Leadership Development Programs Best Practices

Leadership development program has become an over used cliche and is often misspelt on many a training session . When I say misspelt I do not mean it literally. Presentation of few powerpoint slides and administration of some worn out self assessment tests and discussion of a a couple of case studies are the normal curriculam in many such programs. I am not ignoring the fact that there are very effective leadership development Programs across the globe that spot and moulds genuine and fresh talents.

It is not the endeavour of this post to give a road map on the curriculam and the trainers' guide on leadership development programs . However as a trainer for the last 2 decades who have worked with a cross section of individuals right from the illiterate self help group member and right upto the corporate echelons , I firmly beleive that in a program on leadership development , the conviction of the trainer and the willingnes of the trainee matters a lot.

It is in this context that the best practices of the industry, of the politics,of the sovereign republics, or of the religious school that make the job of a trainer more pleasurable and enjoyable . With the best practices one assumes the role of a narrator rather than a preachor, or from a professor to a catalyst or facilitator. This is more so in the case of andragogical interventions.

Best practices for leadership development programs takes the learner from the theatre to the field and expose him to a world to which he was an alien hitherto.

What are the areas of best practices that could help the learner to assimilate the lessons? what are the most common best practices that could be of immense help? let us see these ideas in detail in the following posts.