Do your technical teams have the right leadership to be successful?
Business continues to be challenging for technical companies-downsizing, budget cuts, outsourcing and doing more with less. Many organizations are turning to their less experienced technical professionals to take on greater leadership and management roles without being fully prepared.  Lack of leadership training, support and coaching, can cause lower team morale, schedule delays and ultimately lose valued contracts and high potential professionals. The Business Case.

We develop technical leadership skills for business success

• Identifying the role and responsibilities of a new leader

• Making a smooth transition to leadership and gain the confidence of your team

• Developing high performing, effective and successful teams

• Effectively managing conflict and negotiate agreement with others

• Developing a compelling vision aligned with business goals

• Inspiring commitment to the team’s mission

Special program features improve learning and guarantee personal success.

• Four (4) one-day, off-site workshops

• Weekly on-site individual coaching after each workshop session

• More than 60+ contact hours of workshops and personal mentoring for each participant

• 360 degree evaluation and feedback including other self assessments

• Access to online development resources and team activities for continuous learning between workshop sessions

• Personalized development plans for each participant customized with specific objectives and due dates for completion

FastTrack^TM development roadmap accelerates your learning

Our process provides an effective methodology with the tools and strategies to maximize your learning.

Excel^TM Learning Cluster speeds process of using new skills

We use a four (4) week leadership learning process during Phase 3 of the FastTrack^TM Development Roadmap.  This process is repeated during each of the four (4) months in the program and focused on developing a specific cluster of skills.  Workshops, coaching sessions, and team development activities provide a continuous cycle of learning.

Dedicated to developing strong technical leaders

Fred Asher and Hugh Wilson are experienced Organization Development consultants and facilitators now working with leaders and their teams to build practical managerial wisdom that creates and sustains “high performance”. Their passion is in sharing the NEXTLevel Leadership Development process as a foundation for leaders becoming significantly more effective, teams becoming more productive and companies becoming empowering places to work.

For over 25 years, Fred and Hugh have worked nationally and internationally with Fortune 500, small entrepreneurial, non-profits and government organizations in orchestrating strategic change to optimize performance and improve the bottom line. Both consultants are adjunct professors with local universities.  Our clients include: EDS, Texas Instruments, Deloitte Technical Consulting, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Raytheon, Rockwell International, Eaton, John Deere, Motorola, Sony, HP, Ford, General Motors, Chrysler, Boeing, United Technologies and the US Government (DARPA).

MONTH 1:  Making the Transition to Leadership

• How to lead technical professionals

• Manage the transition to leadership

• Identify your leadership style

• Support innovation and change

Individual Coaching and Team Building:  Making a successful
transition

MONTH 2:  Leading People, Developing Teams

• Influence technical team members to do their best work

• Build integrity and trust with your team members

• Select and motivate powerful team players

• Use 8 methods for effective team communication

• Develop high performing, effective and successful teams

Individual Coaching and Team Building:  Taking action on your development plan

MONTH 3:  Managing Conflicts, Building Agreement

• Evaluate intention and interests to understand others

•  Build effective communication processes for your team

• Identify the early warning signs of conflict and respond

• Resolve conflicts quickly utilizing time-tested methods

• Use a powerful four-stage negotiation process to attain consensus fast

Individual Coaching and Team Building:  Applying new skills on-the-job

MONTH 4:  Improving Team Performance

• Develop a compelling vision aligned with business goals

•  Inspire commitment to the mission

•  Identify clear objectives

• Set standards that communicate results

• Manage and gain expected outcomes

• Apply creative problem solving techniques to any roadblock

• Monitor and sustain team performance from conception to completion

Individual Coaching and Team Building:  Planning Next Steps