ROI-Based Leadership Development: Financial Services

ROI-Based Leadership Development

Developing Leaders and Impacting the Bottom at a Financial Services Company

Client Case Study

ROI-Based Leadership Development Situation

This industry leader in the real estate investment market decided to capitalize on slow economic times by developing their existing and future leaders while simultaneously improving their business operations.  The goal of the ROI-Based Leadership Development program was to develop the next generation of leaders that would significantly grow the company and maintain the philosophy and workplace culture created by the original founders by:

  • Identifying key opportunities that would impact the company’s bottom line.
  • Executing strategies that would create a distinct competitive advantage.
  • Initiating and leading change effectively within the organization.
  • Building the next generation of leaders.

Design Principles

  • Collaboration
    Effectively utilize the collective company and industry knowledge of senior executives in different functional roles.
  • Relevance
    Provide a learning experience that was relevant to participants’ day jobs and future roles within the company.
  • Strategic
    Remain at all times practical and applicable to the overall corporate strategy so that results from the team initiatives were clearly visible to and appreciated by senior executives.
  • Business Impact
    Generate bottom line financial benefits in terms of increased revenue and decreased costs far exceeding the overall costs of the program.

Approach

An action learning leadership development format provided the foundation of the customized program. Participants worked in cross-functional teams, with a goal of providing a significant contribution to the company’s bottom line or competitive position. Teams progressed through the phases of a major project while they received just-in-time training, coaching, mentoring, and the tools necessary to succeed. The ROI-Based Leadership Development teams of three went through the following steps over a six-month time period:

  1. Identified opportunities to either drive new revenue or decrease operational costs
  2. Selected one high potential opportunity and created a business case to present to senior executives for implementation approval
  3. Led the project implementation, engaging and influencing most areas of the company
  4. Measured the results of their efforts

During the course of the ROI-Based Leadership Development project, each team was supported by an executive mentor who provided significant knowledge to the team about their project focus, company politics, and how to keep on track. Each team also had an executive sponsor—the CEO, the President, or the Chief Risk Officer, each meeting with their assigned team on a regular basis to provide strategic guidance.

Results
In twelve to twenty four-months:

  • $3 million in year 1 additional profits.
  • $10 million in year 2 additional profits.
  • Development of new critical processes.
  • Validation of several key current state processes.
  • Identification of new high potential market opportunities.
  • Recognition and promotion of several very high potential new leaders in the company.

ROI-Based Leadership Development

Related Information

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

Thank you to LSA Global for their partnership and support in helping us to design and roll-out highly needed and valuable leadership and management development programs that fit our unique situation.

I personally have partnered with LSA Global at four of my previous companies. It continues to be a delight.

We look forward to partnering with them for a long time to develop our managers and leaders.

Suzanne Kinner
VP Human Resources

Blackhawk Network

We have had a very beneficial partnership with LSA. Their recent Leadership Development Program helped us to identify, develop, and retain top leaders. It was instrumental in helping take our company and our key people to the next level. I would recommend them to anyone looking to truly develop and retain top talent.

Steve Janowsky
Vice President of Operations

Proxicom

For our go to training outsourcing partner, LSA provides exactly what we want and need – which is not an easy task.

As always, they design and deliver outstanding leadership development results and high quality management training programs that totally align with our unique business and talent strategies!

Elizabeth Siebert
Director, Organizational Excellence & Development

Intuit

LSA’s approach and ability to bring the right leadership and management expertise and approach to eBay has been a great asset.

They really focus on helping us succeed in any way they can and definitely lifted up our leadership and management development capabilities.

Mike Normant
Learning & Development

ebay

After a difficult search to find a partner that could address a very specific leadership development need, we chose LSA Global. They were responsive to our needs and created a highly customized solution that we continue to see results from. It is nice to know we have access to their expertise with a simple phone call.

Valerie Blackburn
Director of Business Operations

We contacted LSA to help us design and deliver customized management development programs. LSA worked with us to meet our exact needs. We started at the top with our executive team.  It was such a great success that we rolled it out company-wide. We look forward to a long-term partnership with LSA Global and their team of experts.

Barry L. Byrd, SPHR
Human Resources Manager

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

We partnered with LSA Global to help us invest in our people. LSA custom designed an impactful management curriculum to help upskill our key managers and leaders.

We consider LSA to be our trusted learning and development partner and a valued extension of our team as we rapidly scale.  Thank you LSA!

Lisa Bruun
SVP Human Resources

Ellie Mae

We greatly value our relationship with LSA Global.

They focused on understanding our unique culture and helping us to move our strategic priorities forward.

LSA continues to deliver top quality executive coaching, consulting, and leadership development solutions that are highly customized for our unique situation.

I highly recommend LSA Global to anyone looking to greatly improve their leadership, management, and project capabilities.

Bonnie S. Olson
Vice President of Human Resources

LSS

LSA Global has been a great partner in helping us move toward being “the leading developer of talent in the service performance management industry.”

I have engaged LSA to help develop best-in-class programs in the areas of: Executive On-boarding, Manager Training, Sales Training and Coaching, Employee Engagement, and Instructional Design.

They have consistently met or exceeded my (very) high expectations and are always responsive to my needs to increase performance, engagement, customer satisfaction, and sales growth.

Mike Normant
Senior Director, Training & Development

Service Source

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

I’ve been associated with LSA for the last 8 years and have found them to be extremely professional and client-focused.

I’ve participated in a number of solutions ranging from Performance Management to Leadership Training.  I’ve found the quality to be superior.

They are always well prepared and have definitely done a considerable amount of pre-work in order to customize to our unique culture and goals.

Duane Schroeder
Human Resource Manager

As a high growth agency with cutting edge talent, we hired LSA Global to help clarify our strategy and work with our executive leadership team to help implement strategic changes in a way that made sense for our unique culture.

The work was so successful that we also hired them to coach our key leaders. LSA has been instrumental in helping us transition to a new leadership team and triple revenue.  In this age of useless consultants, I highly recommend their practical and business-oriented approach to strategy, culture, and talent.

David Bentley
General Manager

AKQA

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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