Seeking Ideas for Building an Effective Management Development Framework for All Levels

I have recently been asked to create a new development framework that will address the development needs of all managers across our organization. Currently, we are struggling to find talent in-house and therefore want to build something that will help us develop people in-house. I have already built a program to develop aspiring team leaders, and this has been a huge success. However, other than a few in-house courses, we don't really have a framework that supports managers at all levels. I was therefore wondering if anyone would be willing to share ideas on how their organization develops managers at all levels. Any thoughts, suggestions, or examples of management development frameworks would be greatly appreciated.

Regards,
Kie

You need to do two things: first, start developing a career plan for every individual, and second, initiate a major OD initiative, i.e., "Mentoring," in your company. However, both interventions require tremendous maturity and are not for novices.

For help, if needed, you may contact me.

Considerations for Ronald

I do not know about your company; however, regarding one of my clients, they implemented this course. Nevertheless, they could not measure the ROI on this training course. Before investing our hard-earned financial resources, we should be clear about its ROI. Yes, individual managers may benefit, but what we want is organizational benefits since it is the organization that pays for this course.

Thanks,

Dinesh V Divekar

Thank you both for the replies; it is very much appreciated. It's not so much that I need someone to deliver the training. I have designed and delivered copious management and leadership sessions at all levels over the years, and I am fine with this. It's just that I want some ideas about ways that others do it. For example:

• Do they use a tier structure to develop their managers where all managers progress through various modules (e.g., bronze, silver, gold, and platinum)?

• Use a hierarchical structure only aimed at a specific level? For example, at the moment, we have courses for team leaders, courses for managers, and courses for senior managers.

I hope this makes more sense, and many thanks again for your responses.

Regards, Kie