Developing Leaders

through a

Structured Leadership

Development Program

Wong Yew Yip

yewyip@gmail.com

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To be able to lead

individuals and work teams

by applying the required

leadership competencies

to bring about

significant impact on performance

and to achieve the

desired organizational goals

Program Purpose

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New or refined Leadership Competency Model with

competency assessment protocol for the organization

Pool of talents with the required leadership

competencies to lead individuals and work teams to

achieve organizational goals

Selected Top Talents with the required leadership

potential assessed from the Leadership Development

Program

Successful completion of 5 Individual Action Learning

Projects by each participant

Successful completion of Team Action Learning

Projects in alignment with the organization’s KPIs and

strategic projects

Program Deliverables

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"Leaders aren't born, they are made.

And they are made just like anything

else, through hard work. And that's the

price we'll have to pay to achieve that

goal, or any goal." ~ Vince Lombardi

Are Leaders born or made?

Few are born leaders.

The rest of us have to

learn to lead.

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Identify

performance

issues

Clarify high

performance

expectations

Identify performance gaps & “hot

spots”

1.3

1.2

Refine/Develop Leadership

Competency Model

Define Leadership competency

elements

Develop Leadership

Development Blueprint

2.3

2.2

Establish Leadership

Development Project Team

Design & develop learning solutions

Plan roll-out of Leadership Development

Program

3.3

3.2

Deliver learning

Solutions

Assign Individual and

Team Learning Projects

Individual &

Team Coaching

for projects

4.3

4.2

Monitor

Individual &

Team Projects

5 - PHASE LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROCESS

ANALYZE the Needs

Phase 1

DEVELOP the Blueprint

Phase 2

PLAN the

Implementation

Phase 3

IMPLEMENT the Plans

Phase 4

MONITOR Performance

Improvements

Phase 5

1.1 2.1 3.1 4.1 5.1

Evaluate performance and rectify weakness

5.2

Final evaluation & Graduation

5.3

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Final Evaluation

& Graduation

Specialized Programs

for Top Talents

LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM BLUEPRINT

Individual Project 1 E Individual

Project 2 E Individual Project 3 E Individual

Project 4 E Individual Project 5 E

Team Action Learning Projects (KPI based) E

Individual & Team Action Learning Projects Evaluation & Coaching

Needs Analysis for Leadership

Devt

1

Develop Leadership

Competency Model

2

Immediate Supervisor Briefing on

LDP

3

PRE-Program

Leadership

Assessment

(by Sup.)

MID-Program

Leadership

Assessment

(by Sup.)

POST-Program

Leadership

Assessment

(by Sup.)

1 Month 1 Month 1 Month 1 Month 1 Month 1 Month 6 Months

Program Development Program Blueprint

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Module1 Program Intro &

Personal Mastery

4a

Module 2 Strategic Thinking

4b

Module 3 Project Mgmt

4c

Module 4

Collaboration

4d

Module 5 Inspiring People

4e

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What are the

performance

needs to achieve

results?

What are the

performance

issues/problems?

What competencies

do the performer

need to do the job?

PERFORMANCE

NEEDS

PERFORMANCE

ISSUES

COMPETENCY

NEEDS

LEARNING

SOLUTIONS

BUSINESS

NEEDS

What are the

business

needs?

? ?

?

?

? ?

What knowledge/skill/

beliefs they must learn

to reduce the

competency gap?

