The Concept

DriveLeadership is, at its best, a comprehensive process for preparing current and future leaders for active, results-oriented roles in rapidly changing organizations.

The process is inclusive of a thorough understanding of the organization’s mission, values, expectations and standards; a full-scope assessment of a person’s capacities, interests and skills as a leader; construction of a personalized “Leader Profile” with a “Road Map to Improvement”; skills development sessions; opportunities for individualized or team coaching; and continual reinforcement of key, practical, usable skills.

The DriveLeadership approach is “scalable” to the size, needs and budget of any organization. Comprehensive, personalized, outcomes focused, strong returns on investments, creative, innovative and action-oriented — all aptly describe The Jackson Group’s DriveLeadership.

DriveLeadership™…

• Moves “managers” into “leadership” with direction, skill and reinforcement
• Strengthens teamwork between colleagues and with senior leaders
• Provides the “spark plug” for igniting interest in “leadership as a vocation”
• Convinces leaders of their importance in moving their organization, improving their department’s work and providing an excelling, reinforcing environment for their staff
• Provides concrete direction for improvement of leadership skills with each leader’s “Leader’s Profile” and “Roadmap for Improvement”
• Sets the stage for reducing “bad turnover” of good people by applying time-tested techniques for retention
• Helps improve customer satisfaction scores, relationships with physicians, improved employee satisfaction and retention, and community image of the organization
• Creates a “model of leadership excellence” helpful in revising leadership standards, steering development of leaders new to the organization, and coaching leaders to excellence
• Delivers an “Itinerary for Promotion” as a helpful guide for senior leaders addressing succession planning
• Trains senior leaders as “coaches of leaders”
• Keeps leaders “mindful” of good management and responsive leadership on an on-going basis through electronic resources (client specific blogs, “Turning Points” [a series of practical skill reinforcing articles provided only to DriveLeadership clients], follow-up sessions, phone coaching, etc.)