The Need

A mid-western bank holding company had recently merged with a northeastern bank to become a Fortune 300 company. The executive in charge of the transition team charged with implementing the merger requested a senior-level leadership institute for the top 200 executives of the new company in order to help facilitate the merger. It would not only focus on enhancing executive leadership skills in times of organizational change, but would also have the objective of pulling together into a team the executives themselves. Without this sense of team, the merger would not likely succeed.

The Solution

A 4.5 day Executive Leadership Institute using a blend of internal and external faculty employing a variety of highly interactive, hands-on, and engaging learning methods to explore (1) teambuilding at the executive level among members of the target population, (2) further development of individual executive leadership skills, and (3) putting a face on the new company.

The Objectives

After attending this program, participants were able to:

• Understand how their personal leadership could contribute to the success of the merger, and to the success of the company in a rapidly-changing industry
• Build, maintain, and lead a high-performance team
• Coordinate more effectively with other disciplines, so the right hand knows what the left hand is doing
• Understand what teamwork means in a complex, fast-paced matrix environment - where you need commitment and passion, not just compliance
• Know how to encourage people to "stretch beyond their boundaries" so that they take initiative, use their own good judgement, and challenge the status quo
• Know, understand, and plan personal leadership development around their own executive leadership strengths, and developmental opportunities, through feedback provided by others

The Outcome

According to the CEO of the company, "substantial impact at the senior-most levels of the company in facilitating the merger of the two predecessor companies".

 

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