Develop more empathetic leaders that impact employee well-being AND business results

Manager & Leader Development

Workshops

Off the Shelf (can be customized)

Creating your Leadership Playbook

Description: Facilitator-led instruction, discussion, and collaborative exercises around documenting and sharing each manager’s strengths, communication preferences, and work style preferences

Outcomes: Each leader will walk away with their own personalized “work style guide” that indicates the best ways to communicate and collaborate with them, which will be shared with others on the leadership team and their direct reports to build empathy, understanding, and collaboration. 

Length: 120 minutes 

Format: In person or virtual, facilitator-led 

Attendees: Up to 15 managers in your organization that work cross functionally with one another

Add-ons: Hogan Leadership Assessment and individualized coaching for each manager

Managing Performance & Giving Feedback

Description: Facilitator-led instruction, discussion, and collaborative exercises overviewing full cycle performance management that you can use 1:1 with each of your direct reports, including 1) Setting goals and expectations 2) Career and Performance Check-ins 3) Removing Bias from the Performance Review Process and 4) Models on how to give effective feedback

Outcomes: Each leader will create a plan for managing performance with their direct reports throughout the cycle and models for how to structure feedback effectively 

Length: 120 minutes 

Format: In person (or virtual), facilitator-led 

Attendees: Up to 40 Managers in your organization

Fully Customized

Based on the needs of your Managers & Leaders

I can develop customized training and development programs specialized for your organization.

Examples:

  • New manager on-boarding specific to your organization’s processes and culture

  • How to hire employees based on your selection processes

  • Building effective teams based on how your organization is structured

  • & more based on YOUR needs

Individualized Leadership Coaching

Nicole Ennen is a certified coach in Hogan Leadership Assessments, one of the most widely used and respected assessments for developing managers and leaders. 

No assessment can tell you who you are, only you know that. These types of tools can help us strengthen our foundation of self understanding, particularly when we may be stuck or in a transition period as a leader or manager. 

Available for individual clients or for leaders within your organization

The Process:

  1. Book a free intro consultation (30 minutes)

  2. Take the Hogan Leadership Assessment (about 60 minutes)

  3. Schedule two 60 minute coaching calls based on your results where we will create an action plan for your areas of focus and development

  4. Potential to add-on additional coaching sessions as needed 

When leaders lack key skills, your organization suffers

Many employees leave jobs because of their Manager

In many employee surveys and attrition research, such as a recent paper from McKinsey, managers are consistently listed as a top reason for employee turnover. A study of US workers revealed that 50% of respondents said they quit a job because of a manager sometime in their career (Gallup State of Manager). In this competitive talent landscape, to keep your top performers, managers and leaders need to use empathetic practices to motivate employees, build a positive team culture, and work through ambiguous situations together transparently.

Managers account for 70% of the variance in employee engagement scores

A recent study by Gallup, covering 2.5 million manager-led teams, found that only 30% of US workers were engaged, and that 70% of that variance could be attributed to managers. This disengagement has a real cost to the business, with Gallup estimating a loss of productivity/effectiveness of over $300 billion annually in the US. Good managers not only need to keep employees from quitting, they need to ensure they align individual career goals with the team’s objectives to accomplish both with high engagement.

“I am incredibly grateful for the work that Nicole did with the managers in my department. She created a safe space for people to ask questions, developed rubrics for performance management tasks, and helped us document our best practices.”

— Senior Director, Customer Experience Org