Leadership Training

Leadership is Contextual.

We don’t do off-the-shelf leadership programs because no one program can fit the needs of every organization or learner. Instead, we leverage our foundational content and build on it in ways that meet leaders where they have real needs — ones that are unique to their organization and their reports.

There are tensions and paradoxes.

Endless paradoxes, mixed messages and tensions are thrown at today’s leaders. While traditional training either ignores or simplifies these tensions, we embrace them. By exploring the real tensions leaders face, we increase their receptivity to change and improvement.

psychological safety may be at tension with holding people accountable; accountable leaders may be at tension with the need to delegate; diversity and inclusivity may be perceived to be at tension with getting stuff done quickly.
“In selecting a partner to help us develop a program for our front-line leaders, we chose the JMReid Group because they had a depth and breadth of content and we felt that they listened deeply, gaining full understanding of our need."

–Tricia Reese, Director of Leadership, Learning and Development, Ascensus

“A learning solution that has delivered beyond our expectations. The multi-faceted program which includes a two-day workshop, peer learning, and one on one coaching consistently receives stellar marks from the participants and strong results when we compare pre and post measurements. We’ll continue to explore using the JMReid group to help us shape new learning opportunities.”

–Tricia Reese, Director of Leadership, Learning and Development, Ascensus

“John built and delivered an excellent front line supervisor training curriculum at several of our business units. The feedback from participants has been extremely positive, and John has truly leveraged his experience in the industry to engender trust and credibility with both the participants and the local management teams. I look forward to working with John and his team for many years to come on this and other programs.”

– Rick Pannemann, Talent Management, DSM

“I’ve attended five leadership workshops given by John Reid. Each workshop offers me insight into and gives me tools to become a better leader.”

– Laura Coniff, Global Director of Communications, DSM

“John’s workshops are designed uniquely for our business, specifically addressing leadership challenges we are facing at the time, making the training relevant and worthwhile. I’ve attended many trainings in the past, but none that are so targeted to our business issues where the learning can be applied immediately.”

– Laura Coniff, Global Director of Communications, DSM

“John’s engaging demeanor allows workshop attendees to be truly present in the moment so that they can capitalize on the time and information learned during the day’s session. I truly look forward to each workshop as I come out of the session a different person – a leader who has the tools to address the needs of our employees in sometimes challenging situations.”

– Laura Coniff, Global Director of Communications, DSM

“We partnered with JMReid Group to create a culture of agility, accountability and accelerated communication in support of our business strategy. We are thrilled to report that we have seen significant improvement in our employee engagement and cultural index scores. We recommend JMReid Group to anyone serious about driving culture change.”

– Wendy Losik, Human Resources Business Partner, DSM Functional Materials

"John's group is amongst the best training teams I've ever encountered."

– John Brandt, Director, Service Operations, MINDBODY, Inc.

"My company brought in JMReid Group to provide leadership training almost two years ago. The concepts shared, and more importantly, the way the concepts were shared have stuck with me."

– John Brandt, Director, Service Operations, MINDBODY, Inc.

"I use these learnings daily, and as I have been promoted a couple times since, I actually find that they are growing in importance for myself and my team. Thanks to John and his team for helping to accelerate my career and personal trajectory."

– John Brandt, Director, Service Operations, MINDBODY, Inc.

“John is a valued partner to ProAmpac commercial leadership. His professional experience in corporate marketing and selling bring credibility to his teaching approach. Combined with his energy and passion, he challenges our team to think differently about how they lead and sell. He has been an excellent addition to our team.”

– Adam Grose, Chief Commercial Officer, ProAmpac

“I count JMReid Group among my most trusted learning partners. Having a learning partner that truly cares about creating tangible business outcomes is critical to success in my role. They take the time to understand the nuances of our business and the unique characteristics of our leaders. Equipped with this deep understanding, JMReid Group is able to design learning and facilitation approaches that give us the tools we need to drive the business forward in meaningful ways.”

– Cindy Ballard, Chief Human Resources Officer, tronc

“Fibrant began working with John several years ago when he built and delivered an excellent front-line supervisor training curriculum at several of our business units. The feedback from participants has been extremely positive. Since that time, John has delivered more programs, from Executive Presence to Conflict Management, and always delivers an excellent product designed specifically for our company. John also coached five of our rising management talents with great success. I look forward to working with John and his team for many years to come.”

– Paige Walden, Human Resources Professional, Fibrant

"Thank you very much for your partnership this year. We have had almost 100 managers participate in the FLEx program over the last 8 months. We are receiving very positive feedback and “word of mouth” is high because we are getting a lot of requests to join future sessions. The program has definitely made a difference in our journey to increase manager capability."

– Lauren Willis, Associate Director, Learning Program Management, Foundation Medicine

“One size does not fit all. That is how I would describe John’s approach to our need to develop best-of-class sales management. John is a valued extension of our company, having developed into a trusted partner who is responsible for changing the coaching, mentoring and management skills of our managers.”

– Doug Fox, Sales and Product Training Manager, Ryerson, Inc.

“By effectively delving into our company culture, John's team understands the strengths and challenges of our diverse sales management whether they have been in the position for a while or recently promoted. He brings credibility to Ryerson and our sales managers.”

– Doug Fox, Sales and Product Training Manager, Ryerson, Inc.

“John is an experienced and intuitive trainer/facilitator who acknowledges the personal and regional differences of his audience. His perseverance, accountability and flexibility have resulted in the implementation of an entire North American training initiative.”

– Doug Fox, Sales and Product Training Manager, Ryerson, Inc.

Beliefs drive behaviors.

The current behavior of all leaders is driven, consciously or unconsciously, by a set of beliefs —beliefs that we know more than we do, that it is faster to do it ourselves, that it is our job to fix people… The list of faulty logic and incorrect risk calculations is almost endless.

Employees see the negative consequence of these beliefs – and the benefit of a set of beliefs that will lead to the right set of behaviors. It is imperative that these beliefs are explored head-on.

Most training is an endless loop of models and behavior skill training, which is why most training fails before it begins. Our approach is different – click on the examples below to see how:

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