Online leadership masterclass – Invest in Yourself
Online leadership masterclass – is it worth the time and effort? In this article, I will share my take on the benefits and limitations of Online leadership masterclass and courses. You can also enroll for a 15-day test drive and get all-access to one of the best online leadership courses. The link is at the end of the article.
Can you learn leadership online?
It is a valid and critical question. Traditionally, leadership training has been done in person. Then came E-learning or online learning. From the early days of E-learning, technology has progressed by leaps and bounds. Interactive content, Blended learning, Instructor-led training, and other multi-pronged approaches are now used by most large companies, business schools, and content vendors as a part of their online free leadership curriculum.
There are some benefits and limitations of online leadership courses free or paid.
Benefits and limitations of online leadership masterclass
The benefits of an online leadership course
- No time away from work.
- No need for travel
- Byte sized learning
- Better retention and application of the learnings
- Anytime, anywhere, any device access.
- Cost-effective as compared with in-person training
- Time-efficient
- Flexibility to learn whenever convenient
The limitations of an online free leadership course
- Needs structure
- Must be based on proper instructional design
- Needs the self-discipline to complete
- No interaction with other learners
- It can’t clarify doubts with the instructor.
Factors that have helped the spread of online leadership courses
In the last decade, there has been a confluence of factors that has made online leadership learning possible. In fact, these advances have made online leadership courses, free or paid, engaging, useful, and often more effective than attending in-person leadership courses.
The magic of instructional design
- The entire curriculum is designed with the learner in mind.
- Whets the learner’s appetite for learning
- Better recall and retention of skills
- Measurement of learning is built-in.
- Flexible – anywhere, any time, and any device
The advances in technology and software
- High definition video
- Simulations
- Animations
- Learning management systems
- Customizations and learning paths
- Individualized tracking and measurements
These advancements in technology provide the learner with an engaging and stimulating experience that rivals any classroom training course.
Neuroscience – the science of learning
- Byte sized learning
- Small quizzes and tests to aid retention
- Learning aids
- Blended approach – get the benefit of online, face to face.
- Scientifically designed tools and apps to reinforce learning
- On job application and habit formation
- It helps form habits and accountability.
The application of neuroscience to learning design has resulted in more engaging content, better retention, and more effective application.
The pandemic has necessitated and accelerated online leadership masterclass and courses
The unprecedented spread of the Covid-19 pandemic has changed a variety of things almost overnight! Training programs in general and Leadership training and coaching, in particular, have been affected severely. Prestigious B-schools have had to take their leadership courses online. So have most vendors of leadership courses. Covid-19 pandemic has shifted leadership learning from in-person to online. Online free or paid leadership courses are now a norm are likely to stay that way even after the pandemic may be over.
Conclusion: Online leadership masterclass are often more effective
The result of the confluence of these factors? Basically, the learners get access to the best content scientifically designed and delivered by some of the world’s best teachers. The online leadership courses, free or paid, are most of the times more effective due to the confluence of the factors discussed above.
We have an online leadership masterclass that takes a blended approach of in-person coaching, online learning.
Invest in Yourself with the Leadership Masterclass online leadership course test drive
How can the leadership masterclass benefit you?
- Get more work done efficiently from your team
- Earn the respect of all team members
- Get satisfaction and fulfillment from your career
- Get recognized and promoted as a leader
- Survive and thrive in the next normal and a VUCA world
- Avoid mid-career crisis
- Find exciting new job opportunity
- Future proof your leadership skills
Enroll in our special 15-day test drive coaching package for an unbelievably low investment of $99
Inclusions in the 15-day test drive coaching package
- 45 minute live coaching session-via video call – $299 value
- 15 minute live quick check-in session with the coach – $99 value
- Get access to a scientifically designed online platform for small daily actions, microlearning, accountability, support, and habits – $99 value
- Get 24/7 access to the coach via an online platform – priceless!
- 100% no questions asked money-back guarantee any time during the first week – Risk-free!
