Improve Leading Situationally at Healthcare Company

<img class="alignnone wp-image-15055 size-full" src="https://lsaglobal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Increase-in-Leadership-Productivity-at-F100-Insurance-Company.jpg" alt="Increase in Leadership Productivity at F100 Insurance Company" width="1280" height="620" /> <h2>Client Case Study</h2>

Client Case Study

Situation — Improve Leading Situationally at Healthcare

Delta Dental of California and its affiliated companies are dedicated to advancing oral health by providing dental  insurance to nearly one third of the U.S. population. Internally, the organization is dedicated to increasing the skills of its leaders by offering leadership development training to support their desired corporate culture.

After an intensive search, they selected a Situational Approach to Leadership as the foundation of their leadership development program.  The goal was to have the entire company buy into the need to Improve Leading Situationally at Healthcare across the company.

Complications — Improve Leading Situationally at Healthcare

Implications — Improve Leading Situationally at Healthcare

  • If the company does not define what they expect from leaders and equip them with the skills and tools to lead an engaged workforce, they risk not performing at their peak.

Approach

  1. Kickoff
    Agree upon success metrics and get leadership buy-in.
  2. Communications
    Develop and implement communications plan to ensure everyone understand the “why” and the importance of the leadership initiative to the organization.
  3. Pilot & Learn
    Pilot the program with key business leaders, learn, make adjustments, and agree upon rollout plan to ensure leaders adopted the key leadership practices.
  4. Deliver & Reinforce
    Train-the-trainer so that Delta Dental could facilitate 250 leaders through the program.  Provided job aids, tools, and resources for one-on-one meetings, conversation starters, worksheets, articles, videos, and 1×1 executive coaching.
  5. Measurement
    Level 1 through 5 Training measurement and suggested next steps.

Results

  • Level 1 Satisfaction Survey
    93% of participants were engaged and 97% would recommend the training.
  • Level 2 Learning Survey Multi-rater Survey
    98% of participants learned new skills.
  • Level 3  On-the-job Improvement Performance Data from Participants and Direct Reports
    87% of participants applied new skills on the job. 76% of direct reports saw their leaders apply new skills.
  • Level 4 Business Impact
    87% of participants saw an improvement in team performance of 27%.  90% of direct reports saw an improvement in team performance of 25%.  60% of direct reports saw an improvement in their own performance.
  • Level 5 ROI
    11% increase in overall team performance resulting in an ROI of 156%.  Participants who received high support from their leaders saw 87% improvement in leader behaviors and 35% improvement in team performance.

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

Working on our HR Strategy was so eye opening.  I feel so much better prepared to be successful as a leader individually and collectively.

Now the entire HR leadership team can drive our growth strategy forward in a way that makes sense.

Kristin Talastas
Director, HR Shared Services

lucid-motors-logo-LSA-Global

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

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

coachsource logo LSA Global

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

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 a tremendous ability to distil complex, multilayered challenges into meaningful, impactful, and clear strategies and action plans.

The time we invested as a leadership team to get aligned was well spent in gaining laser focus and identifying ways to prioritize what was meaningful individually and as a team. The facilitation and leadership style was direct, firm, and compassionate.

LSA provided the high level thinking and support for our team to co-create in a rapidly scaling business.

Bindu Garapaty, PsyD
VP, Talent and Inclusion, Diversity, & Equity

Impossible-Foods-Logo-LSAGlobal

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

It was a challenge to find a consultant with an approach to performance improvement that fit our unique performance culture and style. We were pleasantly surprised to discover LSA’s depth of expertise in the fields of motivation, developmental coaching, performance management, and measurement.

LSA seamlessly integrated those components without our folks feeling like the intervention was forced. They understood what we were trying to accomplish, helped us clarify our objectives, and created a solid, refreshing approach that quickly got us moving and engaged at all levels across the organization.

Overall, I couldn’t be happier that we found a true strategy and implementation partner in LSA.

Doug Hansen
President and Director

Redwood Trust

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

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

Having taken on a new executive leadership role, one of my first calls was to LSA Global to help my leadership team to design, implement, and cascade clear strategic plans.  First, LSA helped our leadership team identify the strategy, culture, and talent areas that mattered most to create organizational alignment.

Then they helped facilitate the design of a strategic growth plan that is clear, compelling, believable, and implementable. We now have 100% commitment from an aligned leadership team and key stakeholders going forward.

I would recommend LSA to anyone who wants to create high levels of strategic alignment, growth, and performance.

Erik Arvesen
Vice President, General Manager

L3Harris_Logo-LSAGlobal

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 turned to LSA to help us custom design and deliver a action leadership and management development curriculum to help drive performance across the company.

They have done an excellent job diagnosing the business situation, designing an approach that fits our unique culture, and delivering first class solutions.  Thank you!

Sally Buchannan
VP Human Resources

At the onset of our engagement with LSA, I was skeptical that an outside firm would be able to understand and dissect our organization’s highly complex and technical business challenges.

However, through the leadership team interview and strategy retreat processes that LSA utilized, they provided a fresh, innovative, and practical perspective that created tremendous strategic value and focus for our executive leadership team.

As a result, I would highly recommend LSA Global to any leader struggling with building the strategic alignment and high performance teams necessary to generate sales growth, in a way that fits their unique corporate culture.

Robert Laudati
Managing Director

L3Harris_Logo-LSAGlobal

Evaluate your Performance

Toolkits

Toolkits

Get key strategy, culture, and talent tools from industry experts that work

More

Health Checks

Health Checks

Assess how you stack up against leading organizations in areas matter most

More

Whitepapers

Whitepapers

Download published articles from experts to stay ahead of the competition

More

Methodologies

Methodologies

Review proven research-backed approaches to get aligned

More

Blogs

Blogs

Stay up to do date on the latest best practices that drive higher performance

More

Client Case Studies

Client Case Studies

Explore real world results for clients like you striving to create higher performance

More