Heroic leadership has fueled many startups to a high level of success and often is responsible for driving a young company to get its first product(s) out the door. The problem is that the heroic leader relies on her/his exceptional talent and energy, rather than developing their teams and the organization. They depend too much on their own ability and power, failing to institute systems and procedures that would help them scale as the company succeeds and grows.

There are three models or styles of leadership, each with benefits and drawbacks directly related to the stage of the business unit. Our purpose is to bring awareness to the distinctions of the three models so that managers, rather than working within a context that is no longer appropriate, can choose to shift to the model that will work for best for them given the present stage of development of their company.

Supporting managers on a one to one basis has become critical to overall company success. Because organizations have become lean, leaders have precious little time for mentoring their people. As a result, professional coaching has flourished. New managers need to learn the basics, while managers who have been developing experience sometimes benefit from taking a look at how others view them. This is where the Executive Acceleration program can be of enormous value to both individual and company growth.

The Executive Acceleration program consists of interviews with the target manager and his peers, subordinates and boss, along with surveys that reveal any style issues and/or other management issues that need to be addressed. This allows the leader to step back and see the next steps for learning and in addition reveal what is working well.