WeLead Program

Onsite program to support culture change through mid-level management

In order for an organization to step up to an aggressive set of goals, reinvent itself, or simply renew its focus on core principles, its people and culture must evolve to rise to the challenge.

Creating step-function evolution in an organization requires more than a structural reorganization or a re-articulation of company values and goals.

LaL has drawn on its extensive and renowned executive development methodology to forge WeLead.

WeLead Vision

A Carefully Architected Program

Set Clear Goals for Culture Change

Create a Vision

Large-scale change is a complex and iterative process. Our expert coaches collaborate with you to define a very clear set of goals for each WeLead. We seek to understand: Why are we doing this program? What do we hope to accomplish? Where must we be as a team and an organization one year from now? Through a thorough process of inquiry, LaL will support you in defining a clear business case and path forward for the program.

Throughout the WeLead implementation, LaL coaches will continue to help you keep a global view of the change process, address organizational resistance, anticipate special needs, and institutionalize the appropriate leadership skills into the fabric of the organization.

Conduct an Organizational Survey

To begin the yearlong program, LaL provides an online Organizational Survey. The goal is to take stock of the current organizational challenges from the eyes of the participants, as well as their individual part in the current culture.

Raising Issues Constructively

3-Day Session

In the Raising Issues Constructively session, participants will learn to resolve conflicts and address tension-filled topics in a healthy and effective fashion. Participants will not only learn how to raise issues, but how to do so constructively. This will nurture an environment that invites everyone to have more open and honest conversations.

Making Others Good

3-Day Session

One of the most significant impediments to productive collaboration in organizations — whether between individuals, small work teams, or large divisions — is the “Us vs. Them” dynamic. Blame, scapegoating, and resentment reinforce silos as communication and cooperation diminish and human potential is vastly sub-optimized.

Participants will discover how this common mechanism works and examine how these tensions are actually opportunities for personal growth and improved communication and collaboration. A practical process for shifting tense relationships further provides the foundation for enabling participants to create this change. They learn, instead, how to Make Others Good — a powerful leadership concept and practice for breaking new ground in their organization.

360° Feedback Surveys

In preparation for the “Embracing Learning” session (Session 3), LaL provides a 360º feedback process to gather additional data. This comprehensive survey is given to 10-20 feedback partners from the participants’ immediate environment, both personal and professional. The assessment covers strengths, areas for improvement, business challenges, and human and relational dynamics, as well as defining a next level for each person.

Embracing Learning

3-Day Session

Being in a learning mode remains one of the most essential yet challenging skills to acquire and practice. Too often, we miss the genuine learning from our mistakes and failures and risk repeating them at an individual and organizational level.

Participants will discover their personal barriers to seeking growth in these areas, enhancing organizational and individual performance.

Intentionally coupled with LaL’s 360º feedback process, this class leads participants through an analysis of their feedback and draws on LaL’s unique root cause analysis framework to help them understand more deeply why they behave as they do — and consequently build a customized developmental plan they both own and have tools to reach.

Working Strategically

3-Day Session

This course is designed to give leaders and managers crucial organizational skills for their work and time management. Much of the fire-fighting and overly tactical thinking in organizations today is due to managers reacting to the day’s events vs. anticipating the upcoming priorities.

Participants learn a conceptual framework for organizing their work and apply it real time to their current life challenges. Drawing on key lessons from the LaL’s methodology (and particularly Advanced Mastery), this class also teaches strategic time management tools for long-term planning and balancing projects.

Year-End Assessment

The Year-End Assessment rounds out the program by assessing the progress that has unfolded. The survey ask participants to rate the progress made towards the initial vision and organizational goals that were set at the beginning of the year.

By comparing the data gathered from the Organizational Survey at the beginning of the year and the Year-End Assessment at the end, LaL and the client are truly able to assess the ROI using both hard data and testimonials from the participants.

Frequently Asked Questions

  • For smaller companies, we have a few possible approaches that are dependent on the type of culture change you’re trying to create, as well as the number of people you want to train within your organization. The next best step would be to set up a free consultation to see what approach might be right for your situation.

  • WeLead is designed to support mid-level managers and provides in-depth training and application sessions on LaL methodologies and tools. The program is a total of 12 days worth of content delivered over four 3-day sessions. WeLead can be delivered on-site or virtually, depending on your needs.

    Spark Your Mastery is designed to bring LaL’s unique tools and concepts to all levels of your organization. It’s delivered virtually with sessions typically delivered 1 day per month for 6 months.

    Set up a free consultation with one of our coaches to learn how these programs can help you meet the goals of your organization.

  • We previously offered a train-the-trainer program, but found that our content is best when delivered by our experienced facilitators. While at this point we do not offer a “out of the box” train-the-trainer program, we are open to exploring alternative approaches depending on your organization’s needs. Set up a free consultation to discuss what would work best for your organization.