Editor’s Note

Are leaders born or created? This is one of the most-often-asked questions about leadership. There are several research reports that point out that majority of leaders are 'made', and training plays an important role in this process.

While a leader's ability to lead, motivate and direct a group of people requires a set of skills that are mostly acquired through experience and self-learning, the role of training is key too.

The future will be filled with uncertainties just like what the Covid-19 threw at us in 2020. Nobody was prepared for it, but it taught us the lessons of endurance and perseverance. Every company today needs to develop leaders and equip them to lead teams through the face of adversities. 

How do you build good leaders? You need an effective leadership development program to begin with. How do you build one? What are the key elements of one such program? Are they fail-proof?

The success of an effective leadership development program depends on various factors. This edition of Employee Learning & Development Excellence, with a special focus on the 'Best-in-Class Leadership Development Program', will take you through the insights and validations from experts on the important elements of a good leadership development program.

Featured on the cover is an interview, How To Develop 'Best-In-Class' Leadership Development Program, with Rob Moors, who brings with him 20 years of experience in learning and development and leadership development. Rob talks about how to re-imagine training for future, challenges of leadership development, and key elements of a ‘best-in-class leadership development program, among others.

Also read the interview with Matthew Daniel, “Treat Leadership Development Like R&D Cost Center”. Matthew, who brings with him 16 years of experience in corporate learning and talent development, touches upon why it is important for leaders to unlearn, challenges that companies face when developing leaders and how to build a 'best-in-class' leadership development program.

Moving on, there is Amit Gautam's article where he lists down the 4 Key Elements To Embrace In ‘Best-In-Class’ Leadership Programs In 2021.

That is not all! We bring you a set of articles and hope you find answers to your queries around employee learning and development, and help you achieve excellence.

As always, enjoy reading, and don’t forget to send us your feedback!