Leadership & Emotional Intelligence Performance Accelerator
An advanced online assessment and development tool that identifies an individual's behavioural and operational strengths and the areas that will have the greatest impact on their leadership performance.
Download the LEIPA® BrochureLeadership insight in context
Understand how you lead – and where change will have the greatest impact
LEIPA® measures leadership competence in the context of an individual's role and the culture of their organisation. It compares different leadership styles against their importance in the executive's current role, providing a focused gap analysis and a clear foundation for behavioural change.
How LEIPA® works
From insight to behavioural change
LEIPA® provides a precise, defined plan for behavioural change, tailored to the individual's role within their organisation. The process ensures a rounded view from both self-perception and colleagues, focusing on Emotional Intelligence and leadership styles.
Using best practice in a 360º format, LEIPA® identifies and compares the individual's habitual leadership styles with those that will have the greatest positive impact. Specific behaviours to change are pinpointed, providing a practical framework for action and performance improvement.
I found LEIPA® an incredible experience and think it’s something everyone should have the opportunity to do. It taught me a lot about self-imposed barriers and gave me the necessary skills to overcome them. My stress levels used to be 8/10; I have now been maintaining a constant 4 since taking part.
Head of Operations –
Global Energy Trading
How LEIPA® works
From insight to behavioural change
LEIPA® provides a precise, defined plan for behavioural change, tailored to the individual's role within their organisation. The process ensures a rounded view from both self-perception and colleagues, focusing on Emotional Intelligence and leadership styles.
Using best practice in a 360º format, LEIPA® identifies and compares the individual's habitual leadership styles with those that will have the greatest positive impact. Specific behaviours to change are pinpointed, providing a practical framework for action and performance improvement.
I found LEIPA® an incredible experience and think it’s something everyone should have the opportunity to do. It taught me a lot about self-imposed barriers and gave me the necessary skills to overcome them. My stress levels used to be 8/10; I have now been maintaining a constant 4 since taking part.
Head of Operations –
Global Energy Trading
Key features
Focused on the leadership behaviours that matter
Uniquely correlates Emotional Intelligence competencies with the leadership styles most important for the individual's circumstances.
Developed from the proven Emotional Intelligence and Leadership Style Framework (Goleman & Boyatzis, 2001).
Provides an objective focus on observed versus desired behaviours within the organisation, supported by verbatim comments from raters.
Not reliant on 'norms', LEIPA® is culturally neutral and can be used across organisations and geographies.
Creates a specific action plan for immediate and future leadership development.
An online tool that is straightforward to set up, manage and deliver.
The benefits
Creating impact for leaders and organisations
Benefits for Your Leaders
- Clear, contextual information creates positive commitment to change.
- Provides practical ways to develop new habits and flex leadership styles.
- Increases confidence, strengthens relationships and improves engagement.
- Creates a deeper understanding of the environment and how to influence it.
- Becomes an integral part of a personal development plan.
Benefits for Your Organisation
- Creates commitment to make the changes required to improve performance.
- Opens up communication.
- Builds involvement, collaboration and awareness across boards, teams and groups.
- More effective leadership drives sustained improvement and helps build a culture that delivers return on investment.
How Virginia Mason Institute is using LEIPA® and Team LEIPA®
Discover how Virginia Mason Institute is using LEIPA® and Team LEIPA® to develop emotionally intelligent leaders and build higher-performing teams.
In this podcast, Greg Young from LeaderShape Global, Wendy Korthuis-Smith from Virginia Mason Institute, and Adam Sewell-Jones from East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust discuss why the tools were chosen, how they have been embedded into leadership development, and the impact they are having on leaders, teams and organisational performance.
A real-world example of LEIPA® moving from leadership insight to behavioural and organisational impact.
From assessment to action
Supporting real behavioural change
LEIPA® supports real behavioural change to help leaders maximise their effectiveness in their role.
- Online verbatim comments from raters authenticate the data.
- The full report contains complete details of the data to enable thorough investigation of key points.
- The candidate is guided to improve EI development areas that will have the greatest impact in their current role.
- The process includes the candidate engaging with raters to follow up on development areas.
- Facilitators are accredited executive coaches who can follow up the LEIPA® report debrief with ongoing coaching where appropriate.
- We can adapt the tool to include the leadership competencies required by your organisation.
What clients say
The impact of LEIPA®
LEIPA® made a strong contribution in improving my self-awareness, and provided an excellent tool to enable me to identify very specific areas I could work on to improve my leadership capability.
Chris Tattersall
Managing Partner, SMART UK
(formerly MD at BearingPoint UK)
The LEIPA® was incredibly helpful in learning how others see me and very helpful in pin-pointing areas for change and development to improve my leadership style to maximise my effectiveness. LEIPA offers its greatest value when combined with on-going coaching and development.
Kate Bennett
Director, Equality and Human Rights Commission, Wales
Next steps
Explore LEIPA®
Whether you want to experience LEIPA® yourself or your organisation, use it as part of your professional development, or become accredited to facilitate it with others, explore the options below.
Facilitator Accreditation
Become accredited to use LEIPA® with leaders and clients.
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