. You can make sure your company gets the leadership it deserves.

According to the Wall Street Journal (2006), leaders fail because:

• They fail to establish a cultural fit………....   .................... ...75%
• They fail to build teamwork with staff and peers…...........….52%
• They are unclear about what their bosses expect…  ..............33%
• They don't have the required internal political savvy… ....... .25%
• There's no process to assimilate executives into the firm…  ...22%

Note: This list does not show that any of these leaders are incompetent. They wouldn’t have been hired or promoted if they didn’t have the expertise needed for the job.

Are They Technically Competent?

The leaders who fail either quit or they’re fired because of performance related issues. Seldom is their departure related to technical competence.

One of the most common complaints about new leaders is that they lack good interpersonal skills. They don’t know how to train, supervise, hold meetings, give feedback, accept input, make decisions, or how to communicate with others.

Companies Who Want a Leadership Development Program

Large companies have training departments that conduct leadership development programs for leaders who are in place or those who are in the fast-track program as potential leaders.

And large companies do a lot of other things that really don’t fit into the budgets of real-world utility companies.

But that doesn’t mean that small companies can’t have what is needed. It just means that smaller companies have to be as creative about leadership development programs as they are about getting new equipment, providing services, or recovering from obstacles that ambush smaller companies.

Dale Collie offers to help reach your leadership development goals by providing affordable, high quality monthly programs designed for incoming or current leaders of teams of all sizes.

Silver Membership – ($37/month)

• One-Month visitor's privileges for just a penny.
• Monthly Bridge Line Group Coaching Calls – short and to the point; call from wherever you are at the time or listen to the recorded calls. email specific questions to be answered on the calls
• Municipal Utility Leadership Blog – Subscribe to the blog so every post will be emailed to you, or read entries on line. Current leadership topics to keep you up to date
• Municipal Utility Discussion Forum – post questions for others to get the advice of others who know the municipal utility industry.
• Articles written specifically for leadership issues that you face every day.

Silver Subscription

Gold Membership – ($97/month) In addition to all of the above, Inner Circle Members get

• Periodic Bridge Line Calls with "utility experts" and "regulatory experts" -
• Periodic Bridge Line Calls with today's leading leadership experts
• Popular leadership books monthly with bridge line discussion of highlights
• Membership in small Master Mind Group for discussion of relevant topics

Gold Subscription

Inner Circle Membership – ($137/month) In addition to all of the above, Inner Circle Members enjoy:

• One-on-one leadership coaching at your request
• Master Mind Group for Inner Circle members only
• Invitation to attend annual small-group, face-to-face meeting with leadership experts in resort location

Membership is set up for payment on a monthly basis. It is recommended that you sign up as a visitor and move up in membership as you see the value at each level.

Payment is made through PayPal to protect your private information and to allow you discontinue membership whenever you wish.

Inner Circle Subscription

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