"Leadership starts with authentic self-expression that adds value through relationships."

Leadership

 

We transform the people 
                               
who transform organizations.

     We help develop the untapped potential for leadership that exists in everyone.  That's right, everyone.  Leaders are made, not born.  Leadership can be developed in anyone.  Good top leadership is not good enough in this complex and rapidly changing world; now we need organizations full of leaders (we need families, communities, schools, churches, civic groups, chambers of commerce...all full of leaders).  Learn key Questions to Ask about leadership in your organization... click here

     Nothing you have done thus far ensures your success in the future.  Only one thing will: you must find a way to develop a fail-safe system of leadership that helps you lead your yourself and your organization to unprecedented levels of success and achievement. Learning about leadership is not enough.  Developing the "right" set of competencies is not enough; in fact, we believe you already have many of the skills and knowledge you need to be successful.  But contrary to popular belief, "Knowledge is Not Power".  Applied Knowledge is Power.  That's why we focus on what you do with what you know - it's your attitudes, habits and actions that will elevate your success as a leader.

     We develop leaders at five levels:

  • Personal Leadership
  • Executive Leadership
  • Management and Supervision
  • Next Generation Successors
  • Remedial and Star Performers 

     We work with organizations, with teams and with individuals through our In-House Leadership Institute or multi-business groups, through team development groups, and through one-on-one coaching.  Our processes are self-customizing to the goals and desired results of each individual, team or organization.  We all have untapped potential and we apply the disciplines of training, applied learning, group facilitation, motivation, consulting and coaching - to help you unlock more of your potential.  We will ask you tough questions because our clients expect nothing less from us. 

 

Leadership Development

     A leader combines the vision and curiosity of a dreamer with the practical engineering of a builder. A leader is goal directed, looking forward with anticipation toward the attainment of goals. Goals give meaning and purpose to life and serve as a continuous source of motivation in the pursuit of all activities. The capacity for leadership exists in everyone, but most people never take the time to develop it. Leadership is determination, courage, confidence and the ability to view a situation and respond to it.

     Positive Leadership assumes that goals can be accomplished, the job can be done, the problem can be solved and obstacles can be overcome. Leaders create their own future because they have faith in themselves.  They know where they are, where they are going and how they are going to get there.  Leaders get results -- nothing more, nothing less.

Key Areas:

  • You Possess the Ability to Lead
  • Preparation for Leadership
  • A Product of the Past
  • Formal Leadership
  • Goal Setting for Success
  • Building Success Attitudes and Habits
  • Developing Your Personal Goals Program
  • Turning Solutions into Action
  • Understanding and Affirming Your Self
  • Managing Your Time
  • Communications and Human Relations
  • Decision Making and Problem Solving
  • Motivation
  • Continuing Your Leadership Growth

 

Executive Leadership

     Success in today's complex global arena is challenging and the rules are changing. For an organization to compete globally, executive leaders will have to create an organizational culture in which everyone is challenged to seek innovative and improved methods of doing business. Leading today's organization into tomorrow's competitive arena will require teamwork, collaboration and speed.

     To create and lead an organization that will maintain a competitive advantage during such turbulent times, many executives will have to transform an organizational culture that was founded on yesterday's paradigms. Priorities will have to shift and thinking will have to change.

Key Areas:

  • Valueship
  • Creating a Compelling Vision
  • Communicating the Vision
  • Leading During Times of Change
  • Alignment
  • Creating Balance
  • The Principals of Successful Planning
  • Strategies for Positive Growth
  • Leadership Responsibility
  • The Leadership Roles
  • Collaborating for Results
  • Obstacles to Successful Collaboration
  • Creating Winning Teams
  • Team Competency
  • Understanding What Motivates People
  • Developing Peak Performers
  • Developing Trust

Successful leaders don't start out by asking, "What do I want to do?"  They ask, "What needs to be done?"  Then they ask, "Of those things that would make a difference, which are right for me?"  They don't tackle things they aren't good at.  They make sure those necessities get done, but not by them.  They are not afraid of strength in others.
                      -- Peter Drucker, at age 95, in FORBES magazine

 

 
 WHATS'S NEW

TEAMBUILDING ADVENTURES

Performance Development Network now offers a low ropes CHALLENGE COURSE at Rock Springs Center for Environmental Discovery, in Decatur, Illinois, as well as other experiential learning options at your location.  Through these unique Teambuilding Adventures, participants build trust while having fun together and learn critical lessons in communication, leadership, planning, problem-solving and decision-making by working together to achieve a series of mental and physical challenges.  Contact teams@pdncoach.com or call 217.362.0500. Learn more...

Special pricing for K-12 and College/University groups!


YOUTH LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT

America's Rising Stars
     The America's Rising Stars Process is designed to help today's youth develop their personal leadership skills. Leadership is essential in enabling youth to develop character, confidence, and values that promote the understanding of healthy behavior.
     Learn more about how Performance Development Network helps young men and women develop personal leadership skills and begin to achieve goals and set directions for their lives beginning at an earlier age. Follow this link to the America's Rising Stars website, operated by Resource Associates Corporation.  Then call PDN at 217.362.0500 to get started.

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