Strategy-Driven Leadership
The Playbook for Developing Your Next Generation of Leaders

Language: English

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It?s estimated that U.S. companies spend over $14 billion annually on leadership development --Match that number to the abundant and growing research that finds most leadership development to be ineffective, and the conclusion is a phenomenal amount of waste. The remedy for this situation is to have business strategy drive leadership development instead of creating programs that match a one-size-fits-all approach to leadership. This book's approach, called Strategy-Driven Leadership Development (SDLD), puts business strategy first. It maintains an emphasis on building leadership programs around what it will take to make the business successful as opposed to implementing a program in the hopes that it will benefit the strategy.

The result is a differentiated and targeted approach called Intentional Leadership Development, which provides the structure for transforming how leadership development is undertaken. At the heart of this book, however, is the explanation of how small, incremental changes in action and perspective create meaningful changes in the way leadership is developed. The focus is on the leadership behaviors associated with success for any company. Some companies may need leaders with better financial acumen while others may require better teamwork for success. These skills are learnable and when the energy of an organization is behind it, then leadership development can be transformational.

The authors method "retools" prior leadership efforts ? the emphasis is not on previous failures and restarting with new programs. There are many effective ideas and actions that are currently embedded in leadership programs, but they miss the critical element of tying their efforts to the business strategy.

Strategy-Driven Leadership changes the way organizations think about and drive their leadership talent initiatives among their current and upcoming leaders. The book is filled with research, science-based information, case studies, and practical hands-on tools on why and how this Strategy-Driven Leadership Development model will transform company leadership approaches.

Chapter 1: Strategy-Driven Leadership Development (SDLD)
Chapter 2: The Foundations of Strategy-Driven Leadership Development
Chapter 3: Organization Demand: Strategy and Leadership Skills
Chapter 4: Assessing Organizational and Leadership Capability
Chapter 5: The Solution: Intentional Development
Chapter 6: The Intentional Development Process
Chapter 7: Coaching Retooled: Building a Cadre of Intentional Coaches
Chapter 8: Gauging Impact: Evaluating Intentional Development and Talent Analytics
Chapter 9: The Strategy-Driven Leadership Journey
Chapter 10: Conclusion: Retooling Leadership Development

Professional and Professional Practice & Development
Michael A. Couch, MA -- President of Michael Couch & Associates Inc. Michael’s company is a versatile consulting practice focused on dramatically improving the capability of organizations, teams, and individuals. Michael has made a career out of improving the effectiveness of organizations as an internal consultant, a talent management executive, a business executive, and now in his own practice. Due to his diverse background and experience, Michael is uniquely qualified to write this book. Michael is a certified Human Capital Strategist by the Human Capital Institute and a Senior Professional in HR by the Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM). He was the co-founder and resident of the HR Leadership Forum of Western Pennsylvania, on the advisory board of Aero Tech Designs, and was selected for the 2012 Human Capital Executive Research Board. Michael holds an advanced degree in industrial and organizational psychology. He has more than thirty years’ experience in a variety of corporate talent management, organization effectiveness, leadership development, and organization development roles. In addition to his talent management background, Michael has been the managing director for a strategic business unit as well as VP of order fulfillment, including customer service, materials management, manufacturing, production planning, inventory management, and logistics. He has more than twenty-five years’ experience with continuous improvement initiatives, from Quality Circles to Lean Six Sigma, and has led company-wide Lean manufacturing implementations. He is a Certified Six Sigma Green Belt and Champion. Michael is a regular contributor to business and HR publications including The Linkage Leader, HR Perspectives, SHRM OnLine, Talent Management Magazine, TEQ Magazine and the HR Strategic Review. In addition, he contributed to the Employee Communications Guidebook and hosted a weekly podcast, called The Voice of Business Growth, on the VoiceAmerica Business Networ