Benefits of the 15-day test drive coaching package
- Discover your leadership strengths and improvement areas
- Gain clarity and decide on improvement areas
- Create, commit and make progress on your action plan with small consistent actions
- Get support and accountability of the coach and the online platform
- Micro learning customized for your specific needs
- Jump start your leadership development
- Experience coaching firsthand and then decide if coaching is right for you
The power of a scientifically designed online platform
- Your daily co-coach and accountability partner
- Actions from coaching insights happen in real life
- Leaders get busy and “things” come up in real life!
- Customized actions and worksheet and timely reminders help you take small actions daily
- Help you form small habits that make a huge difference over time
Features of the online platform
- Create customized actions, worksheets and metrics for you
- Create projects, tasks, and action plans suitable to your needs
- Coach will “observe” all your actions via online platform
- Encouragement, support, and accountability
Just one click access to all your activities
- Everything in a single place – actions, metrics, notes, journal and more
- Convenient one click access on any device
- Track and measure every aspect of your development plan
- Timely reminders of actions and activities
- Create actions, metrics, worksheets, journal with coach
- Two way communication with the coach on a continuous basis
All of this for an investment of only $99 for 15-day access and two live personal coaching sessions
Benefits
- Self-reflection and assessment of strengths and improvement areas
- Discover fears, limiting beliefs, and obstacles
- Accountability to self and coach
- Be more self-aware of blind spots.
- Tap into the inherent potential to discover solutions
- Gain clarity and focus
- Create actionable plans and take consistent action
- Gain more job and life satisfaction
- Contribute more effectively to the team and the organization
- Take greater responsibility and accountability for actions and commitments.
- Work more easily and productively with others (boss, direct reports, peers)
- Communicate more effectively
- Gain confidence and build momentum
- Change behavior at work
Coaching is the most effective developmental tool, bar none!
Bill Gates reiterated in his TED talk that “everybody needs a coach.” Training is a (mostly) waste of money and time. Get a coach on your side.
Benefits of leadership masterclass from an organizational perspective
- Empowers individual leaders and encourages them to take responsibility
- Increases employee and staff engagement
- Helps identify and develop high potential employees
- Help identify both organizational and individual strengths and development opportunities.
- It helps to motivate and empower individuals to excel.
- Help leaders transition up and across within the organization.
- Help leaders overcome derailing behaviors.
- Aid succession planning
- Build a leadership pipeline
Based on the process designed by Dr. Marshall Goldsmith – World’s number 1 thinker and executive coach.
Read: Which is the best leadership development program?
How much should you invest in your own development?
Brian Tracy says – invest 10% of your earnings in your own self. The best investment you can make is in your “earning ability,” especially in times of rapid change and turbulence. Think about your annual salary. The transformational leadership coaching package’s investment will probably be a lot less than 10% of your annual CTC. And the benefits will last for years!
Think about how much money do you spend on a vacation? Or a vehicle? Or on mobile phones and other gadgets. Those are expenses. The Transformational coaching package is an investment in yourself that pays many times over.
Set an appointment with us to get the best deal for your leadership coaching package.
Do you want leadership masterclass for the leadership team in your organization?
If you are in top management or HR, L&D, etc. Think about how much money your company spends on leadership training every year. And you do that year after year! Instead, invest in the most effective leadership development coaching backed by research to be 95% effective.
Do you have an otherwise good leader but
- Is a know it and Doesn’t listen to the ideas and opinions of others? What does that do to that leader’s team members? Are new ideas discussed? What happens to their performance?
- How about a leader who doesn’t develop her 2nd line?
- How about a leader who loses his temper and doesn’t get along with others? Works in silos.
DDI estimates the financial cost of a single leader to be $126,000 per year! What would it be worth if these leaders improved in their bottleneck areas?
