| rship courses are a fantastic way to gain new | | | | leadership courses, (while not exactly being cheap as |
| leadership knowledge - there's no doubt about that. | | | | chips) are far more affordable than hiring a Guru to |
| Leadership courses have been around for centuries, | | | | talk to your employees. The key winning factor |
| but however they have really taken off in a big way in | | | | however is that the course can be replicated across a |
| the 21st century. | | | | management team of 50 individuals for only a fraction |
| Large companies now invest $Xms per year in | | | | more of the cost. This allows the leadership training |
| leadership development programmes for their senior | | | | vendors to offer incentives for firms to involve as |
| managers and c-suite executive boards. This area is | | | | many of their employees as possible in this internal, |
| big business, and high profile leadership 'gurus' and | | | | remote form of training. |
| other consultants have been generating very high | | | | This may mean that 'grass root' employees that may |
| profits in the years leading up to 2008. However a | | | | once have never had an opportunity to engage with |
| new entrant has appeared on the leadership courses | | | | leadership training programmes, can now get their feet |
| scene - an entrant which won't make the executive | | | | wet and start to get involved. From a companies |
| coaches quite so nervous ... or will it? | | | | perspective, this can only help the rentention of those |
| The elephants in the room are 'Online Leadership | | | | low level staff who ordinarily face high levels of |
| Courses'. Despite the internet being around for about | | | | employee turnover. |
| 20 years now - only in the last 10 has it been reliable, | | | | There are other benefits of online courses too - they |
| quick and wide-reaching enough to support | | | | can easily be revisited and revised, which is perfect for |
| company-wide leadership development programmes. | | | | delivering the complicated (and often easily forgotten) |
| The question is, can a company 'really' outsource all of | | | | leadership models/ leadership theory element of such |
| its leadership coaching needs to a leadership course | | | | courses. While sometimes being viewed as 'boring' or |
| online? Can an individual learning from a computer | | | | 'not practical', I firmly believe that this theory has as |
| screen really learn as much as someone benefitting | | | | much a place in modern leadership training as practical |
| from one-on-one tuition? | | | | hands-on experience does. |
| The simple answer is no. The is as predictable and | | | | In conclusion, I believe that the top level executives will |
| obvious as it was comforting for the consultants. | | | | still be given the large budgets to hire the best in the |
| The human touch, the individualism of coaching | | | | business - the executive consultants that may run up a |
| courses, and the increased levels of memory | | | | massive expenses bill, but at the same time will deliver |
| rentention and participation from the course members | | | | a professional and practical course to your business |
| means that internet based courses will never be rated | | | | leaders, however online leadership courses have now |
| as the '5 star' way of training employees. | | | | presented businesses with the ability to extend the |
| However this isn't to say that online leadership courses | | | | open and exciting attitude of personal development to |
| are a bad road to go down. | | | | their entire workforce, which I certainly welcome. |
| The bottom line is the bottom line. The costs of online | | | | |