Sep 4, 2016
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Our guest, Mike Figliuolo – Managing
Director of thoughtLEADERS LLC and Founder at Executive Insight 16
discusses the elusive ROI of leadership training.
Key
Takeaways
[2:20] What’s one of the biggest
shortcomings you see in leadership development? People have to invest in
themselves.
[3:00] Is this an OD
issue? It’s about
setting expectations.
[6:20] Do most leaders try to grow
their organization by growing their people?
[7:55] The ROI of leadership
training.
Effective organizations establish a “standard,” and apply it to
real-world problems and opportunities.
[9:30] Four levels of evaluating
training: Reaction, Learning, Behavior and Results. Look for tangible
indicators/behaviors.
[11:00] Look for specific
quantitative measurements – versus “false measurement
dynamic.”
[13:50] What don’t people
invest? Is there a
performance gap?
If you were driving home and you had a flat tire, would you get it
fixed? Of
course! Why would
you run with things that are broken? What’s the opportunity
cost?
[15:45] Good options for stretching
your people? Are
mistakes OK?
[21:00] Game theory – guessing if I
do this you will do that… and if I do that, you will do
this…
[22:20] Key question when developing
your team: What this a good use of your day?
[25:00] Executive
Insight 16 – Where Leaders Learn from Leaders
[27:30] What to expect from the
event in NYC?
[32:00] What will be learned from
this forum?
Quotable
Quotes
- "There is no leadership dilemma.
Just reality.”
- “The less power you have the more
strategic you need to be.”
- “Create space for yourself
mentally to think strategically.”
Books & Events Mentioned or
Referenced on the Show
Leadership Development – A Profound Disconnect?
The Elegant Pitch: Create a Compelling
Recommendation, Build Broad Support, and Get it
Approved
One
Piece of Paper: The Simple Approach to Powerful, Personal
Leadership
Lead Inside the Box: How Smart Leaders
Guide Their Teams to Exceptional Results
The Leadership Podcast - Episode 3 - Mike Figliuolo – A Thought
Leader on Thought Leaders
Bio
Mike
Figliuolo is the founder and managing
director of thoughtLEADERS, LLC, a professional services firm
specializing in leadership development. He is the author of One
Piece of Paper: The Simple Approach to Powerful, Personal
Leadership and is a nationally recognized speaker and blogger.
Before founding his own company, he was a consultant at McKinsey &
Co., and an executive at Capital One and Scotts
Miracle-Gro.