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Leadership Development & Management Training Practices

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“LSA’s ability to develop leaders and managers is second to none.  

They recently helped us get a group of twenty executives from around the globe on the same page, push their thinking to new heights, and ensure an executable plan was excellent.

I would recommend LSA to anyone looking to take their leaders and strategy execution to the next level.”
Rob Sturgeon | Executive Vice President | ServiceSource

Leadership Development and Management Training serve different purposes.

They are designed for different audiences, require different capabilities and support structures, and use distinct approaches to achieve measurable — but very different — business outcomes.

Leadership development focuses on shaping strategic direction, driving organizational alignment, and leading through complexity. Management training strengthens the day-to-day skills required to engage employees, execute priorities, build accountability, and improve team performance.

To explore how to develop leaders and managers to create peak performance across your organization, select one of the areas below.

Develop Leaders and Managers to Drive High Performance

Leadership Development
We define leadership development as helping boards of directors, executives, and senior leaders address their most critical strategic and organizational challenges through highly customized, action-oriented, and results-driven approaches.

The goal is to measurably strengthen leadership effectiveness and improve the execution of key business and talent strategies. Because the decisions leaders make shape culture, performance, innovation, and long-term growth, the stakes are high and the impact is enterprise-wide.

Management Development
We define management development as helping new and experienced managers strengthen team performance, productivity, engagement, and retention through practical, research-backed management tools, techniques, and best practices.

The goal is to measurably improve how managers attract, develop, motivate, and retain talent while creating greater accountability, collaboration, and execution across teams. Strong managers turn strategy into action by helping employees perform at their best every day.

If you would like to learn more about how to effectively develop leaders and managers through customized, targeted, and action-learning approaches, please contact us.

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Thank you for a great leadership development session today. The facilitator was brilliant.  The team got a lot out of it (as did I).

I believe it will help us create an even higher performance culture by ensuring we have a common understanding of how to create higher performance and work toward clear and common strategic goals.

Simon Jefferson
Managing Director

AKQA

LSA’s executive coach based his approach on understanding our business circumstances and strategy, as well as our leadership aspirations. The customized coaching covered all aspects of leadership; it was not simply a touchy-feely endeavor.

In fact, the focus on clear business outcomes and real life circumstances challenged me as a senior leader to develop my thinking and actions related to leading the business.”

Janet Pagano
Managing Director

Ovid

You have become our premier change leadership strategic partner. Your expertise in the human side of change is unparalleled and enabled our company to successfully implement our ERP Solution under challenging and ever-changing circumstances.

Thank you for your practical and outcome-oriented approach.

Ted Ramlet
CIO & SVP

McKesson

LSA has been a tremendous asset at my current company and my past company.

As an HR leader, I am always looking for ways to find external resources that can provide impactful leadership and management development expertise. LSA consistently does that for me.

The tools and practices are crisp, business relevant, and easy to apply on the job.

Ken Boehm
VP of Human Resources

The customized leadership program was very practical and achieved our goals. LSA adapted very well to our group and the situation and helped us build trust and awareness of successful leadership styles. We look forward to the next steps.

Erik Okholm
Director of Software Development

Thanks for your incredible patience and passion working with our leadership team to create alignment.

Your leadership and executive coaching services have been one of the most effective I’ve ever known.

Debbie Von Raesfeld
Director and HR Business Partner

AMD

LSA helped us with leadership development by designing a solution to match our unique needs and culture.

It was a huge success. I would highly recommend LSA to help take leaders and managers to the next level.

Karen King, SPHR
Manager, Human Resources

Alliance Data

Over the years, both at 3Com and now at Redback, I’ve found LSA Global to be a valuable partner. The recent management programs that they delivered for Redback’s executive and management teams was the right solution, of the highest of quality, and customized to fit our unique business and culture. I would highly recommend LSA to any company looking for top quality solutions.

Gina Fulton
Vice President of Human Resources

I continue to be impressed by the level of leadership development training and management expertise and quality of advice and facilitation that LSA has to offer.

