Leadership Coaching Vs Leadership Training Vs Classes - Find Out Which Is The Clear Winner

is recessionary period, many business leaders across£800-£2000 for a course that will last
the world are turning to a variety of solutions to helpseveral days. The manager will clearly be 'out of
them build a solid set of leadership to help them (andaction' for an extended period during this time, and
their business) weather the recession as well assuch, there is the added cost of having to find a
possible.temporary replacement just as if they had gone on
Leadership isn't just a simple case of charisma +holiday.
confidence + likeability. It's a complicate web of factorsThese courses deal with fewer individuals, and there is
and past events that create a unique culture in everytwo-way communication between the students and
single organisation. Leadership won't just help protectteacher in such a way that the inherent value of the
the jobs of senior managers - but also employees ascourse is far greater. Not only are ideas and facts
well. This is because better led companies are moremore likely to spark imagination when they can be
successful, and thus have a higher chance of survivingdiscussed and debated, but some personalised advice
the recession.can also be gleaned from these discussions.
Now that we've concluded that good leadership willLeadership Coaches
certainly benefit companies in the long run - lets look atLeadership coaches charge around £100 per
the different solutions available to senior managers tohour and travel to your office and thus creates a small
choose from.problem for HR than the other two options. Leadership
There are public leadership classes and largercoaches I would describe as being a cross between a
seminars, smaller leadership training courses, or oneleadership speaker and a consultant, because of the
on-one leadership coaching. As a simple rule - theway they will analyse the specific issues at the
methods become more expensive as the servicecompany, and tailor leadership skills and solutions to
becomes more personal. Each type of leadershipdeal with them directly.
development comes with benefits and drawbacks, soThis means leadership coaches oversee some of the
lets look at each one in turn.implementation, which ensures a higher success rate,
Leadership Seminars and large leadership classes.but they can also provide critique on the managers
Good leadership seminars carry a cost of betweenbehaviour and current initiatives, and this feedback is
£70 and £500 to attend, and this can bevaluable.
far higher if the class comes as part of a largerIn conclusion, these different solutions vary in cost and
conference. The motivational speakers are usuallyvalue to the company. For a proactive manager - a
publicly acclaimed, but their speeches won't beseminar could perhaps be all that is necessary. But for
targeted at your industry, never mind your individuallarge companies where marginal increases in
company, and thus despite the high ticket price - a lotperformance equate to very vast sums of money -
of work needs to be put in afterwards when theit's worth spending the extra money to hire a
senior manager needs to convert what they've heardleadership coach/consultant who will maximise the
into a practical strategy to implement in theirbenefit of leadership to the company.
organisation. Many managers will find it hard to allocateBut of course, you must always bear in mind, that the
enough time to this activity, and hence the benefit ofcoach cannot run the company themselves - and thus
the seminar will be all but wasted.if the CEO is sceptical and unwilling to comply with the
Leadership Training Coursescoaches recommendations - the benefits may be
Leadership training courses generally cost betweenlimited.