Management Development Programs that Get Results

“We turned to LSA to help us custom design and deliver a management development solution to help drive performance. They have done an excellent job diagnosing the business situation, designing an approach that fits our culture, and delivering a first class solution with the support systems necessary to make a real difference. I recommend them to anyone looking for real results.”

Sally Buchannan | VP Human Resources | Sony

Today’s managers account for over one-third of the workforce and are facing challenges without precedent. They are being asked to do more with less as their span of control increases. They report having to spend over half of their time on non-managerial tasks and as little as 10% of their time on what matters most – managing and coaching their front-line employees.

And even though Deloitte reported that companies invest the highest percent of their training dollars (35%) in management and leadership development, research by McKinsey found that:

75% of executives are unsatisfied with the performance of their front-line managers.
81% of managers reported not being satisfied with their own performance.

This is bad news. Low performing managers make low performing companies. The good news is that the flip side is also true: companies with higher performing managers realize an increase in profitability, productivity, employee engagement, customer satisfaction and retention. Based upon over 500,000 annual employee engagement surveys, we know that managers have a direct impact on four key metrics:

Employee performance
Employee engagement
Employee retention
Employee relations

While focused management development can certainly play a critical role in improving performance, management skills alone will not fully address the growth, performance, and speed challenges faced by today’s managers. Managers must also address strategies, cultures, processes, and structures to drive lasting change.

Our Organizational Alignment Research found that managers who align their culture and talent with their strategy grow revenues 58% faster, are 72% more profitable, have 9-to-1 greater leadership effectiveness, and boost employee engagement levels 16.8-to-1.

Our study found that the highest performing managers consistently:

Point the team in the right direction
Create an environment for people to perform at their peak
Attract, develop, engage, and retain top talent

Our research-backed approach to management development helps managers thrive in the following areas:

Please contact us to learn how our management development programs have helped leading organizations improve employee performance, employee engagement, employee retention and employee relations.

Ask us about Management Development Pay-for-Performance options and how to move the management metrics that you care most about. Typical metrics that we move include:

Sales revenue, margin, win rate, portfolio mix, deal size, and cycle.
Customer acquisition, loyalty, growth, and satisfaction.
Leadership execution effectiveness of key corporate strategies.
Employee attraction, development, performance, engagement and retention.
Project cost, quality, and time.

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Here’s a token of my appreciation for ALL your efforts. I’m offering my most sincere thanks, and it extends to all the folks who made our customized management development programs such a great success.

Susan Anderson
Workforce Planning Bureau

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

Suzanne Kinner
VP Human Resources

A key to performance improvement is strongly linked to cultivating the proper type of motivation. Since the performance management training, I have been much more focused on identifying and discussing how our actions in Engineering create value to IGT’s success. So far, the feedback has been positive. The group appears to be more accountable for their actions, and victim loop reactions are less frequent. The value proposition for me and those groups we work with is better teamwork, higher spirits, and a better outlook for things to come in the future (renewed enthusiasm).

Stewart Thoeni
Mechanical, HW Engineering Director

Our relationship with LSA is extremely valuable. We worked closely with LSA to customize critical Management Training Programs to meet our unique business needs. I’d recommend LSA to any company looking for a first class and high quality training design, delivery, and customization.

Ken Boehm
Vice President of Human Resources

We have worked with LSA Global for our learning and development needs and have always had great success. They helped us recently with customized Management Training Workshops and they were fantastic. I highly recommend LSA to anyone that is attempting to help take their talent to the next level.

Mary Johnston
HR Manager, BU Radiology Informatics

LSA’s customized Effective Presentation Skills program has helped me elevate my presentation skills to the next level. I now have a much greater self-awareness of my presentation skills and can leverage off of my strengths while working to improve upon other areas. I would definitely recommend this solution to anyone for whom business presentations are an integral part of their job.

Jim Elliott
Senior Marketing Manager

LSA has been a tremendous asset to my portfolio, both 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 a solution to our management training needs. LSA does that for me. Their solutions are presented in a much more leadership-oriented manner so as to be crisp, business relevant, and easy to apply right back on the job. I will continue to augment our programs using LSA solutions.

Ken Boehm
VP of Human Resources

The Next Generation Management Development courses have helped me communicate more effectively with my peers and teammates. By utilizing effective communication techniques such as clarifying and confirming, and asking open ended questions, I have been able to clarify and understand information in situations where I would have otherwise asked limited questions and made false assumptions.

Robert Breckner
Firmware Engineering Manager

I consistently look to LSA Global when we need help. I can always count on them to do a thorough needs analysis and to put together impactful and well-received programs. Their management development and performance management expertise make them my top-rated learning and development partner.

Stephanie Webb
HR Program Manager

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, Employee Engagement and Instructional Design. They have consistently met or exceeded my (very) high expectations and are always responsive to my needs.

Mike Normant
Senior Director, Training & Development

We have been able to utilize LSA’s extensive network of top-notch resources to leverage our investment in employee development. The result has been the cost effective and highly efficient delivery of quality educational and management training programs.

Steve Feller
Vice President, Human Resources

Congratulations on your pro-activity in establishing this program and developing such an effective New Employee Orientation course.

Farhat Ali
President and Chief Executive Office

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

We recently partnered with LSA Global to offer our Supervisors and Managers a customized two-day experiential management training program. Everyone said it was by far the best management training program they had ever attended. The content was rich and highly interactive, and the case studies were highly relevant to our unique situation. Each participant walked away much better equipped to lead their teams. Thank you LSA!

Jeff Coon
Director of Human Resources

LSA helped us with leadership development by designing a solution to match our unique needs and culture. It was such a huge success and received rave reviews. I would highly recommend LSA to help take leaders and managers to the next level.

Karen King, SPHR
Manager, Human Resources