Training Related

Non-Training

Related

Training Needs Analysis 1

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Organization’s

Vision,

Mission,

Strategies &

Core Values

Interviews &

Workshop

with Senior

Management/

Managers

Organization’s

Leadership

Competency

Model

Approval by

Management

to adopt &

implement

Leadership

Competency

Model

Leadership Competencies describe behaviors that

define leadership excellence required of leaders of

an Organization to drive sustainable performance

The purpose of the Leadership Competency Model

is to drive leadership development of leaders across

all levels of the Organization

Leadership Competency Model Development 2

1 2 3 4

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Each leadership competency has :

DEFINITION - a formal statement of the exact meaning of the competency

DESCRIPTORS - competency elements or terms that serve to describe

and the “observable and actionable behaviour “ that are required for the

competency

An Example of a Leadership Competency

Competency Definition Descriptors

Teamwork Leads cross-functional

and diverse teams

towards a common goal

and to attain strategic

objectives

• Demonstrates the ability to work with

others irrespective of gender, race and

age in pursuit of the organization's goals

• Puts aside individual goals when

necessary to focus on group objectives

• Works to manage disagreements and

negotiate resolutions to intra-team and

inter-team conflict in order to create a

conducive work environment

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Personal Mastery

Influencing Change

Strategic Thinking

Inspiring People

Collaboration

Mastering self and role-modeling for others to follow

Initiating changes for continuous improvement

Charting the right direction, strategies and actions

Achieving results for organization and self fulfillment

Teaming and partnering to achieve common goals

PROGRESSIVE LEADERSHIP

COMPETENCY MODEL

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Level Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4

Role Support Operational Tactical Strategic

Position Executive Supervisor Manager Senior Management

LEADERSHIP COMPETENCIES (Able to)

Personal

Mastery

Strategic

Thinking

Project

Management

Collaboration

Inspiring

People

Low High Increasing complexity in Competency

Competencies

needed to lead

Work Teams to

support

initiatives to

achieve

performance

targets

Competencies

needed to lead

Sections to

implement

projects to

achieve

performance

goals

Competencies

needed to lead

Departments to

deploy strategic

projects in

alignment with

Organizational

Vision, Mission

and Strategic

goals

Competencies

needed to lead

the

Organization or

Business

Divisions to

achieve

Organizational

Vision, Mission

and Strategic

goals

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To update the participant’s Immediate Supervisors on the

organization’s Leadership Development Program

To seek their critical involvement in the development of the

participants through:

assessing the participants’ progress throughout the program

approving and supporting the participants’ individual and

team action learning projects

Mentoring and coaching the participants

Completing the leadership assessment of the participants -

Pre, Mid & Post assessments

OBJECTIVES

Briefing for Immediate Supervisors 3

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Module 1 (3days) Program

Introduction & Personal Mastery

4a Module 2 (3days)

Strategic

Thinking

4b Module 3 (3days)

Project

Management

4c Module 4 (3days)

Collaboration

4d Module 5 (3days)

Inspiring

People

4e

• Opening Address

by Senior Mgmt

• Program

Overview &

Orientation

• Introduction to

Leadership

• Team Building/

Bonding

• Personal Mastery

• Problem Solving

& Decision Making

• Law of Success

• Self-Assessment

• Strategic Thinking

• Strategic

Management

• Sun Tzu Art of

War

• Innovation &

Creativity

• Self-Assessment

• Project

Management

• Flawless

Execution

• Self-Assessment

• Leading Work

Teams

• Networking

• Communication

• Managing Your

Boss

• Collaboration

• Self-Assessment

• Gaining

Commitment

• Law of Attraction

• Inspiring People

• Self-Assessment

The above are generic learning solutions for Progressive Leadership Competency Model and could be

customized to the organization’s needs

It is recommended that Module 1 be an off-site residential program with evening sessions to cater for

Team Building/Bonding activities. It will also focus on opening address by Senior Management,

Program Introduction & Orientation, Introduction to Leadership and Team Building/Bonding

1

2

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Specialized Learning Programs are for further leadership development

of Top Talents selected from the Leadership Development Program.

Some of the Specialized Learning Programs are:

Leadership/Executive Coaching

6-Sigma Green Belt

Benchmarking Visits

Napoleon Hill’s Science of Success

Total Quality Management

The Specialized Learning Programs will be identified during the

Leadership Development Program as additional learning and

development needed to further enhance the leadership competencies of

the Top Talents, to be completed in 6 months

Specialized Learning Programs 5

Thank You

yewyip@gmail.com