Transform tomorrow’s leaders today
Empower your organization with leaders who drive profound change with Wipfli’s Leadership Essentials development program.
With Leadership Essentials, we don’t just teach leadership — we cultivate trailblazers who lead change, foster engagement and spearhead business growth.
The Leadership Essentials program
At Wipfli, we believe the number one job of leaders is to develop people. When development is the focus, people become more engaged, more independent and grow in their capacity to fulfill their role.
Our program is centered on the areas your leaders need to master to move from basic management to effective leadership.
The Leadership Essentials Core-7 modules include:
- Defining leadership and being an authentic leader
- Communicating effectively
- Partnering for performance
- Delivering feedback
- Coaching for growth
- Delegating with purpose
- Building a high-performing team
We also offer four Lead the business modules to support the Core-7:
- Change leadership
- Leading through ambiguity
- Being an inclusive leader
- Success through effective meetings
Guided by our experienced Wipfli practitioners, our program blends in-person and virtual sessions to equip leaders with the knowledge and skills to overcome conflicts and stress, reenergize their teams and drive innovation.
What makes Leadership Essentials different?
Experience leadership development designed for your company’s unique needs. Instead of generic modules, we align our leadership development program with your strategic goals to help ensure you see a direct impact on critical areas. We also connect training to measurable outcomes with validated assessments, action plans and tangible reinforcement of skill development.
Working with your team, we craft a tailored journey of training for 8 to 20 leaders in your company or organization.
Who is Leadership Essentials for?
This program pulls together your newly minted leaders, seasoned midlevel managers or upper-level executives so they work together as a team to drive transformative change, navigate the complexities of leadership with confidence and achieve benchmarks for success.
Start your leadership transformation
People challenges aren’t insurmountable. We equip your leaders to address talent priorities, including clarifying performance expectations, improving retention, navigating periods of change and growth, and proactively managing retirements and workforce gaps.
Start investing today in the team that will drive your tomorrow.
Our team
Tom Cox
Tom Cox leads Wipfi's leadership development programs. As a partner with 35 years of experience, clients benefit from Tom’s demonstrated ability to develop leaders and teams, cascading plans and accountability throughout organizations.
Jeffrey H. Wulf
Jeff Wulf combines experiences in management consulting and business process improvement to provide a unique blend of talents for Wipfli’s clients. He specializes in developing holistic consulting strategies aimed at improving overall client performance.
