FAQs ABOUT
LEAP
What is LEAP?
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The Leadership Exchange & Analysis Program (LEAP) is the unique
program crafted at the request, and with the participation, of some
of the world's top CEOs, along with the council of the most respected
leadership scholars in the academic community. The result of this
unprecedented pooling of knowledge and experience is a program that
provides top-tier executives of Fortune 500 companies with a learning
experience tailored to their individual needs. For those executives
who are either on their management committee or just one level removed
and are accepted to the program, LEAP offers extraordinary opportunities. |
Why focus on executives at this level?
- Research shows
that this level of management often lacks the leadership skills required
to succeed when promoted.
- Even if gaps in
skill or experience are recognized, these individuals often cannot be
spared for the multiple week duration of a typical management program.
What is special about LEAP?
- Attendees
are hand-selected from top companies and are all either current or next
generation management committee members.
- Leadership Exchange
allows the participant to gather valuable insights from a selected host
organization and implement the identified best practices
at his/her own organization.
- Content is
customized to the individual development needs of each attendee as well
as the strategic needs of the organization that they represent.
- Curriculum is
designed to minimize time away from the participant's current responsibilities
while at the same time maximizing their overall learning experience.
- Faculty
is drawn from top institutions across the country.
What benefits may we expect to derive from LEAP?
- The effective development
of the leadership potential of your top executives through this unique
three-tiered program that integrates the most useful aspects of classroom/seminar
learning, on-site knowledge exchange and thesis/evaluation reinforcement
- Improved performance
through application of best practices identified during Leadership Exchange
- Broadened external
strategic perspectives gained through the innovative field-based learning
of the individual Leadership Exchange as well as their interaction with
internationally recognized scholars and fellow participants
- Limited loss of
time to the management team of the participant's organization due to
the concise and highly customized curriculum
During
the Leadership Exchange portion, do participants visit a fellow participant's
company?
There are
no restrictions regarding which company a participant may visit. Obviously,
competitor companies would not make a good match.
We have, on occasion, even had a participant visit two companies. In one of
our last groups, a marketing head of UPS spent two days with
the senior management team at Cisco Systems and three days with the
senior management team at Hewlett-Packard.
How is
it determined which company will be visited?
The decision
is made based on what each participant wants to accomplish. When exploring
options, we like to have as much input from the participant's company
as possible. In many cases, the person to whom the participant reports
(and others) can offer a great deal of insight. This includes thoughts
on what experiences they feel the participant could benefit from based
on where they see his or her career progressing rather than based on
what they are doing in their present position.
Related
to that, is each participant expected to host one or more participants
for one week in a reciprocal arrangement?
Yes, however
that does not mean that you have to accept any participant that might
choose your company. If a participating company feels that there is
some conflict of interest or other reason why a visit from a particular
company's participant would be inappropriate, they are not obligated
to accept that person.
Are the
exchanges always for one week or are they sometimes shorter? Is the duration
of the visit left up to participants?
The duration
is completely flexible. Some objectives are better served by shorter
visits while others require more time. Some have been for a week while
others have been for less. We have even had cases where the individual
goals of the participant were better served spreading the visits out
over several months yet still comprise only four or five days. Each
visit is unique in meeting the individual needs of the participant,
from the choice of the host company, to the executives with whom the
participant will meet, to the amount of time spent at the host company.
How much
does participation cost?
$15,000.
This includes all registration fees and materials as well as food and
lodging at both the initial session and the follow-up session.
How is
the "teaching or content" portion of the program conducted?
The scholars
are selected based upon the make-up of the participants; they will vary
to some degree depending on the particular session. We invite selected
scholars to present topics on which they are currently conducting research,
and that is relevant to the group. There is time allotted for discussion
where participants explore how these various issues may be of significance
to them.
These sessions
are conducted completely "off the record". Unlike other discussion
forums for senior executives, ours are closed to the press. In addition,
we do not take more than one participant from the same company at any
one session except in special circumstances where the candor of the
participants would not be hindered. Our main objective is to facilitate
open and frank discussions where group learning can flourish. There
are no vendors, no press - nothing that would inhibit frankness or distract
from this purpose
Executive Education Programs
| Program
content |
 |
| Focused |
Georgia
Tech "Finance for Non-financial Managers"
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General
Electric "Work-Out"
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| Broad |
Harvard
"Advanced Management Program"
|
New
director orientation program
|
|
Multiple
Organizations |
Single
Organization |
| Program
Attendees |
Benefits by Program Type
| Program
content |
|
Focused |
| + |
Build specific skill/knowledge |
| + |
Networking |
|
| + |
Achieve
measurable corporate objectives |
| + |
Targeted to specific needs |
|
| Broad |
| + |
External
perspectives |
| + |
Exposure to new ideas |
|
| + |
Aligned
with strategy |
| + |
Instill
organization culture/values |
|
|
Multiple
Organizations |
Single
Organization |
| Program
Attendees |
The "LEAP Space"
| Program
content |
|
Focused |
|
| Broad |
|
Multiple
Organizations |
Single
Organization |
| Program
Attendees |
Best Practices in Executive Education1 :
The LEAP tie-in....
| Program
content |
|
| Focused |
| ++ |
Distinctive reputation in 2-3 subject areas |
| ++ |
Agenda
shaped by corp. learning priorities |
| ++ |
Continuously
updated program content |
| ++ |
Leading
practitioners as guest faculty |
|
| ++ |
Highly interactive process |
|
| Broad |
| ++ |
Balanced theory and application |
| + |
Multidisciplinary |
| + |
Flexible curriculum |
| ++ |
Strong facilitation skills among faculty |
| ++ |
Multiple classroom learning tools |
|
| + |
Emphasis on implementation |
| ++ |
Mix of on-campus and on-site delivery |
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|
Multiple
Organizations |
Single
Organization |
| Program
Attendees |
1 From Leadership by Design, summary of McKinsey study for Harvard
Business School
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