Pre-Convention Workshop 3

Leadership Development Effectiveness

Organisations often fail in their efforts to develop effective leadership because they focus too much time assessing individual leadership styles and then cultivating personal development in an isolated and fragmented environment. Les Pickett believes that to be effective, an organisation needs to develop an integrated strategic framework that links corporate objectives with people management, retention and development strategies.

This program will explore key elements and successful strategies that make your leadership development program work and be successful, facilitating a smooth transition to a high-performing organisation. It will also identify common causes of executive derailment – why so many of these programs fail.

This workshop will include group discussions, case studies and experiential exercises, and will include:

• An understanding of the emerging role of executive leadership, individual and organisational competencies in driving a high performance organisation
• Practical and proven models for leadership effectiveness
• Strategies and practical approaches for the identification, development and retention of future leaders
• An integrated framework - from developing a leadership program, to gaining buy-in from employees and executive management, to implementing integrated action plans and an individual development programs for future success.

Les Pickett will assist you in identifying barriers to improved organisational performance so that you can align your corporate objectives, business strategy and human capital initiatives and recognise critical elements in the development of future leaders and the optimisation of human capital.

Presenter: Les Pickett

Les Pickett is Chief Executive of Pacific Rim Consulting Group, Director of Human Resource Practice for Talent 2 Consult. and a member of the executive team of Talent Partners BoardSearch conducting independent reviews to optimise board effectiveness.

Les is a past international president of the Institute of Business Administration and former chairman of the National Advisory Panel on Human Resources Productivity Council of Australia. He is a member of the international board of advisors to the International Public Management Association for Human Resources and represents Adelaide Graduate School of Business on Standards Australia International’s Knowledge Management Committee.

Over the years Les has held senior general management, information technology, marketing management and human resources/people management positions in leading companies including Coles Myer, Olex Cables, Australian Retail Financial Network and the GN Raymond Group of Companies. He also spent some years with Shell Australia and Colonial in a number of different capacities and was a member of the board of directors of Vision Australia Foundation.

Senior Advisor to the United Nations Staff College for nearly five years, he participated as a member of a small international review team established by the UN Secretary General to conduct an independent global review and evaluation of learning and management development needs and future directions for United Nations staff.

His professional career has taken him to some twenty countries and he has conducted numerous assignments in the fields of managerial and professional competencies, organisational effectiveness, performance improvement, leadership development, human resource management and human capital capability.