Leader Training - a waste of time and money

After more than two decades as a touted solution to better organisational performance it appears that the money and time invested in leadership training have not led to a genuine change in behaviour and performance in our organisations.

A sense of frustration

has led to us writing a special edition of our Leading Change newsletter.

In our work with clients in both the public and private sector we find that organisations repeatedly fall for a set of mental models or paradigms that lead to leader training being a waste of time and money.
This newsletter identifies the five most common paradigms that often underlie leader training that fails to deliver results.
We also provide direction for busting the paradigms and rethinking the way organisations develop the leaders of the future.
Five paradigms that lead to failure:

1. No measurable objectives expressed as business results.
2. A quick-fix mentality.
3. When training, separate leaders from followers.
4. Any theory of leadership will do.
5. Develop leaders and leadership will follow.

To download a copy of the May 2009 edition of our Leading Change newsletter, please click here.