Westwood International

Today’s dynamic business landscape necessitates that tomorrow’s leaders be high performers, better listeners, and able to think on their feet. They must unlock their team’s potential and drive organizational performance. However, executives are losing interest in conventional leadership development programs, spurring a growing need for out-of-the-box strategies to revitalize engagement.

Customization is the key to a successful leadership development experience that can address organizational and individual needs, fostering a culture shift and developing essential leadership qualities.

Westwood International helps companies find tomorrow’s leaders today. Specializing in made-to-measure leadership development programs, its prowess lies in stimulating organizational culture shift through a white-glove approach.
A Bespoke Approach to Shaping Capable Leaders

Taking into account a company’s distinct values, behaviors, and competencies, Westwood International excels at tailoring its services to meet the leadership development needs of every organization. A transformative methodology, driven by practical and proven tools, enables leaders to undergo mindset and skill set evolutions, which helps them develop individual leadership capabilities, along with cooperative and executive skills.

To systematically initiate behavioral change in leaders, Westwood determines desired behavioral outcomes, identifies mindsets that foster change, and gathers stories and examples from use cases where the desired change is already occurring. These insights are vital to shaping relevant questions to design a tailored experience, understanding the factors responsible for success, and identifying areas for improvement. Geared toward generating new behaviors is a proprietary tool that lets individuals design their feedback chains to help build habits in 45 days or less.

Understanding that challenges vary depending on a company’s size and systems, Westwood has honed its expertise in transforming company cultures to meet the demands of the modern business landscape. It possesses the necessary strategic solutions and resources to drive meaningful change, for small firm with 100 employees or large organizations with global workforces.

A three-step process is followed to drive transformation within organizations.

First, an appreciative analysis identifies practices that have been successful in the past, those currently effective, and the contributing factors to their success. A vision is then established to define the goals and aspirations of the organization. Finally, through interviews and hypothetical scenarios, a custom program is developed to align with the client’s culture, ensuring a cohesive and impactful implementation that leads to measurable business results.

When it comes to smaller companies with fewer than 100 employees, instead of focusing on extensive overhauls, it leverages the power of subtle yet impactful change. Asking different questions, revamping the nature of team meetings, and refining hiring and development practices to affect a simple shift in the dynamics of even a few individuals can transform an entire company culture. Through months of dedicated work and commitment, Westwood ensures this shift occurs seamlessly, with a focus on the right systems, structures, and design. One company tripled their revenue over a 3-year period. Another company, with enhanced team dynamics, better meeting design, and a refined decision making process improved their effectiveness by 31 percent.

Scaling up to larger corporations, it acknowledges the need for a more comprehensive approach to modifying the system and culture. A wealth of experience and expertise is leveraged to deploy training programs, strategic projects and internal and external facilitators, to drive change.

The results achieved by Westwood’s clients are remarkable. Leadership networks become stronger and more agile, enabling organizations to respond swiftly to market and customer needs. Leaders experience increased emotional intelligence, resulting in improved well-being and decreased burnout. A Fortune 200 company utilized our proprietary assessment and process to increase performance teams and net a new $430 million dollar opportunity while improving virtual teaming across the globe.

we support the critical few to build their critical mass and help leaders in organizations become more valuable

Another example showcasing this is an instance when a Fortune 500 company faced hurdles in developing effective coordination and collaboration among employees across different functions and geographies. Westwood established a clear line of sight and understanding for leaders and employees about the purpose and impact of their work on the organization and customers. Through its customized programs, leaders streamlined cooperation on crossfunctional projects while learning critical executive skills, such as effective presentation techniques and the ability to manage hybrid workforces. As a result, executive retention increased from 62 percent to 84 percent year over year while increasing customer satisfaction.

Spearheading Ingenuity in Leadership Development

A distinguishing feature is Westwood’s focus on measuring the impact of its programs through third-party perspectives, validating the positive change participants claim to have experienced. This rigorous approach reinforces the effectiveness of its leadership development initiatives and provides organizations with valuable insights into progress.

Westwood uses technology and online tools to strengthen its leadership development programs. An evaluation tracking tool enables companies to effectively monitor growth while custom apps, learning management systems, and bite-sized video content accelerate development initiatives. It also offers a tool for measuring trust-building within professional networks. Clients receive immediate feedback and actionable remedies to repair broken trust or strengthen relationships.

To aid trust-building efforts and fortify bonds, it collaborates with communication experts to help individuals and teams analyze audiences to deliver impactful presentations. This allows them to gain an understanding of the preferences and expectations of listeners. Armed with this knowledge, Westwood guides clients in tailoring their presentations to be effective, using the power of storytelling, metaphors, and analogies to drive their message home. This process enables clients to refine their delivery and create presentations that resonate with their audience.

“We support the critical few to build their critical mass and help leaders in organizations become more valuable,” says Zlevor.

Highlighting its commitment to empowering organizations are two innovative initiatives. First is the Leadership Roundtable, which brings together senior directors, VPs, and executives from global companies to form a small group that engages in three, 90-minute calls, where they leverage their collective wisdom and resources to solve complex leadership challenges.

HopeMakers, a group comprising coaches, trainers, facilitators, subject matter experts, and organizations, seeks solutions to specific challenges. This group convenes twice a year for two and a half days of collaborative interaction, fostering an environment of learning, growth, and problem-solving. The goal of the HopeMakers Collective is to create a global network of changemakers who are working together to make the world a better place.

Westwood International displays a resolute commitment to driving lasting change on a broad scale. The maestro in leadership development continues to reshape the future of organizations, leading to greater performance in an ever-evolving business landscape.