With LMC, you can make it happen. Create a culture of transparency, dialogue, openness. And the culture, in turn, will supercharge team engagement and performance. Connect for special pricing for a group of 5 or more leaders. Get guaranteed and measurable leadership growth (in their bottleneck areas) with our leadership coaching packages.
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Are the current leadership development solutions effective?
Here are some points to ponder regarding the current leadership development solutions.
- Here is a survey of CEOs from large MNCs – from a couple of years ago. While 89% of the CEOs considered leadership development a top priority, only 10% believed that their leadership development has a clear business impact. Numbers are similar in multiple surveys over the years.
- Boston Consulting Group (BCG) concluded – “Companies Invest in Leadership Development, but the Money Is Largely Wasted.”
- Kristi Hedges rightly pointed out in her aptly titled article in Forbes – “If You Think Leadership Development Is A Waste Of Time You May Be Right.”
The current way organizations are developing leaders is simply not working.
Is there a better way to develop leaders that provide guaranteed and measurable results?
The answer is yes! First, let me discuss one of the largest studies on what makes leadership programs effective.
What makes a leadership development program really effective?
Marshall Goldsmith and Howard Morgan studied various leadership development programs at 8 MNC companies, involving 86,000 leaders. The companies varied in size, type of business, industry, number of leaders, and leaders’ levels.
- Lessons from 86,000 leaders at 8 large multinational companies
- What was common to all these leadership development programs?
- What didn’t matter to their effectiveness of leadership development?
- What really mattered?
Read the article on What really makes a leadership program effective.
Here is the conclusion in brief.
- This is the key effectiveness of leadership development programs and behavior change at work.
- If your leadership program doesn’t have consistent follow up as part of the program design – don’t waste your money on it!
- Along with a well-defined leadership development process, consistently follow up with stakeholders is the key to the ANY leadership development initiative’s effectiveness.
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Evolution of people development – Leadership training vs. leadership coaching
Some companies regularly conduct so-called leadership training programs. This is to check the boxes and for ISO requirements – how many pieces of training, how many man-hours, etc.
Other companies may have realized that they need to measure impact. Now, most companies measure Kirkpatrick’s first level evaluation – which is jokingly known as the feel-good feedback – whether the participants liked the training or not.
A few companies have evolved to the next stage. They realize that “training programs” are NOT having any business impact. Then they opt for long-term training intervention instead of just short-duration training programs. They add assessments and follow-up to help on job behavior change of the leaders. Even then, the statistics on leadership interventions’ effectiveness, even those from big named B schools and top-notch vendors, are depressingly low.
Companies or L&D depts do this training for years, sometimes decades, with little impact on the performance.
Boston Consulting Group (BCG) concluded – “Companies Invest in Leadership Development, but the Money Is Largely Wasted.”
Progressive companies and individual leaders realize today – that leadership development training is a waste of time. A minority of the companies have realized that Coaching is the most effective way to change the leader’s job behavior and have a business impact! They invest in coaching. It includes individual assessments. It is customized to each leader’s needs. There is consistent follow-up over a long period of time. There is 360-degree feedback, regular progress assessments, and individual coaching.
Why waste time, money, and years of effort on training that have little business impact. Instead, get the LMC – coaching for your leadership development.
LMC individual assessments, personalized coaching, customized curriculum, and scientifically designed online platform help you change job behaviors and regular assessments. Unlike training that only creates awareness and intellectual knowledge, LMC focuses on applying at work and lasting behavior change.
Get leadership coaching for your leadership development.
Now there is a perception that coaching is expensive. But that is incorrect. Compare the cost of coaching for an entire year with getting a certification
or attending a one-week-long leadership program at a B school; it will cost you more than entire years’ worth of coaching. While training and certifications mostly end up forgotten in a few days, coaching delivers a measurable ROI for years to come.
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Leadership training vs. Leadership masterclass
Think about the last leadership program you attended in the past. You probably learned a leadership model or a case study and gained some intellectual knowledge. How much of it did you apply at work? Did it change your on-job behaviors? Statistics show that most leadership programs do nothing more than waste the money and time of the participants.
