Leading Concepts Leadership Development and Team Building

Empirical Evidence in support of the Ranger Teamwork, Leadership and Communication Experience.

Research

Study conducted by University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, College of Business and Economics.

Richard J. Wagner, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Management.

The students were surveyed both before and after their training. The Results chart for Total programs studied showed significant improvement in every behavior. The primary behaviors measured were:

1. Attitude Towards Program. Measure of a person’s reaction to the training program.

2. Trust in Peers. In an organization is defined as the extent to which one is willing to ascribe good intentions to and to have confidence in the words and actions of others.

(Cook & Wall, 1980). Zand (1972) found that groups with higher levels of trust were better able to solve problems and could deal with conflict in a more open and constructive manner.

3. Group Awareness. Is the feeling among group members that each member of the group is aware of the common goal of the group (clarity), and is committed to achieving that goal (cohesive).

4. Group Effectiveness. Is a measure of the overall functioning of the work group, and includes such critical areas as the level of co-operation within the group, group competence and the task motivation of the group. As with any training program, Management’s major goal was for the skills learned in the program to effectively transfer to the work setting. Group effectiveness is seen as the key behavioral link in producing this transfer of training skills to the work setting.

5. Group Bonding. Measures the cohesiveness of the work group.

6. Interpersonal Communications. This included issues such as feeling free to speak about any topic, being friendly with group members, and feeling free to propose new ideas to the group. The results of earlier studies indicated that more positive outcomes had resulted from these programs than had been identified by the empirical research.

This study included 96 students over 13 Learning Concepts, Inc. Ranger TLC Experience classes.

Age range of students (yrs) 19-58 Gender Male 65%

Age spread per class between Female 35% 20-25 youngest and oldest.

Education HS Grad 11%

Average Work Experience (yrs)13

Some College 45%

College Grad 34%

Graduate Degree 10%

In addition to the above evidence, a doctoral thesis is being produced based on the Ranger Teams / TLC Experience. The author is a graduate of the program as are the following endorsers:

Michael Boyle, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Leadership, Foundations and Human

Resource Education University of Louisville. "Leading Concepts has something I have never seen before. They have successfully transcended that leadership barrier where you cannot only walk away understanding it theoretically, but you have very practical hands-on experience of how to do it. It is the best training program I've ever seen period."

Peter Pearson, Ph.D., Consulting Associate Professor, Stanford University

"The truly effective team of the future will have 2 critical qualities: character and competencies.

Training's that include both must be experiential. Classroom instruction can only target a few competencies. Leading Concepts may offer the only civilian training in the free world that can deliver on both counts. Miss it and you squander your precious team building opportunities. Take it and you harvest personal and work rewards for years to come."

1. Complete study available upon request.