Fact Sheet

Leading for ImpactEnabling leaders to drive bottom-lineresults through others.

The most effective way to improve a team's work climate is to change theleader's behavior.

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Overview

Research shows that 30% of variance in bottom-line business metrics is attributable to the team’swork climate—and 70% of the variance in workclimate is attributable to the leadership styles usedby the team’s leader. The most effective way toimprove a team’s work climate is therefore tochange the leader’s behaviors so they are a betterfit for what the team needs.

The Leading for Impact program helps participantsbetter understand their role as a leader, explorewhy they prefer to lead the way they do, and learnhow they can lead differently to achieve betterresults through their team.

By working together in this interactive session thatincludes peer coaching, group breakouts andexercises, leaders learn how to effectively leadothers to perform within their own uniquebusiness context. Combined with feedback fromtwo leadership effectiveness surveys, participantsexperience first-hand a powerful causal model thatexplains the styles they are using and the impactthey are having on their team’s work climate.Participants can use this insight to createactionable development plans to transformthemselves from a good leader to a great one.

Outcome

As a participant, you will…

Gain a deeper understanding of your businesscontext and what this means for you and thoseyou lead.

Increase your self-awareness about the breadthof leadership styles you are currently using.

Understand the impact you are having on yourteam’s work climate, and how it is helping orhindering their ability to perform.

Identify actions you can take to flex yourleadership behaviors and improve your team’sclimate and performance.

At a glance:

Program summary:A one-day program configurable for the traditional classroom or the Virtual Classroom Experience. This session gives participants insights into their leadership styles and the impact those styles have on their team.

Who should attend:

Leaders of direct and indirect teams at all levels.

Program outcome:Participants better understand the impact their behavior has on performance and are more effective at creating a climate of success.

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Session details

Program outline:

Welcome and overview

Leadership Effectiveness Framework: Thebusiness case for leadership

Your role as a leader

Who you are: Leadership Lifeline

Leadership exercise: Tower Building

Leadership Styles concepts and surveyfeedback

Organizational Climate concepts and surveyfeedback

Integration exercise: Impact of Styles on Climate

Making a change: Development and actionplanning

Leadership effectiveness surveys

To bring the program concepts to life, participantsand their direct reports complete Korn Ferry’sunique Leadership Styles and OrganizationalClimate surveys. These surveys offer powerfulinsights into a leader’s effectiveness and theimpact they have on their team’s performance.

Inventory of Leadership Styles compares thepattern of behaviors the leader intends to usewith those their direct reports experience.

Organizational Climate Survey identifies criticalgaps between the climate the leader creates fortheir team and the team’s perceived idealclimate they need to perform at their best.

Learning methodologies:

Personal reflection.

Experiential exercises.

Large group, table, and peer discussions.

Action planning.

Additional services available:

Follow-up personal coaching sessions tointerpret the feedback results and supportaction planning.

Follow-on skill-building sessions to addressdevelopment areas identified from surveys.

Role-play sessions with actors to allowparticipants to try out new behaviors andapproaches.

Extra modules to enhance depth ofunderstanding around preferences andcompetencies.

Peer Coaching: Korn Ferry facilitated webinar tohelp peer coaching groups endorse each othersdevelopment.

Re-surveys to test the impact of participants’development journeys.

Leadership effectiveness framework