LEADERSHIP ADVANTAGE
Leadership Advantage Programming
The answer to "what comes next?"
WCEDA's Leadership Advantage is the next step in leadership development.
Designed for organizations that have already invested in organizational development and leadership programming, Leadership Advantage helps managers put that development into practice. Through
monthly working sessions,
on-demand advisory support, and
coaching, managers work through real workplace situations, reinforce effective approaches, and continue building their leadership capability over time.
This is not another leadership training program—and it does not replace one. It extends the value of the leadership development your organization has already completed.
Why should I consider Leadership Advantage?
Real-world application takes practice
Knowing what to do and confidently doing it in the moment are different things. Regular working sessions give managers a place to work through actual situations, learn from them, and develop more consistent approaches over time.
Managers need support when situations happen
Leadership challenges don't wait for the next training session. Advisory support gives managers access to timely, practical guidance when a specific situation arises and they need to determine how to proceed.
Earlier action can prevent bigger problems
Managers become better equipped to address concerns sooner, have direct conversations, follow through on expectations, and reduce repeated or escalating issues.
Leadership development builds the foundation.
Leadership Advantage keeps it working.
Leadership Advantage keeps development from becoming a one-time event. Ongoing application, reinforcement, and access to support help organizations get more from the leadership foundation they have already built.
Give managers more support—without creating more work for HR.
Leadership Advantage is designed to support HR, not replace it, by strengthening managers. HR continues to own policy, compliance, employee relations, and formal processes, while managers become better equipped to handle the everyday leadership situations that belong with them.
By helping managers address issues earlier and more consistently, fewer avoidable situations need to escalate to HR.
What is provided?
Monthly Working Sessions
Managers work through real situations and develop approaches they can apply immediately. Sessions focus on performance management, communication, decision-making, and team leadership.
On-Demand Advisory Support
Short, focused consultations provide timely input when a manager needs help deciding how to approach a specific situation.
Coaching Support
Deeper support for more complex or sensitive situations involving individual managers, groups of managers, or teams.
Elizabeth Oplatka, Like Minds Business Psychology
Liz is an experienced consultant, coach, manager, educator, and business/government journalist with a unique combination of proven competencies in organizational psychology, organizational development, communication, strategic leadership, and change management. Liz coaches and teaches current and future leaders; supports and influences businesses; uses proven tools to assess current behaviors, need and program effectiveness; builds lasting teams and coalitions; improves employee engagement; revitalizes struggling enterprises and helps developing organizations through growing pains.
She has been coaching, consulting, and training in organizations and teaching at the undergraduate and graduate programs for more than 15 years. Prior to that, she practiced what she preaches as a business and government journalist known for turning around floundering enterprises and offering leadership expertise to the industries she covered. She also worked as an employee assistance professional, coaching and counseling in the Loyola University Health System Employee Assistance Program.
Liz earned a dual master’s degree in organizational psychology and counseling from the Adler School of Professional Psychology; a master’s degree in journalism from the Medill School of Journalism of Northwestern University; and a liberal arts BA from Illinois Wesleyan University.
Interested?
Contact WCEDA's Leslie Gostomski for more information!
