Training Industry Magazine - Winter 2022 - 50

Measure impact using baseline
measures of employee engagement
and employee sentiment, including
individual experience with diversity,
equity and inclusion, value of work,
quality of leaders and teaming.
LEADERSHIP ROLES IN
ADAPTIVE ORGANIZATIONS
Successful programs result when there
is cohesion among members of the
C-suite, talent management, people
leaders and individual contributors
(like subject matter experts) who
lead without direct reports and L&D
professionals. The following bullet
points outline the contributions of
each group toward the development
of the training program:
MEMBERS OF THE C-SUITE
* Describe business outcomes as
quantified along a timeline.
* Describe outcomes of leadership
development in terms of technical
and social competencies. Ensure
that competencies enable espoused
purpose and values.
TALENT MANAGEMENT EXECUTIVES
* Describe stages of leadership
proficiency for cohorts of leaders such
as individual contributors, subject
matter experts, project managers,
executives, people leaders, high
performers, emerging executives, etc.
* Incorporate delivery of expected
outcomes
into
recruitment,
onboarding, L&D and performance
management practices.
* Ensure that leadership practices from
thought leaders are adapted to your
organization's desired outcomes.
PEOPLE LEADERS
* Actively engage in leadership
development by teaching, coaching
and mentoring other leaders.
* Produce and reinforce desired
outcomes at team and individual levels.
INDIVIDUALS
* Own accountability for selfdevelopment
and utilize available
development resources.
* Seek opportunities to demonstrate,
develop and leverage competencies.
L&D PROFESSIONALS
* Coach learners to address specific
leader issues and challenges.
* Prefer integration over specialization.
Integrate behavioral and technical
skills and integrate doing and learning.
PARTING THOUGHTS
For the CLO, L&D and other talent
management leaders to successfully build
adaptive organizations, transformation
Keys to Successful
Leadership Development Programs
* Clarify your organization's goals and
document them to provide leaders
with context regarding the goals of
the organization.
* Declare your organization's intentions
with sufficient detail to enable leaders
to plan for long-term growth as they
deliver on short-term promises.
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* Define practices that create a
pathway from intentions to the
ability to produce expected outcomes.
* Define practices that drive investment
based on the ability to produce
desired outcomes making projects
and processes enablers of results.
* Define results measurement and
management methods to continually
align your organization's goals.
must start from within. Here are some
emerging principles to consider:
* Cross-functional teams must adapt
all organizational systems, including
rewards and recognition, talent
management and L&D to respond to
opportunities and disruptions.
* Start with internal knowledge and skills.
When adaptive leaders are attained,
look outside for leadership, technology
and management expertise to continue
extending your adaptive leadership
schema.
* To build scale, create a leadership
team with one leadership system
mindset. Build organization leadership
capability and capacity into the flow of
work of leaders.
* Embed critical thinking, leveraging
diversity and other behavioral skills into
the learning experience and content.
In this new schema, the CLO and L&D
professionals drive value by enabling and
coaching organization leaders at all levels,
regardless of title or tenure. Members
of the C-suite drive value by keeping
direction and goals current and clear.
Jim Dowling and Richard Lynch are cofounders
of Capable Company, an
organization that designs and develops
integrated models, methods, tools, guides
and courseware to develop adaptive
leaders at all levels at scale. They are also
co-authors of several books and articles,
including the e-book " Prepare Leaders
for Any Future. " Email the authors.
http://www.capablecompany.com/ https://www.capablecompany.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Prepare-Leaders-for-Any-Future.pdf https://www.capablecompany.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Prepare-Leaders-for-Any-Future.pdf
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