Accidental Leadership

Swift Current ~ 82% of Leaders are 'Accidental'

It's shocking and hard to believe, but?82% of leaders have no formal leadership training!?

• This is up from 68% of leaders in?2019!?Apparently, the problem of accidental and ill-trained leaders is getting worse.?
• Perhaps most shocking: A quarter of the 82% are in senior leadership roles!?

Leadership training is crucial for effective leadership. Whether you’re a C-suite executive, a senior leader, or a first-time manager, it is worth honing your leadership chops. The assumption is often that smart people who have been successful in their primary discipline?can just figure out the people side of leadership. This is a disastrous assumption. So, how can you support your 'accidental' leaders? Ultimately, you need a comprehensive and well-thought-out plan to get your leaders from 'accidental' to life-giving. You can't just throw off-the-shelf training at this problem. Your approach needs to be practical and grounded in your unique business AND it needs to make sense to your CFO! When we help organizations develop a leadership development strategy, it almost always includes a coaching component. Coaching has a high ROI during the first year a leader is in a new role. This is a great time to invest in a coach for a new leader. Don’t wait until they are 3 years into their role, struggling, and have lost credibility with their key stakeholders. Unfortunately, that is often when we get the call. It is much harder to turn around the situation at this point, and it is much better to set the new leader up for success with coaching right from Day 1!

• Let's create a meaningful, engaging, and practical?Leadership Training?that matches your audience and needs. This might include basic New Managers Training for anyone who is being placed into a role as a supervisor, and/or an Executive Leadership program for your high potential and those on the fast track to an executive position.
• Let our team facilitate an Imagineering: History of the Future experience for your HR team to help you develop a roadmap for talent development that will result in fewer accidental leaders.

Schedule time with Epic Rivers Leadership to create a custom leadership development journey for your organization and leaders?based on your culture and business, including the opportunity for participants to work on and solve real challenges in your organization.?You may also want to send a FREE lifeline to an ‘accidental’ leader you know right now!?If that is the case, offer them this list while we work with you on a longer-term strategy and plan for your leaders.

You may also want to send a FREE lifeline to an ‘accidental’ leader you know right now!?If that is the case, offer them this list while we work with you on a longer-term strategy and plan for your leaders.

9 Free Courses! (credit?to?https://www.dhirubhai.net/in/howiechaniam/?for assembling this list!)

1. Harvard University Exercising Leadership: Foundational Principles https://lnkd.in/gT6MTgJQ

2. University of Pennsylvania Building High-Performing Teams https://lnkd.in/gutg_Dp8

3. Yale University Connected Leadership https://lnkd.in/g_FSDqMB

4. UC Berkeley Mindfulness and Resilience to Stress at Work https://lnkd.in/gvkdEj4F

5. Dartmouth College Leadership Lessons from Legends https://lnkd.in/g56nhyib

6. University of Michigan Leading Teams https://lnkd.in/gcGdibE6

7. Northwestern University Leadership Communication for Maximum Impact https://lnkd.in/gbTqx-YS

8. Copenhagen Business School Leadership in 21st-Century Organizations https://lnkd.in/gHRQ_NhU

9. Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women Fundamentals of Leadership https://lnkd.in/g-f3TjfN

All are verified free. Just choose the "Audit" option. Some offer credits or certificates for a cost, but the learning is free.

Until next time BE LIFE-GIVING!

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