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Only Brandon Hall Gold Award Winner for Executive Education in 2021
Leadership Development
Your business is evolving. Are your leaders evolving with it?
Roles and business needs can change faster than the skillsets of your people. When that gap goes unaddressed, capable leaders underperform in roles that have changed around them, and succession becomes a reaction rather than a plan. Meanwhile, your strongest performers may start looking elsewhere for growth opportunities. CLA builds development around your goals, values and culture, grounded in behavioral science and structured so leaders apply it on the job rather than filing it away.
Let's TalkBuild Your Pipeline Before You Need It
Building a strong leadership pipeline requires understanding who has the potential to take on more, what development they need to get there, and how to build the organizational capability to grow leaders systematically. We assess leadership potential with precision and build the development programs that prepare leaders for what comes next.
Elevate Your Leaders’ Impact
Development earns its place when leaders operate at a level that shows up in business results. Our award-winning custom programs integrate your goals, values and culture into experiences leaders apply on the job, built on proven adult learning principles and reinforced by the accountability to sustain them. 96% of executives report accelerated achievement of their development goals, and participating leaders report doubled leadership capabilities.
Break Down Silos and Build Leaders Who Learn From Each Other
Some of the best leadership development happens peer-to-peer, when leaders tackle real problems together and share what is working across the organization. Our Peer Learning Circles are expertly facilitated small groups where leaders collaborate, problem-solve, and build the cross-functional relationships that make organizations more effective over time. 495% increase in cross-enterprise collaboration. 95% of participants report the experience will expand their leadership impact.
Develop Women Leaders Who Are Ready to Lead Boldly
Women leaders face distinct challenges on the path to senior leadership, and generic development programs under serve them. The Influence & Impact Program equips women leaders with the skills, networks, and confidence to navigate those challenges and step forward. Built on evidence-based insights, peer-driven learning, and practical tools that produce tangible results.
Building a strong leadership pipeline requires understanding who has the potential to take on more, what development they need to get there, and how to build the organizational capability to grow leaders systematically. We assess leadership potential with precision and build the development programs that prepare leaders for what comes next.
Development earns its place when leaders operate at a level that shows up in business results. Our award-winning custom programs integrate your goals, values and culture into experiences leaders apply on the job, built on proven adult learning principles and reinforced by the accountability to sustain them. 96% of executives report accelerated achievement of their development goals, and participating leaders report doubled leadership capabilities.
Some of the best leadership development happens peer-to-peer, when leaders tackle real problems together and share what is working across the organization. Our Peer Learning Circles are expertly facilitated small groups where leaders collaborate, problem-solve, and build the cross-functional relationships that make organizations more effective over time. 495% increase in cross-enterprise collaboration. 95% of participants report the experience will expand their leadership impact.
Women leaders face distinct challenges on the path to senior leadership, and generic development programs under serve them. The Influence & Impact Program equips women leaders with the skills, networks, and confidence to navigate those challenges and step forward. Built on evidence-based insights, peer-driven learning, and practical tools that produce tangible results.
Our Approach to Leader Development
We've helped thousands of leaders build new capabilities, navigate uncertainty, and step into bigger roles.
Outcome Focused
Programs tied directly to business goals, delivering real-world results instead of box-checking exercises.
Highly Engaging
Leaders co-create their development journey, staying actively involved in the learning process.
Immediately Applicable
Participants apply new skills on the job, experimenting with fresh approaches beyond their comfort zones.
Forward-Looking
Grounded in the latest leadership research, preparing leaders for success in today’s fast-paced, complex world.
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Experiments Whitepaper
Learn about the seven leadership development experiments you should try right now.
Download Our Leadership Experiments Whitepaper
Learn about the seven leadership development experiments you should try right now.
Developing Tomorrow's Leaders Today
98%
of leaders report their development program expanded their impact
96%
of supervisors say participating employees accelerated achievement of development goals
Our Expertise Is Trusted By
“The Women's Power Source Program resonated deeply with our female leaders and is already showing a significant value return.”
Goldman Sachs
Experts in
Leadership
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Our team brings deep expertise in adult learning, behavioral science, and organizational effectiveness, designing and delivering development that actually changes how leaders lead.
Meet UsFAQs
What leaders and HR partners ask most often about how our programs are structured, how long they run, and how they connect to coaching.
All of our programs run over months rather than days, and that is deliberate. Successful, lasting development can be difficult to achieve in a workshop. Leaders need to try new approaches in their actual roles, see what works, and adjust, which takes repeated cycles over time. In practice, Peer Learning Circles run six months with monthly sessions. Custom development programs typically span six to twelve months depending on scope. The Leader as Coach certification can be delivered over eight to twelve weeks where there is a specific window to work within.
CLA’s programs are built to change behavior, not just deliver content. The difference is in the design: we start with your organization’s specific goals, culture, and leadership challenges, and we build in the application structures, peer accountability, and reinforcement mechanisms that cause behavior to actually change on the job. 96% of executives who complete our programs report accelerated achievement of their development goals.
Yes, and we often recommend this for high-stakes development contexts. Group experiences build shared language, cross-functional relationships, and team accountability. Individual coaching addresses personal behavioral patterns and specific leadership challenges. When integrated, they compound each other’s impact.
When a leadership development program fails to create change, it’s often because the development took place in isolation. Leaders learn a new way to approach their work, then return to an organization that isn’t set up to support and incentivize the desired behavior. We build programs that consider the organizational structures, talent practices, and development infrastructure that will enable lasting impact.
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Individual Development, Viewed Through an Organizational Lens
Group programs build shared capability. Coaching goes deeper on a specific leader, and our approach is holistic, with benefits that cascade to that leader’s team and peers.
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