How Our Sessions Work
There are between 10 and 24 participants in
each session. There should be few direct reporting relationships
within each session. Participants are placed on a team and given a
business to run. The simulation created and used by
LeaderScope is
unique in that it is a REAL economic model that is dynamic. There
are no pre-defined "win points." Participants can do anything they
choose to do inside the simulated environment.
Participants are given all the data that typical business managers
receive, and are required to make a series of business decisions at
specified times. When they begin operating the simulated company,
the firm has a simple problem that one person with about three hours
of time could effectively solve. In our experience, participant
groups have been unable to solve this fundamental business problem
for the following reasons:
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They cannot cooperate and do not communicate effectively. In the "real world" the consequences of this are not seen for years. In LeaderScope’s simulated world, the consequences are immediate.
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Participants engage in previously learned management and leadership behaviors. As a consequence, they achieve less-than-desirable results.
Course facilitators intervene at appropriate intervals to help identify learning opportunities in approaching management and leadership dilemmas.
The fundamental goals of the simulated business environment are to:
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Challenge participants to achieve higher levels of critical thinking about the roles and responsibilities of management and leadership.
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Challenge participants to stop doing ineffective things that they have always done before.
Some of
this learning will require participants to re-frame how they think:
what they understand, value and believe specific to being the person
in charge. If managers are to achieve exceptional
results, they must approach problems and opportunities fundamentally
differently than they have in the past.
Several times a day, brief "seminars" are conducted to provide
additional content and reinforce the targeted competencies of the
session.
The concepts briefly outlined here may appear simple and fundamental
in their presentation. However, these sessions—whether customized to
a particular client or in an open enrollment format—have challenged
the most seasoned and experienced managers across all industries.
LeaderScope
sessions are not for remedial managers. The content, methods and
process interventions are designed for those who currently occupy
positions with significant accountability, have been determined to
be "high potential" for such positions, or are assigned to develop a
plan and subsequent implementation of a strategic initiative.
Our sessions are provided in two primary formats:
Private company sessions: These sessions are
customized to company requirements through a needs-assessment
process, including interviews with senior development staff and
senior executives, review of company planning information, and a
review of past and current management and leadership development
initiatives.
Open enrollment sessions: These sessions are five
days in length, with participants from multiple companies enrolled.
All participants bring individual projects, assigned by their
companies, for which they must develop strategic plans during the
session. Ideally, the projects will be implemented upon their return
to work. At the option of the client, further learning assessments
are provided specific to the participants’ skills, abilities and
general management mindset. The project portion of the session, as
well as the individual assessments, is utilized at the client’s
discretion.
LeaderScope also
provides private, in-house sessions designed to address the needs of
new managers and project-level managers. These sessions involve some
of the approaches described above, but do not include application of
the leadership functions associated with higher-level management.
These sessions typically run 1-2 days in length.
| "This is the best course I have ever attended, in any category." |
| Frederick Hausheer CEO BioNumerik Pharmaceuticals |