Development Programs

In the long-term programs for development of leadership skills and competences we combine:

  • Activities for developing skills and competences  
    Example: behavioral trainings, coaching, distant learning
  • Activities that help apply the developed skills on the job
    Example: work on real life projects; individual work on case studies; moderated group meetings
  • Activities focused on establishing the change and the applying the new skills in the work behavior
    Example: development plans; involvement of the line manager in the entire process, providing feedback with performance evaluations

Encounter’s leadership development programs:

  • Are aligned with the actual challenges and needs of the company
  • Are an integral process of diagnosis and examination of business needs, implementation of activities, monitoring of the program’s implementation and continuous improvement, open communication and inclusion of the stakeholders, recommendations for ongoing development
  • Estimate the potential impact on the related systems, processes and structures in the organization
  • Account for all internal and external factors that could potentially facilitate or intervene with the Development Programs 
  • Are flexible and can vary in terms of duration, resources and learning methods, scope of topics and skills
  • Are focused on direct application of the developed skills in the work of the participants
  • Are structured in increments to guarantee the successful build-up of the developed or acquired skills

At Encounter we have been able to accomplish the following effects of the leadership skills development programs for our clients:

  • Improving the managers’ work efficiency
  • Establishing an effective leadership approach that increases employees’ motivation and the involvement
  • Managers prepared for more responsible positions supporting business growth and proactive succession planning
  • Reduction of the undesired differences in the managerial approach
  • Enhancing the company’s middle management’s strategic role
  • Improving the coordination between all managerial levels

Identify the benefits for your own company and take advantage of our business needs diagnosis in terms of managerial skills development.

When is the implementation of a long-term development program appropriate?

  • When projecting or having experienced business growth
  • In career planning and development
  • For strategic Succession Planning
  • When planning change and in need of creating internal change agents
  • When in need to cope with new market challenges
  • When changing the business model or the management model.
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