Seeking Advice on Crafting a Cost-Effective Leadership Development Program for Small Organizations

Hi all,

I am in the process of developing a leadership development program for our organization. Since we are a small organization and doing this for the first time, we would like to make it as cost-effective as possible. The following is the outline of the plan:

Identification of potential leaders by peer and self-evaluation through leadership questionnaires, followed by a career anchor test, and then a leadership overview. This will be followed by leadership skill training every weekend on varied topics such as personality, behavioral science, and motivation in the first two months of the program. Training on leadership styles will be provided in the third month, which will also include on-the-job activities. The program is planned to end with peer and self-evaluation.

Please share your views on this plan. I would be happy to provide more information and material that could be useful upon request. Additionally, I would appreciate it if you could provide some references or materials to help make this program a success.

Thanks for your patience.

Regards,
B.K. Manas

I have one query in this regard. Are these LDPs only for those who are capable of becoming leaders? Can't we develop leadership skills in those who are somehow shy and may not be capable of moving forward?