Kristi Hedges aptly pointed out in her article in Forbes magazine – “If You Think Leadership Development Is A Waste Of Time You May Be Right.”
I may read a book on 100 ways to appreciate a team member, but don’t apply a single one! What good does that do? Nothing!
Leadership masterclass is different. The entire focus is on learning by doing. Applying it at work along with your team. Changing long-ingrained behaviors at work and forming different and better habits. As long as you commit to completing the daily actions – in about 30 minutes a day, you will change your work behaviors and be recognized by your team members for doing so! LMC is both time and cost-effective solution for your leadership development.
Is leadership behavior change easy?
Think about a leadership area where you can improve to become a better leader. Most leaders select one or more of the following areas.
- Manage team performance better
- Listen to and involve team members.
- Emotional control in stressful situations
- Communicate more effectively
- Delegate more effectively
- And dozens of other such behaviors.
So here is a question. How long have you been trying to get better? Most leaders say that it has been years! How much does it cost you in terms of your leadership brand value? Now think about a few of the leaders in your organization. Do they exhibit one or more of these ineffective habits? What could this be costing you and your team in terms of team cohesion and performance? DDI estimates that the cost of a single poor leader at $126,000 per year!
With leadership masterclass, we deliver measurable growth in the leader’s bottleneck areas – as anonymously assessed by the leader’s own team members.
Behavior change is one of the most difficult things to do. It is simple to understand but very difficult to implement consistently! For successful leaders like you, it is even more difficult! No wonder we carry these ineffective habits for years, even decades.
LMC – the free online leadership program – is designed to help you with positive behavior change at work. It simply works! We deliver measurable leadership growth – guaranteed!
Read: Leadership Feedback & the CEO disease!
Organizational Culture Change – leadership masterclass for your leadership team
Every leader has some strengths that make them successful. Every leader also has some bottlenecks that prevent them from achieving further leadership success. Leaders need to leverage strengths and improve in their bottleneck areas to achieve the next level of success. LMC allows you to do exactly that. Leverage your strengths and overcome your bottlenecks.
Now imagine that in your organization, the top leadership team goes through the LMC. Each of these leaders improves in their bottleneck areas and leverages their strengths. What would that mean to the performance of the organization? It will change organizational culture to a more open, focused, and high-performance culture. Get LMC for your top leadership team to institute organizational culture change.
KF Hay group identifies 5 factors that impact the organization and account for 65% of the bottom line. What about the other 35%? Leadership behaviors account for 35% of the bottom line! Leadership behaviors are the single largest factor and are the only factor completely in the organization’s circle of influence. Leadership development is the best tool to accelerate performance. Get LMC for your leadership team. It is the most cost-effective option. Speak with us for LMC for your entire team. We will deliver guaranteed and measurable leadership growth for your leaders, or we simply won’t charge you anything!
Leadership online masterclass – is an amazing value!
What does it cost to attend a 5-day leadership course at any top B schools – Harvard, HEC, Instead, IIM, ISB, etc.? You can check it yourself! It runs into tens of thousands of USD per leader. Then add the cost of the leader’s salary for 5 days, travel and accommodation costs, and a lot more.
The worst part is that much of this training never converts into on-the-job behavior change. Not because the content is not effective. The content and delivery are definitely world-class. However, behavior change at work never happens with a short duration program. The content is general in nature and not customized for each leader.
With LMC, you will get all the tools for on job behavior change at a cost that is much less than a 5-day program at a reputed B school. LMC costs less for an entire year of leadership coaching and customized learning.
- A scientifically designed online platform
- One-click, anywhere anytime, access
- 2 live sessions per month with the coach
- Customized actions and worksheets, and timely reminders help you take small actions daily.
Leadership awareness may happen in a training session, but leadership behaviors happen in real life when the leader interacts with his/her own team. That is where leadership development really happens.
LMC excels in the on-job behavior change of leaders.
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