Leading Organizations - N Vision Learning Solutions GmbH

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Leaders Learning for ProfitThe Leading Organizations Rationale“The quality of leadership, more than any othersingle factor, determines the success or failure ofan organization.”Fred Fiedler & Martin ChemersThe quotation above, more than any other, embraces the essence of what N Vision Learning Solutionsbelieves about leadership. We are a leadership development company because we believe, unequivocally,that the quality of people’s performance is shaped by the quality of organizational leadership. Ourbelief goes beyond this. Organizational leadership not only determines people’s performance, it shapestheir sense of self-esteem, self-worth and personal well-being. This in turn underpins and drives, to a largeextent, the quality and enjoyment of their personal lives and the quality and happiness of their familiesand social life.The pivotal role of the organizational leader has been recognized and documented for thousands of yearsacross all cultures. We are all familiar with the impact of religious, political and military leaders. For a longtime, there was the belief that these leaders were ‘born and not made.’ This view has changed radicallyover the last fifty years. Much research has been conducted into organizational leadership. As we are allvery aware, leadership has become a topic of enormous interest. The internet, libraries, and bookstoreshave made the topic of leadership readily available and the demand to understand leadership is hugeand growing.But why is there so much interest and curiosity about leadership and its development?N Vision believes that the answer lies in the fact that consciously and unconsciously, people have come torealize that leadership really does matter. Clearly, as in any arena of activity, there are those with naturaltalent. This applies also in the world of leadership. There are natural leaders but, again, as in any othersphere of activity, e.g. sport, politics, the military, effectiveness can be studied and skills developed.We really have dicovered that we can learn from these high performing role models and that we cancreate powerful learning environments that stimulate people, who aspire to lead, to embrace leadershipdevelopment and to realize that they can lead and do it supremely well.When N Vision scans the major developments that have taken place within organizations leading to stepchanges in performance, we observe the following breakthrough areas:• Manufacturing, selling, within a financial structure• Marketing development• Business strategy & supply chain management• IT and the Internet• Structural consolidation and flexibility• Organizational leadershipWe are in an era where ‘Leading Organizations’ is being acknowledged as the next opportunity for performancebreakthrough, where the step change will come from recognizing that “remarkable things happenwhen you build value through intangibles – the measurable value that goes beyond simple bottom-linenumbers.” 1N Vision Learning Solutions is at the leading edge of this thinking and practice in leadership developmentfocusing on both the hard (tangible) and soft (intangible) realities of leadership. 21See „How Leaders Build Value“, Dave Ulrich and Norm Smallwood.2See our PACE & PRACTICE² for additional details on our strategic approach to leadership development.© N Vision Learning Solutions GmbH 2007

ObjectiveThe objective of ‘Leading Organizations’ is to summarize N Vision’s approach to the design & delivery ofthe learning development priorities for leaders who lead organizations and to highlight the key provenlearning solutions.MethodologyThe full methodology of the way N Vision engages with its clients and stimulates a creative exchange todevelop strategies for developing leadership is described at length in Pace & Practice². Our priorities arethat we want to engage fully withour learning & development colleaguesin the enterprise of leadershipdevelopment. We want tobe partners together. We wantto engage in an open and robustdialog with the level of organizationalleadership most appropriatefor the design and delivery ofleadership learning solutions specificto that level – e.g. throughthe framework of Executive, Strategicor Operational leadership. 3“Doing business with N Vision means for us a very high degree of trustand mutual understanding. N Vision shows a remarkably high degree ofpersonal involvement as well as professionalism in developing future leadersas well as working with several management teams within our company.We trust their business orientation and their focus on true leadership whichdistinguishes them from competitors and which is why we chose them fordelivering our programs.”Harald Hinderer, Senior Director People Development & Learning,Fujitsu Siemens ComputersOur methodology is grounded in the expertise N Vision Learning Solutions has acquired from the learningexperience with our clients over many years of developing leaders. For leaders who are focused on ‘LeadingOrganizations’, our prime focus is on the three key drivers of organizational success:Leading People, Leading Change and Leading for ResultsAlign PeopleDrive ChangeAchieveResultsWe focus our assessment of the organizational need for leadership development and delivery of learningsolutions on the following leadership priorities:• Vision & Values• Strategy & Execution• Culture Development & Communication• Leadership Network Maintenance• Leadership Development & Talent Management• Executive Learning & Development3See our PACE & PRACTICE² for additional details on leadership levels.© N Vision Learning Solutions GmbH 2007

Leaders Learning for ProfitN Vision Learning Solutions and EventsLearning solutions are designed and developed by assessing the current effectiveness of each of theleadership priorities mentioned previously. Learning Solutions usually involve one or a combination of thefollowing approaches:Executive Leadership Team WorkshopThe Executive Leadership Team Workshopis particularly effective in developing: vision,values, business strategy, organizational culture& clarity, HR systems, communicationstrategy, leadership development, interpersonaleffectiveness, personal learning, leadershipteam work and leadership networkmaintenance.Executive CoachingThis one-to-one, highly personal learning solutionis the unique opportunity for organizationalleaders to discuss their challenges andfuture aspirations and develop pragmatic solutionswith a trusted and experienced thirdparty. Arguably and more importantly, ExecutiveCoaching gives the executive leaderthe opportunity to reflect on their attitudes,behavior and impact and become more selfawareto develop more effective ways of beingan organizational leader.Business Driven Action LearningA specific learning intervention is designed to generate a high degree of business awareness andpersonal development. For this to be at its most effective, top organizational leadership needs tobe clearly supporting and involved in the design and learning process. The learning driver is in theuse of real business issues as vehicles for targeted high potentials to engage in business analysis,strategy development, execution planning and delivery. This is high value-added learning, madereal by the top leaders of the organization.Organization Leadership ConferenceThis is usually seen as a staged event but,in reality, is a learning solution designed anddriven by the executive leadership with theaims of:• Creating organizational clarityaround vision, values, and strategy& performance expectations.• Generating commitment to execution.• Enabling the key organization leadershipto explore and support culturedevelopment.• Giving people the opportunity to showthe courage to express their views andconcerns.• Giving people the opportunity to learnmore about themselves and others.Talent Management ExecutiveTalent management is high on the agendaof the organizational leader. The Talent ManagementExecutive is a chosen leadershipforum of key players who have the positionalpower and motivation to play a concertedeffort in the identification and developmentof talent to enable the organization to achievesustainable growth. A key focal point ofN Vision is to ensure that the current organizationleadership is being robust and realisticin its plans for the development of futureleadership at all levels.N Vision Learning Solutions GmbHFranz-Joseph-Straße 12 / Das GartenhausD-80801 MünchenTel. +49-89-306 322-0info@nvision-learning.comwww.nvision-learning.com