LeaderSkills

Finally - A Solution To The Problem

The biggest challenge for fast-growth companies is developing strong leadership.

We Understand Your Dilemma

Your company's growth is outpacing your ability to grow strong leaders.
You don't have the time ... or ability ... to get your managers to the next level.
You've consistently tried to build a leadership team ... and you've not been satisfied with the result.
Your employees are geographically dispersed and it's very expensive to train them.
Your answer to most growth challenges is "We don't have anyone to lead that."
You promote people you think will be good and they don't make the decisions you would make.
You are not able to focus on the strategic activities you need to do, because you don't have others to help run things.

LeaderSkills Is The Answer

A three-month intensive leadership course based on the fundamental skills needed to be a great leader.
Each session is focused on one topic and a few key concepts.
Each session gives tools to apply those concepts immediately to participants' work situation in real-time.
Fieldwork assignments help participants practice using these tools and preparing for a facilitated live discussion.
Videos, reference guides and downloads deliver the core material. Participants watch and read on their own schedule and re-watch to deepen their learning.
A live small group format is used for deep interactivity (via videoconference).
No travel required. No time away from work.

What Participants Are Saying

99% of particpants have said that LeaderSkills is something "I will use the rest of my life."

"To be honest, I didn't want to take this course. I thought it would be just another training. I'm busy and didn't want to bother. Instead I found it to be so valuable that I looked forward to every single module."
-CFO, National Real Estate Firm

I am so grateful that I was chosen to be a part of this incredible program. I learned so much about myself on a personal level, as well as on a Leadership level.
-Manager identified as "High Potential"

"I really learned a lot about myself and what I need to work on. And I now have those tools to help myself make those changes. Thank you!!"
-Vice President, HR

"We do a lot of training and this is by far the best I've ever participated in. Thank you so much!"
-Senior Vice President, IT

"This was such a beneficial training, not only for me, but for my entire team!"
-Vice President, Sales

*Quotes and data taken from post-series survey

Why The Program Is Designed The Way It Is:

Easy to fit your schedule

90-Day Program

Distance Learning via Video-conference

Learn at your own pace and at the time and place of your preference
Our 45-minute to one hour live group discussions are much easier to fit into your schedule than a long workshop.
Our discussions are scheduled well in advance, so you can plan around them.
We have found the combination of online learning and live discussion creates a deep involvement with the material. And the interactivity makes for great learning. And fun!

Access To All Our Material

After each class, you will have access to all our learning guides, assessments, tools and homework assignments. It's as simple as downloading the documents.
Learn it. Apply it. Use it forever.

Sure, we could have crammed all this content into a three-day workshop. And you would have forgotten 90% of it by the time your plane landed back home.
Our teachings stick, because you don't get overwhelmed.
We deliver our content in bite-sized pieces. That way you have time to apply and remember it.
You can apply content as you learn it so you get immediate results at work. And often at home.

Works no matter where you or your employees are located.
No travel costs.
Learn from anywhere: computer, tablet, phone.
Easy to participate: All you need is to follow a link to the learning space or the videoconference.

Online Group Discussion

Post questions, new ideas, requests for help online.
Have a sounding board for what you are thinking and doing.
Hold each other accountable.
Share great ideas.

Course Options

Time Management & Delegation - What to do when demand exceeds capacity.
Handling Conflict - How to handle situations before they get out of control and what to do when they do.
Using DISC to Lead - How to play to your strengths and manage around your weaknesses.
Problem - Solving & Decision Making - Eliminate decision gridlock and take effective action.
Growing Others - The three dimensions of developing people.
Building Strong Teams - The formula for getting people to pull together when you need them to.

Meet the Millennial's - How to love them. How to leverage them.
Creating a Culture of Accountability - How to get people to do what they say. Every time.
How to Coach - Add coaching to your leadership skills. Help others be their best.
Using DISC for Sales Success - Understanding your prospect and using the style that moves them to close.
You at Your Best - Develop a new level of self-awareness to reach a higher potential.
Cultivating Assertiveness - How to have the difficult conversations when you need to have them.

Courses Under Development

Becoming a Strategic Thinker ... See the big picture and figure out what to do about it.
Creating Followers ... You can have followers or you can have subordinates. It's completely up to you.
Building Trust ... The sometimes illusive "must have."
Managing a Fast-Growth Company ... How to fly the plane while you build it.
Motivating Others ... It's all about the environment you create.
Leveraging the 80/20 Principle ... Working smarter, not harder.
Leadership Blind Spots ... How to see what you can't see.
Creating a Culture that Thrives ... And how to change one that doesn't.
Getting Traction ... How to get things moving and keep them moving in the right direction.

How LeaderSkills Was Created

Nan O'Connor, Master Certified Coach, has been a business coach for the last 20 years. After coaching hundreds of business owners, she determined that the biggest constraint to the growth of their companies was the failure to grow a leadership team under them.

Nan began a systematic study of the key elements that turn managers into leaders. They break down into 3 key must-haves:

Knowledge
Tools
Self-Awareness

When one of her clients lamented the fact that they had done a good job training their managers about the technical aspects of their jobs, but had done nothing to teach them to lead people, Nan created LeaderSkills. It was an enormous success and the company is using it to this day. Nan then began offering it to other clients and it took off like a rocket. It's now available for you and your business.