In the 30 years that Wilson Learning has studied leadership and has helped its clients develop their approaches to leadership effectiveness, we have come to believe that how leaders view their purpose will set the course for their organisation's success. For Wilson Learning, the purpose of a leader is to engage others in committing their full energy to the creation of value and success.

Wilson Learning's approach to assessing and developing leaders begins with Leadership Character - those elements of leadership that are enduring and core to how people view the purpose of leadership. While Leadership Character is the foundation of effective leadership,  alone it is not sufficient. In order to produce tangible results, effective leaders need the skills and knowledge required to execute on those values and principles.

Our perspective, based on both in-depth research and practical experience, is that the skills required to execute effective leadership can be defined as four core roles that each leader must fulfil: the Visionary, the Tactician, the Facilitator, and the Contributor.

All leaders, regardless of level, need to fulfil all four roles. But they do not need to emphasise all four roles at the same depth and to the same extent. The prominence of each role will vary, depending on the leader’s level. At Wilson Learning we have identified three main levels: performance leader, growth leader, and strategic leader.

For more information on the programs offered in this area please browse our extensive “Course Catalogue”.