What a smart and client-centric group of great people who really know how to help assess and develop high performing leaders.

Tracy Esposito
Director

zynga LSA Global gaming client

LSA exceeded all my expectations.

We interviewed 7 potential training and consulting partners and selected LSA due to their expertise, flexibility, and breadth and depth of leadership solutions.

We were able to design a highly customized, focused, and relevant management training program that fit our unique needs.

Our leaders and managers galvanized as a team and are better prepared for the rigors of a leading their teams in a very competitive and fast-changing market.

Mitch Mandich
CEO

Edify

LSA is an excellent sales and leadership outsource partner! They listen to our needs, are responsive, and work at a pace that keeps up with our rapid speed.

We have found LSA to bring strategic, innovative, and practical solutions to meet our business priorities by partnering effectively with our key staff. I consider them to be an important external extension of our team.

Thank you!

Wendy Chinn
Sr. Director, Global Sales Enablement

LSA worked with our Executive Leadership Team to help create strategic clarity and alignment as we look to increase our growth rate and unlock innovation.  They masterfully handled very complex, challenging, and high stakes leaders, decisions, and cultural nuances to help us identify what matters most and move toward one unified direction.

Their practical, straightforward, and client-centric approach to strategy was refreshing.  I highly recommend them to any executive team looking to get aligned to create even higher performance.  They are lights out awesome!

Patrick Resk
Chief Financial Officer, Partner

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Having tripled in size and recently merged, LSA helped our executive team to increase our level of strategic alignment, to solidify our new direction, and to push our agency forward.

As we look to rapidly scale, the clear, actionable, and critical few strategic moves combined with how we differentiate ourselves to our top accounts and target clients has really set us on a great path to success.

This is exactly what we needed to get to the next level. Thank you LSA!

Matt Britton
CEO

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I continue to be impressed by the depth and breadth of LSA’s expertise in leadership development, and management development.

What a smart and client-centric group of great people who really know how to help leaders attract, engage, develop and retain top talent in a practical and results-driven manner.

Thank you LSA!

Tracy Esposito
Director, HR Business Partner

Thank you so much for being the right person with the right experience and expertise to lead our Executive Team in re-examining our approach to change leadership.

I’m grateful for how you engaged and challenged us with so many “holy crap!” insights and realizations that we needed.

Jeff Nally
Chief Coaching Officer & CHRO

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FAQs

Leadership development focuses on helping executives and senior leaders solve strategic business challenges, align teams, and drive organizational performance. Management training, on the other hand, equips managers with practical tools and techniques to improve employee productivity, engagement, accountability, and retention. While leaders shape direction and culture, managers drive day-to-day execution and team performance.

Research-backed leadership and management development programs improve strategic clarity, employee engagement, execution effectiveness, and retention. Organizations whose leaders purposefully align culture and talent with strategy have been shown to grow revenue faster, increase profitability, and strengthen leadership effectiveness. Effective programs combine simulations, customized learning, coaching, action learning, and measurable business outcomes tied directly to organizational priorities.

Today’s leaders and managers need a blend of strategic and interpersonal capabilities to succeed in increasingly complex environments. Critical skills include communication, coaching, change management, decision-making, emotional intelligence, accountability, strategic thinking, delegation, collaboration, and performance management. High-performing leaders also excel at creating clarity, aligning teams, and building high-performance cultures.

Customized programs are designed around an organization’s unique culture, strategy, leadership challenges, and performance goals. Rather than relying on generic content, customized solutions focus on real business scenarios, practical application, and measurable outcomes. This increases learner relevance, accelerates behavior change, and improves execution against strategic priorities.

Employees are significantly influenced by the quality of leadership and management they experience every day. Strong leaders create strategic alignment and trust, while skilled managers foster accountability, coaching, recognition, and development. Organizations that invest in developing leaders and managers are better positioned to attract top talent, increase engagement, reduce turnover, and sustain high performance over time.

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