October 2009
Welcome to the October 2009 edition of New@Cambria – a newsletter designed to inform our clients and the broader world of business about new developments, share white papers on best human resource practices, press releases, upcoming presentations, and webcasts. New@Cambria provides an opportunity to highlight innovative solutions that address our clients’ needs and interact with our audience on the latest trends and leading edge approaches to building high-performance organizations through people.
As always, we value your feedback and suggestions. – The Partners of Cambria Consulting, Inc.
Of Immediate Interest
- Creating Sustainable Executive Coaching
- Growing Demand for Combining Executive Assessment and Coaching
New@Cambria
- Leadership Agility Gaining Momentum
- Cambria Interactive to Consult on Online Education for NACD
- Cambria Welcomes Valerie Moore to Our Staff
Upcoming Presentations
- Leadership Agility: Key to Success in an Uncertain World
- Leadership Agility 360™ Certification in the UK
Creating Sustainable Executive Coaching
Three years ago, Cambria embarked on a strategic coaching initiative with a Fortune 200 global manufacturer that began with one person – the company’s Chairman and CEO – and progressed to include over 100 top executives to support a global vision and the leadership capabilities needed to achieve it. This article, co-authored by Cambria’s Derek Steinbrenner and two of the client’s principal program managers, chronicles how the company, through executive coaching, not only created sustainable behavior change but began to change the culture of the company as well.
Read this case study of how organizations can secure commitment to this kind of leadership development from the outset.
Growing Demand for Combining Executive Assessment and Coaching
Cambria is experiencing an increase in demand for executive assessment and development for CEO successors other C-suite positions. We are currently involved in executive assessment projects for leading high technology, consumer products, office supplies, and energy companies, with other opportunities pending. The increased demand appears to be the result of retiring “baby boomer” leaders and the desire to ensure a strong pipeline of talent to replace them. Assessments that include a combination of in-depth interviews with candidates, 360-degree interviews with people who have worked with them, and appropriately selected psychometric tests, produce rich narrative reports for CEOs and Boards, and for the candidates themselves. In addition, our experience indicates that combining assessment with development-oriented executive coaching is what our clients find most compelling.
Is this something you are also seeing in your organization? Tell us about your experiences.
Leadership Agility Gaining Momentum
Since the launch of the Leadership Agility 360™ assessment last year, over 20 corporate clients, half in the Fortune 500, have executives using the instrument for their development initiatives. A broad network of 50 coaches based in cities around the US and in Bangkok, Hamburg, London, Montreal, Ottawa, Stockholm, and Sydney are or have been certified in the Leadership Agility 360. Several Cambria clients are also using the instrument as part of a comprehensive executive assessment of their senior leadership team. In addition, translations are available in French, Swedish, and Thai, and with the publication of Leadership Agility in Portuguese, a translation for Latin America will not be far behind.
To learn more about how your organization can benefit from the Leadership Agility 360 in its talent development initiatives, contact George Klemp, leader of Cambria’s Assessment practice.
Cambria Interactive to Consult on Online Education for NACD
The National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) has engaged Cambria Interactive to consult on education strategy in general and online education in particular. Currently, Cambria is developing a spot promotion in Flash for NACD Director Education, which will be previewed at the NACD Corporate Governance Conference (October 18-20 in Washington, DC) and broadcast on the NACD web site thereafter. Founded in 1977, NACD is a national non-profit membership organization dedicated exclusively to serving the corporate governance needs of corporate boards and individual board members. NACD’s 10,000 members represent the boards of companies ranging from Fortune 100 to smaller public companies, private companies, and not-for-profit organizations.
Learn more about Cambria Interactive’s learning solutions.
Cambria Welcomes Valerie Moore to Our Staff
A seasoned sales executive with over 25 years of experience working with C-level clients, Valerie joins Cambria as Director of Client Services. In this role, she will partner with our consulting team to identify a deeper, broader set of client needs, explore innovative solutions, and match the talent and resources of the firm to ensure the success of our engagements. Her areas of expertise include consultative selling, sales training, sales effectiveness, human capital management, negotiation training, personal development, simulation and experiential learning, and Web2.0 interactive learning. She will be supporting our work across all of Cambria’s four practice areas – Consulting, Executive Coaching, Assessment, and Interactive Services. Learn more about Valerie.
Leadership Agility: Key to Success in an Uncertain World
Harvard Business School Association of Boston
Harvard Business School, Hawes 101, Cambridge, MA
November 9, 2009
Presenters: Bill Joiner, ChangeWise, and George Klemp, Cambria
Business leaders react very differently to the complexities, stresses, and uncertainties of the current business environment. Their reactions reflect how “agile” they are, which in turn will determine the success of their organizations going forward. Bill Joiner and George Klemp will provide concrete examples of three distinct responses to the current environment and outline ways that leaders can increase their agility and their likelihood of success in these challenging times. For more information about this session and how to attend, go here.
Leadership Agility 360™ Certification in the UK
ChangeWise Public Certification Workshop
Beaumont House, Old Windsor, England
December 3-4, 2009
Presenters: Bill Joiner and Debbie Whitestone, ChangeWise
The Leadership Agility 360™ certification workshop is designed for experienced coaches and corporate professionals who are committed to moving their senior management clients to the next level of leadership performance. Based on adult development theory and the research described in Leadership Agility by Bill Joiner and Stephen Josephs, the Leadership Agility 360 gives individuals a different perspective on how they perform their job and act with others, and provides a deeper understanding of the next level of performance available to them. For information about this session and how to attend, go here.
Cambria Consulting, Inc. is a Boston-based human resource management consultancy recognized for its focus on selecting, managing, and developing talent. Through our Consulting, Coaching, Assessment, and Interactive services, Cambria helps clients achieve their strategic objectives more effectively by designing, developing, and implementing HR solutions in the areas of workforce and leadership development, performance management, succession planning, competency development, 360 degree feedback, coaching, selection systems, organizational surveys, and integrated e-HR applications.
Visit www.cambriaconsulting.com to find out why more and more successful companies are turning to Cambria for a full range of human resource solutions, or call (617) 523-7500.
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