MANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT

The greatest opportunity for embedding research-based performance thinking in your organization is to teach your managers and leaders how to accelerate employee development and performance improvement with The Six Boxes Approach.

The simplicity and plain language of the Performance Chain and the Six Boxes Model appeal to managers and business leaders who don’t want any fluff.  With a lean set of tools customized to match your organization, The Six Boxes Management Development Program enables you to build performance improvement “from the inside out” by means of performance-focused management practices and development plans.

Objectives

• to measurably accelerate business results by improving the performance and engagement of employees through improved management practices
• to establish a shared understanding for both tenured and new managers about human performance and what drives it, as a foundation for ongoing management and leadership development
• to configure a company-specific, longitudinal management development curriculum combining existing programs and custom training modules, plus coaching, and
• to build a team of management coaches who support ongoing collaboration and refinement of management processes, tools, and culture across the organization.

The Six Boxes Management Development Program teaches “people managers” to use the Performance Chain to target individual or team performance that they want to develop or improve, and apply the Six Boxes Model to develop actionable plans for improving performance.  Managers learn how to actively develop their people, plan for new performance requirements, and make better day-to-day performance management decisions.

If combined with The Six Boxes Application Program for HR or other performance professionals, this program enables staff and line management to collaborate using a common language and framework to improve business results.

Description

The basic Six Boxes Management Development Program combines two half-day sessions with practical assignments in between and follow-up coaching.  It enables participants to create performance-based job descriptions and individual or team development plans.  Managers use these plans to expand or deepen team capabilities, prepare people for promotions, help struggling employees, or implement new programs, systems, or strategies.  More importantly, managers learn to think differently and approach day-to-day management and leadership with a more performance-focused and systematic process for addressing performance opportunities.

Optional Leadership Module

The Leadership Module is a one-day workshop, integrated with the coaching associated with the Management Development Program.  It introduces, expands upon and encourages application of Six Boxes performance thinking in such areas as communicating values and leading by example, championing practical metrics and feedback systems, driving optimized cross-functional processes, mentoring and recognizing others as high potential candidates for advancement, articulating a whole system view of the organization, and so on. In other words, this module raises the level of attention and concern on the part of its participants to a level of influence and visibility beyond the managerial functions that they serve with people who report directly to them.

For more detail, please download our Management Development Program product sheet.