Develop Leaders and Managers to Drive High Performance

“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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Your team was amazing. Facilitative Leadership was one of the best leadership and change workshops my team has ever attended. Thank you!

Diane White
Executive Director, Head of Product Development

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

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

LSA’s action-learning leadership approach has been very beneficial to me, our leadership team, and the entire organization.

The balance of development and results has been excellent.

We have made huge progress, and I was also able to identify 2-3 high potentials while having the extra benefit of people stepping up to carry key strategic projects forward.

The experience was better than anticipated. I could not be more pleased.

Heather Feltman
President & CEO

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

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.