Baby Boomers-now
all grown up-constitute a corporate bubble of professionals largely
responsible for executing on the bottom-line performance and success
of their companies. A volatile economy and stock market, along
with continuing corporate cost controls, make it more critical
than ever for this middle bulge to perform lean and mean. Developing
the leadership capability of middle and upper-middle management
is critical for corporations to survive and thrive in a dynamic
environment.
The "Managing
the Middle by Leading Up & Down" program helps realize middle
management potential. This transformation-focused program champions
those professionals who are: a) committed to enhancing their sphere
of influence, performance or career; b) transitioning between
positions or career; or c) high potential/low performers faced
with an immediate leadership opportunity.
Mid-management
professionals operate at a time of life when they are reaping
much of what they sowed in young adulthood: education debt, career
choices, marriage partnerships, children and family commitments,
college payments, health concerns, and the caring for or death
of parents. In addition to these personal responsibilities, professionals
function "around the clock" and often respond in a crisis mode
to relentlessly "urgent" rather than mission-critical tasks. These
professionals need to work smarter with their reports and those
to whom they report, to effectively manage exponentially-multiplying
accountabilities.
"Managing
the Middle by Leading Up & Down" enables middle management to
lead with its competencies and opportunities, while managing its
challenges. It helps managers to create a customized development
plan-based on individual competencies and challenges, and corporate
objectives-and achieve progress through integrative executive
coaching. The one-on-one program:
- Assesses
individual strengths & development opportunities
- Identifies
a strategy for personal/professional development
- Creates
an action plan to develop competencies:
- Leadership
- Prioritizing
& planning
- Time
management
- Communication:
verbal (speeches, presentations, meetings, voice mail) written
(proposals, correspondence, e-mail), relationships
- Work/life
balance
- Produces
results through ongoing, integrative executive coaching
This tailored
program synergizes personal and professional strengths to help
individuals "proactively lead" rather than "reactively manage"
their careers in the context of corporate goals. The recommended
6-12 month timeframe of "Managing the Middle by Leading Up & Down"
enables professionals to gain and maintain momentum in their development.
Ongoing coaching also fuels the initial impetus provided by other
corporate training and development tools, thus enabling managers
to navigate their path through the evolving corporate entity.
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Linda Saran All Rights Reserved
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