Leadership development The Vernalis offering on leadership development incorporates several best practices for systematic identification and development of leaders in organisations. It appeals and meets the needs of organizations with a serious agenda for leadership development.   Methodology Unique organization fingerprint as the starting point: It entails facilitating organizations through exploration and dialogue to formulate their home grown leadership model that addresses their unique needs. For organisations with an existing model, the model is validated. This has been acknowledged as a highly structured and rigorous process.   Objective and transparent Assessment: It involves profiling individuals on a leadership model objectively and transparently. Even participants rated average or below average acknowledge the objective and rigorous process deployed to profile them and accept the ratings.   Custom development with tangible results: It triggers highly customized development through individual development plans that are based on competence gaps in candidate leadership profiles. It focuses on skill building that guarantees tangible results. It is not uncommon for participants to rate Vernalis programs as the best that they have ever attended. These customized skill building programs expose individuals to challenging situations commensurate with their potential.   To know more about the Vernalis programs for integrated leadership development, please contact us

Strategic Importance of Leadership Development   Research on visionary companies clearly demonstrates the link between sustained good performance and the quality of leadership in that organization. Further, it was seen that all organisations that achieved sustained success across multiple generations had consistently prioritized leadership development. Despite the obvious logic and demonstrated benefits, few companies take up the challenge of leadership development in a serious manner. While the pressures of quarterly targets leave little room for manoeuvring on leadership development for many, most take up the challenge only to implement it in a partial and half hearted manner. Organisations, where the Top Management realizes that the way to sustained growth is critically dependent on the quality of its leaders, manage to prioritize leadership development, and slowly but surely enter a virtuous cycle. Good understanding of the phenomenal benefits that can be reaped from leadership development, help in building commitment to this process. Some of these are   i) Significant performance improvement, ii) Attracting & retaining the best talent, and iii) All round improvement in organization climate