Leadership Growth & Management Development
Leadership and Management Training
A new book on management or leadership is published about every 15 minutes so I’m not going to insult you with my take on the subject.
It is enough to say that leading a company, any company no matter how large or how small, in the 21st. Century will require different skills than what were needed in the past.
As organizations get smarter, developing shared goals and empowering members of the organization from the loading dock to the boardroom – new management challenges show up.
Just because the new way of managing a business looks simple (simpler), it isn’t.
The question is where’s the help you need going to come from? If you live in New York City, there are consultants behind every lamppost and external training programs available almost around the clock in dozens of locations at many different price points.
On the other hand, if you live on your farm 50 miles outside of Alva, OK, where will your help come from?
Eighty percent of the people in North America live 20 miles or farther that one of the top 200 cities – so you could always take the time to drive to town for a conference – or you could enroll your successor in one training program after another.
Naturally your trade association has management and leadership training among the many educational opportunities it provides too.
My suggestion is you take advantage of as many of these opportunities as possible, along with your 21st Century Mastermind peer group.
The peer group provides a sounding board to help you flesh out the strategies being taught in class. You will be able to see how these theories will look in your specific business/family environment.
What would your future look like if you had the ear of one of the leaders in your industry?
In every industry the top 10% of the companies have very successful internal leadership and management training programs – or they would not be in the top 10%.
Everybody else tries to pick up their tips at their association events, reads the musings of experts, and hires somebody who may be an expert at their business, leadership/management training, but not YOUR business.
It makes sense then to invite one of these industry leaders to be part of your group.
Leadership and Management Training
Recommended Reading
- Business Mastermind Groups Are A Proven System For Organizational Success
- Chicago on the Potomac – Tribune Review
- Cherries: Howe could he leave after that performance – Bournemouth Echo
- 2010: Leaps, lumps in education sector – Nigeria Daily Independent
- Business Mastermind Group Blueprint (ebook)
