Organizations worldwide invest billions in leadership programs—but too often, the results don’t match the investment. A new article published in Behavioral Sciences addresses the widespread challenge that many organizations face when it comes to leadership development programs: despite investing billions of dollars, these programs often fail to deliver meaningful results or return on investment (ROI).
The author, Dr. Jaason Geerts, Vice-President, Research and Leadership Development at the Canadian College of Health Leaders, presents novel models and frameworks to help organizations maximize the effectiveness of their leadership training. The framework is based on evidence from multiple studies and includes 65 practical strategies that can be applied at different stages of a leadership development program, from planning to post-program follow-up. These strategies are designed to improve how leadership skills are learned, applied in the workplace, and sustained over time. It also presents a novel set of 11 principles of leadership development.
“We were pleased that the article was selected by the editors to be the Special Edition’s cover story”, said Dr. Jaason Geerts. “They appreciated that the central framework, the Optimizing System, is the first of its kind and commended the robust theory and quality of evidence supporting it. We also aimed to illustrate through real-life examples from research and experience of how the Framework’s strategies could be put into practice.”
The article, “Maximizing the Impact and ROI of Leadership Development: A Theory- and Evidence-Informed Framework”, emphasizes the importance of using proven methods and theories to ensure leadership development efforts produce real, measurable outcomes, benefiting both organizations and their leaders.
To read the complete article, please visit Behavioral Sciences.
To read the executive summary document, please click here to download it in a PDF format.
