Many companies and managers fall back on traditional/standardized training events when trying to improve upon broad areas that can t really be managed, such as change, time, and stress - Mary Hladio knows that these approaches don t work and the numbers prove she s right. Research* shows that while a majority of employees (80] percent) are generally satisfied with their current positions, less than 70 percent feel passion and excitement for their job, and just over half feel tuned in at work - that s a 30 percent drop-off between satisfaction and engagement. To properly influence culture in a way that results in better engagement, business owners and company executives must first understand what optimal engagement would look like in their company and that s what Developing Leaders is all about. It is not simply designed to show people the problems with their current approaches, but to provide workable solutions, and a blueprint for how to link a company s development objectives to their corporate strategy as a precursor to creating any developmental plan. * Society for Human Resource Management - 2011"