Developing Leaders for the 21st Century

Our Mission - to improve the performance and value of companies both by ensuring that the right people are in the right positions and by developing the leadership skills of their management teams.

Did you know that companies that are led by Leaders compared to those that are merely managed by managers:

Attract and retain better employees
Experience less absenteeism
Enjoy higher productivity
Produce superior products and services
Serve their customers more effectively
Generate more value for their stakeholders

In their book Corporate Culture and Performance (The Free Press, 1992), John Kotter and James Heskett reported the results of their study of 207 companies over an 11 year period. They found that firms with cultures that emphasized all the key managerial consitituencies (customers, stockholders, and employees) and leadership from managers at all levels outperformed firms that did not have those cultural traits by a huge margin. Over the eleven year period, the former:

Increased revenues by an average of 682 percent versus 166 percent for the latter
Expanded their workforces by 282 percent versus 36 percent
Grew their stock price by 901 percent versus 74 percent
Improved their net worth by 756 percent versus 1 percent

We call upon our combined 60+ years of military and corporate leadership experience to address the huge need for populating organizations with the best employees and developing the key personnel, from first line managers to senior executives, into effective leaders.

Our practice addresses both the character and competence components of leadership. By “character”, we mean the leader’s ethical framework. By “competence”, we mean the leader’s ability to accomplish the assigned mission through others.

Our development programs are based upon the following fundamental beliefs:

Leadership is a profound privilege
Its model is leader as servant
Its foundation is integrity and the trust that it engenders
Its exercise fulfils the attendant moral obligations to all stakeholders, including the requirement to set the example both personally and professionally
Its purpose is the accomplishment of the assigned mission
Its means is inspiring people to that accomplishment
Its primary tool is the understanding of human needs and motivations
Its result is a sustainable competitive advantage

The general approach of The Leadership Forum is to:

Assess the current leadership climate within an organization
Craft a customized leadership development program to include: hiring, assignment, and promotion practices; and leader identification and growth initiatives
Train based upon the fundamental belief system cited above
Audit the results to ensure positive change is sustained

Our Business is leadership.

	Welcome, and thank you for visiting The Leadership Forum LLC! Our Mission - to improve the performance and value of companies both by ensuring that the right people are in the right positions and by developing the leadership skills of their management teams. Did you know that companies that are led by *Leaders* compared to those that are merely managed by managers: Attract and retain better employees Experience less absenteeism Enjoy higher productivity Produce superior products and services Serve their customers more effectively Generate more value for their stakeholders In their book Corporate Culture and Performance (The Free Press, 1992), John Kotter and James Heskett reported the results of their study of 207 companies over an 11 year period. They found that firms with cultures that emphasized all the key managerial consitituencies (customers, stockholders, and employees) and leadership from managers at all levels outperformed firms that did not have those cultural traits by a huge margin. Over the eleven year period, the former: Increased revenues by an average of 682 percent versus 166 percent for the latter Expanded their workforces by 282 percent versus 36 percent Grew their stock price by 901 percent versus 74 percent Improved their net worth by 756 percent versus 1 percent We call upon our combined 60+ years of military and corporate leadership experience to address the huge need for populating organizations with the best employees and developing the key personnel, from first line managers to senior executives, into effective leaders. Our practice addresses both the character and competence components of leadership. By “character”, we mean the leader’s ethical framework. By “competence”, we mean the leader’s ability to accomplish the assigned mission through others. Our development programs are based upon the following fundamental beliefs: Leadership is a profound privilege Its model is leader as servant Its foundation is integrity and the trust that it engenders Its exercise fulfils the attendant moral obligations to all stakeholders, including the requirement to set the example both personally and professionally Its purpose is the accomplishment of the assigned mission Its means is inspiring people to that accomplishment Its primary tool is the understanding of human needs and motivations Its result is a sustainable competitive advantage The general approach of The Leadership Forum is to: Assess the current leadership climate within an organization Craft a customized leadership development program to include: hiring, assignment, and promotion practices; and leader identification and growth initiatives Train based upon the fundamental belief system cited above Audit the results to ensure positive change is sustained Our Business is leadership.	2909 Blossom St Columbia, SC 29205 803-609-0048 email us

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