Client and Attendee Comments - Liberty Energy Engagement

   President, Insurance

     CEO, Professional Services

     CEO, Benefit Services 

     Branch Manager, Industrial Distribution 

     Creative Director, Marketing & Advertising 

     Director, Digital Marketing, B2B Marketing 

     Media Manager, Communications

In a one-on-one conversation with the CEO, Paul Graziani, he said "we have some of the best software development people, aerospace and astrodynamics engineers in the world.  Up to this point, we have built our company on that incredible technology strength.  However, as an executive team we realized we didn't understand the discipline of leadership and management.  Luckily we found Academy Leadership and put together a program that has started to change the game for us."

This is the best training program I have attended during my 25 years at UCSD! An excellent  combination of practical and theoretical concepts. I learned a lot about leadership and honed the skills I already have while learning new things. This was a program I looked forward to coming to. New managers should be given the opportunity to take this, and experienced managers would benefit from a refresher.  Attending this program with my colleagues was amazing.  Having this time together was a great team building experience.

Each participant developed a personal 90-day Action Plan to turn the lessons learned into new leadership behaviors and habits.  They shared their individual "Personal Leadership Philosophy" with their various teams and hen posted on the department's ePortfolio platform.

Since then they have rolled out seven new classrooms of the future, a new cloud-based phone system, a new wireless network, and a new service desk.  

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The result is that none of these projects could ever have been attempted when Naveed first arrived and without the leadership training and coaching program.

During strategic planning meetings of the senior leadership in 2016, they came to the conclusion that in order to meet their commitments to future growth and improved performance, they needed to focus on leadership development for their senior leaders.  

... everyone found something which had a direct impact on them. As a result of all attendees developing their Personal Leadership Philosophies, expectations are much clearer across the organization. ...Improved collaboration and interactive problem solving has become a normal process across the site which supports enhanced performance against the expectations.

  …He wanted to know if this was the “real deal” and not just another course which “sang Kumbaya and found your inner leadership child.”

The impact of the training on Rand and their culture has been significant.  It has enabled the two distinct divisions, which were separate companies at one time, to more closely integrate and “speak” the same leadership language. It has further enabled the development of “ONE RAND” culture, a critical goal of the CEO, Ed Levy.

Across the board, Rand leaders are using the tools and deliverables that came from the course to deliver results to each vessel and the bottom line of the organization.

The Leadership Excellence Course and Gettysburg Leadership Experience have provided an extensive toolbox for our high potential leaders. With a foundation rooted in knowing themselves, knowing their people, and knowing their stuff , these tools have been readily applicable and have helped our leaders and their teams become stronger, together.”