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Essentials of Evaluating Leadership Development Programs

Uncover and analyze the impact of your leadership programs.

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While it is commonplace for organizations to invest in leadership development programs, it is far less likely for organizations to have meaningful insights into how they can measure the effectiveness and value of them. Important areas of evaluation include increased employee performance, customer satisfaction, product quality, corporate profitability, and other various indicators of mission success.

This workshop will provide an overview of the study “The Impact of Leadership Development Programs” by the American Society for Training & Development (ASTD) and ICF International. We will review the study’s findings, and help you to consider how the identified best practices can be used in your organization.

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Program Overview
Learning Objectives
Topics
Who Should Attend

Program Overview

This interactive program will identify the key components of a successful leadership development program (LDP) evaluation and provide practical steps for implementing an evaluation. This workshop answers important questions that should guide the evaluation of leadership development programs, such as:

What role does my organization’s culture play in evaluation?
How will I measure the impact of the leadership program?
How will I plan and design the evaluation?
What are the most likely barriers I will face during the evaluation, and how can I overcome them?
What are the valuable outcomes the organization is striving to achieve through leadership development?
What techniques can I employ to ensure a successful evaluation?

Learning Objectives

By the end of this program, you will be able to:

Assess your organization’s “readiness” to conduct LDP Evaluation (including culture, availability of data, and leadership support).
Create a basic evaluation plan.
Identify resources required, barriers, and constraints of evaluation.
Design strategies to overcome constraints.
Build leadership support for LDP evaluation.
Determine the essential evaluation questions.
Determine the evaluation best practices that will work best within your organization.

Topics

Session 1 - Creating a Culture of Evaluation
Session 1 - Creating a Culture of Evaluation

In this session, we will discuss the ASTD-ICF study on leadership development evaluation, the important role that organizational culture plays in successful LDP evaluations, and how to assess and influence the organization’s culture. This session will:
- Highlight the study’s findings.
- Discuss the elements of organizational culture.
- Create specific strategies for influencing the culture.
- Build leadership consensus and support for evaluation.
- Create communication mechanisms that boost interest and support for the evaluation.
Session 2 - Framing the Evaluation
Session 2 - Framing the Evaluation

During this session we will provide practical considerations for planning and designing a leadership development program evaluation. The workshop will identify evaluation resources required, typical barriers, and constraints of evaluation and will provide you the opportunity to design a plan to meet their evaluation needs. After this session, you’ll be able to:
- Select an evaluation plan design.
- Identify specific resources needed for an LDP evaluation.
- Ensure an appropriate data infrastructure.
- Create evaluation questions for your organization’s LDP program.
- Construct a rigorous evaluation plan that will definitively answer the evaluation questions.
Session 3 - Identifying Best Practices That Work For You
Session 3 - Identifying Best Practices That Work For You

This session will present the best practice, tips, and techniques found to be most effective in leadership development evaluations. This session will afford the opportunity for you to assess which of these practices would be most effective in their organization. This session will:
- Review the best practices derived from the study.
- Evaluate which best practices would work best in your organization.
- Help you develop an Evaluation Action Plan.

Who Should Attend

This program is designed for workplace learning and performance professionals who are interested in developing their ability to measure the impact of leadership development programs. It is particularly well-suited to practitioners who have been charged with demonstrating the value of LDP within their organizations. The evaluation techniques demonstrated in the workshop will be applicable in a variety of settings including public, private, military, and not-for-profit organizations.

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Christine Biehl

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Crystal Farms
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Corey Gin
Director
California State University East Bay
5/5 Average Rating
"I chose ASTD because for many years, I have heard nothing but positive comments on the quality of their programs and services. After successfully completing this program, and attending the International Conference & Exposition, I can confidently recommend their programs to anyone in the training and development field."

Meet Our Facilitators

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Ethan S. Sanders

Ethan S. Sanders is president and CEO of Sundial Learning Systems. Before founding this company, Sanders was manager of instructional design for ASTD. Before joining ASTD, Ethan worked as an internal consultant in the publishing and banking industry, and was a training manager in the transportation industry. Ethan is a co-author of ASTD Models for Learning Technologies, ASTD Models for Workplace Learning and Performance, HPI Essentials, and the ASTD course "Human Performance Improvement in the Workplace." Ethan's articles have appeared in numerous professional publications throughout the world. Ethan also teaches several of ASTD's courses offered through public and corporate seminars. He holds a master's degree in applied behavior science from Johns Hopkins University.

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Ethan S. Sanders

Ethan S. Sanders is president and CEO of Sundial Learning Systems. Before founding this company, Sanders was manager of instructional design for ASTD. Before joining ASTD, Ethan worked as an internal consultant in the publishing and banking industry, and was a training manager in the transportation industry. Ethan is a co-author of ASTD Models for Learning Technologies, ASTD Models for Workplace Learning and Performance, HPI Essentials, and the ASTD course "Human Performance Improvement in the Workplace." Ethan's articles have appeared in numerous professional publications throughout the world. Ethan also teaches several of ASTD's courses offered through public and corporate seminars. He holds a master's degree in applied behavior science from Johns Hopkins University.
Facilitates the following:

Essentials of Evaluating Leadership Development Programs| Rapid Learning Techniques Certificate| Advanced Designing Learning Certificate| Creating Leadership Development Programs Certificate| Analyzing Human Performance Certificate| Selecting and Implementing Performance Improvement Solutions Certificate| Introducing Human Performance Improvement Certificate| Consulting Skills Certificate| Designing Learning Certificate|

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Essentials of Evaluating Leadership Development Programs

Uncover and analyze the impact of your leadership programs.

Session 1 - Creating a Culture of Evaluation

Session 2 - Framing the Evaluation

Session 3 - Identifying Best Practices That Work For You