Leadership development

Grow the leadersyour organization runs on.

Good people often get promoted into leading before anyone has had time to prepare them.We help you build that preparation in, sized to your schedule and budget.

Find your pathFrom a half day to a cohort. The investment follows the conversation.
What it gives you

Stronger leaders, fewer surprises

Fewer surprises when someone leaves

Know who's ready for your critical roles, and grow the next ones before you need them.

Problems handled earlier

Supervisors better prepared to catch people problems while they're still small.

Priorities carried further

Council's priorities or your growth plan, carried by more of your leaders, not only a few.

A reason for good people to stay

Development people can see, sized to the job they're in and the one they're growing into.

Where the work runs over time, we track participation, completion and what leaders say they're doing differently on the job.

Why it matters

Leaders change. Preparation lasts.

2yrs 4mo

Average time a permanent CAO in Alberta held the role, under one four-year council term.

Graham and Helmer (2023), School of Public Policy, University of Calgary. Completed permanent tenures, 2003 to 2022. Describes tenure only.
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Evaluations of leadership training, with medium to large average effects, including on behaviour back on the job.

Lacerenza et al. (2017), Journal of Applied Psychology. Not sector-specific, many before-and-after designs, not a municipal result.
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Organizations in a randomized trial, where employee ratings showed leadership training can improve how leaders behave.

Jacobsen, Andersen, Bøllingtoft and Eriksen (2022), Public Administration Review. Denmark, public and private.
Your Leadership Path

What do your leaders need right now?

The TrailheadNot sure where to start? Tell us what's prompting this.
Ways in, sized to you

Start small or go deep

Any one of these can be your first step, and each is scoped to what you need.

1 to 2 weeksAn assessment

A readiness check or team survey that shows where you stand first.

half a dayOne team session

A complete session on its own, and a natural first step.

one dayAn intensive

One skill, taught and practised in a day.

2 to 3 days, on siteA team engagement

Assessment-based sessions, a written report and a leadership debrief.

over a few monthsEvery two weeks

Short sessions alongside the day job.

length set with youA cohort

The deepest option, for supervisors, emerging leaders or a senior group, including our Leadership Cohort.

monthly or quarterlyCoaching

One to one or small group.

after any of theseKeep it going

A quarterly check-in to keep the work going.

Who you'd work with

Matched to your needs

Specialists we bring in, by topic
  • Award-winning post-secondary educatorsfrom leading institutions
  • National public-sector and nonprofit executivescurrent and past
  • Provincial government leaderscurrent and past
  • CAOs, councillors and municipal senior leaderscurrent and past
  • Sport commissioners, conveners and board chairscurrent and past
  • Psychology and trauma-informed specialists
  • Successful entrepreneursand strategy experts

Who joins depends on the work. We add other experts when it calls for them, always with your approval.

Tell us what's prompting this

We'll tell you plainly what size would fit, even if it's the smallest one. The investment follows the conversation.