Mid-Level Leaders
Your talent management plan needs a solid core: strong mid-level leaders. As the conduit between the executive level and the front line, mid-level leaders turn senior leaders’ vision for the organization into reality. They can be charged with running an entire business, or successfully introducing and managing change. Having great leaders at this level is also vital to building a healthy leadership pipeline for the future of your business.
DDI knows the unique challenges—and infinite opportunities—that organizations must consider when hiring, developing and promoting these leaders. Here are some that we see frequently:
- Increasing spans of control by managing other leaders.
- Shifting their time (and minds) from tactical activities to key operational and strategic issues.
- Accountability for leading business units and teams, including responsibility for top-line growth and profitability.
- Balancing requests from the top with the needs and expectations of those that work for them.
Mid-Level Leaders Ready To Execute Your Strategies
DDI will help you build a holistic Success ProfileSMof mid-level leaders who will be best equipped to execute your business strategies. We’ll create a framework for identifying high potentials early and reliably. We’ll also leverage assessment techniques to give you a complete picture of your leaders’ strengths, derailers and development priorities, so you can make sound hiring and placement decisions.
To help you understand your mid-level leaders’ ability to lead the organization toward existing or new goals, we can conduct a readiness audit. To speed development, we offer a focused curriculum to help these leaders master the unique challenges they face daily. And, to drive accountability around the “whats” and the “hows”, we have a performance management system.
The Results of Working with DDI?
Your organization will have a strong pipeline of exceptional leadership talent to meet your ever-changing business challenges. Your mid-level leaders will be more engaged and far more likely to stay with your organization. And, since there is a strong correlation between the effectiveness of operational leaders and the success of your business strategies, your business should reach new heights.
DDI Mid-level Leader Expertise