Aligning:
Aligning Core Talent
The need for accelerated executive effectiveness is often brought into sharp focus by major events in the course of a company’s life. The imminent departure of a key leader brings urgency to the need and timing of management team succession planning. A new CEO comes in with different agendas, philosophies and strategies, often requiring executives to change how they operate. A reorganization or merger places new demands on, or expands the scope of, senior leadership roles.
In today’s business environment, core talent should be strongly aligned with an organization’s must-win battles. Ensuring that key individuals are ready and capable to meet both current and future business requirements is a critical element of long-term success. RHR’s Accelerated Executive Effectiveness practice engages a broad base of stakeholders within the client organization to create a rigorous and sustainable development program, customized to meet the unique leadership requirements of each client’s situation.
Process:
A Systematic Approach to Process
At RHR, we base our approach on our belief that development works best when it is systemic in focus. That means involvement of multiple constituents in the development and feedback process, and thoughtful evaluation of needs within the business context in which an executive operates.
The first step in effecting truly accelerated executive development is to accurately define and assess the right leadership criteria, based on where the business is going. We develop a business-linked winning formula that articulates the leadership and management behaviors required to drive the business, and we utilize a multi-modal assessment process that determines an executive’s strengths and needs. From there, we architect and implement a customized development experience that moves individuals from the current to desired future state. We create a Development MapSM to guide implementation, aligning the executive, managers and HR business partners around actionable success criteria, tailored development experiences and real-time progress checks. Targeted, ROI-based measurement of progress is an important element of what we do in our Accelerated Executive Effectiveness practice. RHR follow-up and progress tracking methods include shadowing, coaching, stakeholder feedback and periodic “pulse checks.”
