Organizations worldwide recognize the importance of building a robust leadership pipeline to navigate a dynamic and competitive economic landscape. Investment in leadership development is expected to triple in size over the next decade, with the global market expected to grow from $61 million in 2021 to nearly $180 million by 2032. Despite this investment, leadership development efforts often fall short, with only about 10% of development spending yielding concrete results. If you are considering implementing a leadership development program in your organization, where do you start? We often ..read more

Our Chief of Staff, Lees, has been a part of Vantage for over 10 years. Q: What is the most important room in your home?  A: I have ranked the rooms in my house and have determined the Spare Room to be the most important – allows us to have guests, gives me a dedicated space to work from home, and the light is always lovely in here. Q: What is the best gift you have been given? A: For my first kid’s first birthday, I asked people to send me stories about my mum, who’d died four years earlier, so I could make a scrapbook of sorts for my baby to know her Granny. Those stories from her fr ..read more

Vantage Leadership Continues Tradition of Presenting at SIOP Annual conference We are excited to announce that we will have four speakers and a booth at the 2024 SIOP Annual Conference, taking place in the firm’s hometown of Chicago. The 39th Annual SIOP Conference takes place April 17 – 20, 2024 at Hyatt Regency, Chicago. As excitement builds for this year’s gathering, we are honored to once again share insights with talented professionals, thought leaders, and enthusiasts in the field of industrial-organizational psychology in the vibrant city of Chicago. Here is everything you need to kn ..read more

At Vantage, we have the privilege of working with some of the world’s most impactful and essential leaders. We are constantly impressed by the significant role they play in the diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives in their organizations. With that, doing great work in the assessment and coaching space includes supporting broader DEI initiatives like selecting inclusive leaders and developing diverse top talent. For instance, given the importance of inclusive leadership in high-impact roles, how does one assess inclusive leadership behaviors in a typical assessment process? Speci ..read more

In business, as in life, there are many opportunities to reflect on your vision, evaluate your progress, mission, and goals, and lay out a new path ahead. Sometimes these opportunities come as external stressors (e.g., a global pandemic) or industry changes, and at times, they are driven internally by a desire to innovate, accelerate growth or drive the business or industry forward. However the desire for change may come about, the perspective and mindset with which it is pursued has significant impact on the tenor of the undertaking and, if positive, can create a shared vision and commitment ..read more

Stephanie Grady Clay has been with Vantage for six years and was recently promoted to Director of HR, Learning and Development. Q: What is the most important room in your home? A: Hands down, the Kitchen. Both my husband and I love to cook/bake, and we’re doing our best to cultivate that same love with our toddler, who will dance around the kitchen with us to Motown or Disney or CocoMelon. We make messes, have floor picnics, navigate constant requests for sheeeee (Cheese), but most of all, connect and enjoy our small family together. It’s not a big room, we’re constantly having to move ea ..read more

Frustrations are mounting as Gen Z gets plugged into organizations; the big question is whether the problem is young adults in the workplace, or elder generations struggling to effectively integrate new values systems into their cultures? The disconnect between Gen Z and their organizations, bosses and elder generations is creating another fraught dynamic that adds to an already stressful climate at work. Multiple social reckonings over the past three years (the Global Pandemic, remote work, the Great Resignation and Great Layoff) have all raised the expectations and tension levels in workplac ..read more

As seen on FEI Engage Spotlight Interview: Leadership Consultant, Coach at Vantage, and Industrial-Organizational Psychologist Dr. Stefanie Mockler explains how to develop your leadership style in the early days of your career. In this clip, she speaks about introverted leaders’ skill sets. https://www.vantageleadership.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/stefanie-teaser.mp4 The post Defining your Leadership Style Interview appeared first on Vantage Leadership Consulting ..read more

Three watch outs when evaluating potential for Men and Women Download Article Co-authored by Stefanie Mockler, Ph.D. & Melissa Vazquez, Ph.D.; Originally published by HR.com’s Leadership Excellence, June 2022 Despite making up half of the workforce, compared to men, women continue to be underrepresented in higher-level leadership roles, particularly within corporate contexts. Recent estimates suggest that women occupy approximately 50% of entry-level roles, 30% of senior manager/direct roles, and only 20% of roles at the SVP and above (McKinsey & Co, 2021). While various barriers con ..read more

“A team isn’t a bunch of kids out to win; a team is something you belong to, something you feel, something you have to earn.” Perhaps you’re familiar with this quote from the great philosopher, Coach Gordon Bombay of The Mighty Ducks. No? Well, suffice to say, he had quite the team challenge on his hands: managing a rag-tag group with their own motivations, insecurities, and misgivings, coming together to [spoiler alert] eventually become more than the sum of their parts. If that battle sounds familiar to you, you’re in good company. Classic sports team stories like this pull on our heartstrin ..read more