Executives and Successors

The Sherpa Leadership Institute (SLI)  is a framework of proven programs based on the Sherpa Coaching process.  Take a look at this list of SLI programs for executives and successors, and see if there’s something your organization needs:

• Leadership Summit - Executives and their successors  are often promoted  for what (and who) they know, rather than superior leadership characteristics.  This sets them up to flounder and to fail, often losing respect and losing key subordinates. The Sherpa Leadership Summit is a one week intensive program that ensures top leaders and their successors are prepared to become complete leaders. Attendees need a genuine desire to enhance their leadership abilities, and openness to finding the weaknesses which stand in the way.
• Executive Coaching - Executive coaching is about changing business behavior and creating a positive Impact on Business (IOB). Six years of research tell us that coaching can correct weaknesses that hurt a leader’s relationships. More often, Executive Coaching is used to develop rising stars, and to make sure a succession plan works well. You have both situations in your organization. A Certified Sherpa Coach can produce positive, permanent changes in business behavior in just 90 days.
• Expert Facilitated  Coaching (XFC) - When two top people don’t work well together, it’s imperative to repair and rebuild the relationship. An expert third party facilitator can solve one-on-one issues between a leader and a direct report. A Sherpa facilitator brings out new ways to deal with situations and mend a working relationship. This allows a leader and a direct report to communicate in a controlled and practical way to solve their differences.
• Coaching Skills 101 - Managers and executives who are untrained in coaching skills tend to manage rather than lead. Specifically, they micromanage, deliver expectations poorly and fail to hold people accountable. They may also act unpredictably or appear to show favoritism in their decision-making. What’s the result? People become stressed, unhappy or completely disengaged. Coaching Skills 101 changes the game for managers and teaches them how to lead from a coaching perspective.
• Coaching Skills 201 - Sustainability of coaching leadership comes from integration into a company’s culture. Coaching Skills 201 teaches senior managers how to integrate coaching and leadership into an organization’s existing work and development plans. Managers, leaders and executives often fail to capitalize on employee’s ‘teachable moments.’ If your leadership has not had specific, process-driven training to help them create coaching moments, those opportunities are slipping way without any visible symptoms. Get them the training they need, and you’ll see a world of difference.