ABOUT EDA
Executive Development Associates is a leader in creating custom-designed executive development strategies, systems and programs that help organizations build the capabilities needed to achieve their strategic objectives. EDA pioneered the use of executive development to help organizations successfully address their marketplace challenges and accelerate the execution of their business strategy. With our proven ability to achieve results we create measurable improvements in both individual executive performance and business outcomes.
Through the creation of high-impact, custom designed executive development strategies, systems and programs, we can ensure that our client's executive talent rises to a higher level of excellence while becoming a clear competitive advantage.
EDA develops the executive talent needed to accelerate strategy execution and launch your organization into a higher level of performance and success. EDA exists to ensure that our client's achieve extraordinary results through extraordinary talent. This level of excellence within your organization is achieved through Custom-Designed Executive Development Solutions that:
- Create Strategic Unity
- Develop Emerging Leaders
- Address Critical Issues
- Transform the Organization
- Utilize EDA's Five Step Process
- Support Executive Transitions
EDA Consulting Services: Our Consulting Services allow clients to address and overcome their current challenges. These challenges may include:
Having the top talent* needed to achieve their growth strategies
- Developing capabilities needed to execute strategy
- Accelerating development of executives & high-potential talent
- Building integrated talent management systems
- Ensuring successful executive transitions
- Building the bench & leadership pipeline
- Making talent a competitive advantage
Business Needs Assessment: Our online business needs assessment will help you accurately identify and prioritize the executive capabilities (mindsets, knowledge & skills) needed to achieve your vision, address your marketplace challenges and rapidly execute your strategy. This can be achieved in a timely manner with the ability to engage everyone. One-on-one interviews with each person could take months to complete and could take as long as 90 minutes per interview. This web-based needs assessment can be taken at a time that is optimal for you and completed within 30 minutes. The results from this assessment will drive the strategy and implantation of your customized workshop.
Custom designs: Our custom design process for high-impact strategies & programs identify gaps in the capabilities required to address marketplace challenges, achieve the vision, live the values and rapidly execute the strategies. We will design/develop the architecture including high impact strategies, systems and programs to build the required capabilities for success. These custom designed solutions are conducted and delivered by world-class faculty teams. Through the creation of innovative, high-impact strategies and processes you are able build the executive capabilities needed to:
- Create unity & alignment around your business strategy & execute it successfully
- Accelerate the development of your high potential pool of emerging leaders (build bench strength)
- Identify & successfully address critical business problems & opportunities
- Ensure the successful transition of newly appointed executives
Transform your organization
Best-of-the best consulting resources to create a powerful team to address client's needs
- Our Rapid Cycle Design® Process: Our Rapid Cycle Design® is about Getting Directionally Correct - Quickly! This Process is built on the premise that if They build It, They will come. When implementing a new idea, our research shows that by utilizing the involvement of line managers, the acceptance and effectiveness of the idea are greatly increased. This design process will significantly increase line engagement and ownership of the new strategy, process and program initiative. Through the use of web-based diagnostics, we are able to link your customized program to the business strategy, identify/prioritize development needs and engage a full target audience quickly. These survey results are the road map for the RCD® workshop design and implementation.
- Our Framework For Linking Executive Development to Strategy:
- The LeaderNetsm: We manage powerful executive peer networks for sharing expertise, experience, ideas, as well as best and innovative practices. The LeaderNet activities include face to face meetings, year-round online networking, and hot topic teleconferences.
EDA Research: EDA Research serves our clients' needs for fast-cycle, practical, immediately applicable research on topics relevant to business issues.