The right leadership development program should reflect both the organisation's objectives and the individual needs of the people being developed.
Organisations should consider whether the journey builds self-awareness, develops practical leadership capabilities, provides opportunities for coaching and reflection, connects learning to real workplace situations and allows development to be personalised rather than treating every leader in exactly the same way.
Leadership training typically focuses on teaching particular skills or concepts. Leadership development goes deeper by helping people understand themselves, strengthen how they lead and apply what they learn over time.
The CEO Maker™ combines self-discovery, leadership assessments, personalised coaching, leadership development and real-world application within one progressive journey.
It depends on the organisation's objectives.
Standardised programs can be valuable when a common skill or body of knowledge needs to be taught consistently. Personalised development becomes particularly valuable when organisations want leaders to understand their individual behaviours, strengths and development needs while still developing toward shared organisational expectations.
The CEO Maker™ combines both: one organisational journey, individually personalised.
Not necessarily, but coaching can deepen development by giving participants space to explore what their learning means specifically for them.
In THE CEO MAKER™, coaching is integrated with assessment and leadership development so participants can explore their discoveries and connect them to real situations they face as leaders.
Future-leader development should help people prepare for greater responsibility rather than simply teach them more management theory.
This can include developing self-awareness, communication, decision-making, trust, conflict management, resilience, adaptability and other leadership capabilities, alongside opportunities to apply learning at work.
The CEO Maker™ can be personalised for high-potential employees and future leaders as part of their preparation for greater leadership responsibility.
Yes. Leadership development can help prepare managers for increased responsibility by developing greater self-awareness, people-leadership capability and understanding of how their behaviour affects others.
The CEO Maker™ has been used by organisations as part of journeys designed to prepare people for greater leadership responsibility. Development can support promotion readiness, although promotion decisions remain with the organisation.
Succession planning identifies potential future leadership needs and talent; leadership development helps prepare those people for what may come next.
A personalised journey can help organisations develop identified talent while recognising that different future leaders may have very different strengths and development needs.
Leadership development can support alignment when leaders become more aware of their own behaviours and better understand how others communicate, make decisions and respond differently.
The CEO Maker™ can combine individual development with shared leadership experiences to support stronger communication, trust, collaboration and alignment.
No. Leadership development can be valuable throughout the leadership pipeline.
The CEO Maker™ works across High Potentials, Junior Management, Middle Management, Senior Leadership and C-Suite, allowing organisations to develop people at different stages of their leadership journey.
The CEO Maker™ is a human-centred, business-focused leadership development accelerator that combines self-discovery, leadership assessments, personalised coaching, leadership development and real-world application.
Rather than treating every participant identically, the organisation undertakes a shared leadership journey while each participant experiences development around who they are, what they discover about themselves and what they need to strengthen.
The CEO Maker™ is not about giving everyone the title of CEO. It reflects the philosophy of developing greater leadership ownership, self-awareness and capability in the people who help grow an organisation.
The program can therefore develop people from high potentials and emerging managers through to senior leaders and the C-Suite.
The CEO Maker™ was co-created by leadership coaches Rajeev Daswani and Lara Khouri. Rajeev Daswani, also known professionally as “The CEO Maker,” is the founder of AHCC and works in leadership and executive development.
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