About Us
Perspective and Philosophy
In our ongoing research on organizational effectiveness, we have noted the growing strength of five key trends with regard to leadership development and strategic management:
- Leadership development activities are being highlighted as vital components of the strategic development of a firm, especially the recognized need for continuous improvement and learning.
- Organizations are increasing their investment in leadership and organizational development efforts to help facilitate change and revitalization.
- Organizations are focusing as much on organizational development as on individual development as they seek to enhance their ability to adapt to the global competitive environment.
- In order to leverage their investment in learning, organizations are focusing on development initiatives specific to the organization and more tightly linked to the realities of the workplace.
- Organizations are focusing on linking learning and development to performance through a greater reliance on techniques such as action learning, leader-led development, and project-focused development.
Collaborating With You
Based on an assessment of your organization's opportunities and challenges, Vicere Associates, Inc. will work in tandem with you to:
- Clarify core objectives for development based on the strategic imperatives of the firm, enabling you to more effectively target key audiences; define critical competencies and capabilities; build networks to leverage performance; enhance communication and teamwork; refine organizational culture; and implement competitive strategies.
- Select methods and approaches to be used for development, ensuring consistency with the strategic imperatives and overall learning/development objectives. This could include team and/or task force assignments, action learning projects, leader-led learning, classroom education, competency identification and development, among other options.
- Build, maintain and assess strategic partnerships with a select group of strategy, leadership, and organization development resources to help leverage and round-out internal resources. We are strong advocates of leader-led learning in which client company executives play a major role in the development process. But we also know the value that "fresh eyes" can bring to development initiatives. Our goal is to help you build a network of outstanding, committed partners.
- Link development processes with human resource practices. To leverage the impact of your development investment, we'll work closely with you to ensure your initiatives are tightly linked to your organization's performance metrics and human resource management infrastructure, including reward systems, recruitment and selection procedures, and succession and executive resource planning processes. This final step ensures relevance and impact for any development initiative.
Contact us to further discuss our perspective and process. We would be happy to share ideas with you.