08/30/2017

There's a Better Way to Develop Leaders

Leaders should be trained in a way that tie culture, personal development and staff support

Your leaders are not fish, yet most organizations treat them as such. The result is jaw-dropping: Annually, in the U.S. alone, over $10 billion is wasted on leadership development.And that number is grossly understated. It doesn’t include these silent company killers:

• Cynical employees who see their colleagues sent away for development only to return and demonstrate little or no changes in behavior;
• The morale killer of employees being sent to training and being blamed for not being able to effect changes upon return; subsequently, they are removed, swapped out for other leaders, and sent to other teams.

How do you develop your leaders?

Imagine you’re sitting next to a large fish tank. The water is a yellow, cloudy and scum-filled. As your eyes water from the smell, two people enter the room. They have patches on their overalls which read "Fish Tank Cleaners." In a business-as-usual style, they pull a small net from their bag and scoop out a fish. They drop the fish into a small glass bottle. With care, they apply tiny brushes and scrub the fish. Then, seemingly proud of their work, they drop the fish back into the disgusting tank.

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