Client Story

Two training programs from Blanchard®, Building Trust and SLII®, played key roles in helping WD-40 establish this invigorating, empowered work environment.

Aimco is one of the largest owners and operators of apartment homes in the United States.

We had a lot of brilliant people working for us, but many of them lacked the fundamental leadership skills of goal setting, giving feedback, and praising a job well done. So we began looking for a model that could be translated into several languages and delivered globally.

The digital transformation happening in the banking industry meant changes for our processes and our people. Servant leadership was the model we wanted to follow, so we needed to do the transformational work to define what servant leadership looked like for our company.

We needed to improve our retention and thought enhancing our leader skills might be the best way to deal with the issue.

We wanted participants of the program to focus on our targeted competencies while exploring their own individual development goals, their team development goals, and the impact they have when aligned with organisational goals,

Blended learning was already a part of our curriculum, but the classroom sessions were the heart of the program. Our leaders thrived on personal connections, networking, and learning from each other.

Our organisation experienced extraordinary growth within a short period of time. As our leadership teams expanded to better support our clients and clinicians, it became essential to equip them with the skills needed to lead effectively and empower their teams.

They identified a gap in coaching fundamentals among new restaurant managers as well as newly promoted general managers, they decided to address that gap with leadership training.

At Western Digital we know learning and leadership drives the transformation we need to keep us competitive, so with Blanchard® we developed our Award-Winning "The Leaders Essentials" program.

The talent development department at Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport wanted to build a strong leadership pipeline for all levels of leaders within the organisation.

“We wanted to enhance how our staff and leaders effectively communicate and build better relationships when not responding to emergencies. So we provided more clarity to what leadership communication is for CAL FIRE.”